Research on sustainable development

Research area: Sustainable development
Human rights constitute part of the foundation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, through amongst other aspects, concepts such as equal treatment and the rule of law.

The sustainable development agenda can contribute to the promotion of the implementation of human rights, just as human rights may risk getting caught up in a more general agenda towards achieving broader goals.

This is a complex area and therefore the Institute must possess in-depth knowledge of the relation between the Sustainable Development Goals and human rights protection. We must also have a profound understanding of the private sector as an actor operating in both the area of human rights and in sustainable development.

Research projects

The project will follow UN and other international debates linking global inequality, the SDGs and human rights.

Contact person: Steven L. B. Jensen

This research project explores how responsible business initiatives support the Sustainable Development Goals in developing countries.

Contact person: Claire M. O’Brien

Obstacles, dilemmas and potential synergies in the relationship between freedom of religion or belief, gender equality and the SDGs.

Contact person: Marie Juul Pedersen

How respect for human rights affects economic and sustainable development focusing on civil and political rights and on equal treatment rights.

Contact persons: Hans-Otto Sano, Sigrid Alexandra Koob, Stinne Skriver Jørgensen and Maja Meiland Hansen

This research project explores the drivers of, and barriers to, decent work in the global garment value chain.

Contact person: Kristoffer Marslev

 

Research publications

2014

Books

  • Methven O'Brien, C., Poulsen-Hansen, C.B., Mehra, A. & Blackwell, S., National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights: A Toolkit for the Development, Implementation, and Review of State Commitments to Business and Human Rights Frameworks, Copenhagen: The Danish Institute for Human Rights and the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable, 2014 (Non-peer-reviewed).

Book chapters

  • Lassen, E.M., 'EU Guidelines on the Promotion and Protection of Freedom of Religion or Belief' in Benedek, W., Benoît-Rohmer, F., Karl, W., Kettemann, M.C. and Nowak, M. (eds.), European Yearbook on Human Rights, Antwerp: European Academic Press, 2014, pp. 173-183 (Peer-reviewed).

Journal articles

Reports

2013

Reports

2011

Book chapters

  • Petersen, M. J., 'Planning the Way to Sustainable Change: Development of a Planning Base for the Guatemalan Justice Sector' in B. Vase, Konceptet. Om Institut for Menneskerettigheders arbejde med retsforløbet [The Concept. On The Institute for Human Rights' work with justice sector processes] , Copenhagen: Danish Institute for Human Rights, 2011 (Non-peer-reviewed).

2004

Book chapters

  • Faye Jacobsen, A., 'Child Labour in Developing Countries' in Paula Fass et al. (eds), Encyplopedia of Children and Childhood. In History and Society. Vol 1., New York : MacMillan Reference USA, 2004, 157-159 (Peer-reviewed).