The Human Rights Guide to Sustainable Recovery

22 February 2021

This resource provides guidance for sustainable recovery from COVID-19 using the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and human rights as a blueprint, as proposed by the UN Secretary-General in “Human Rights and COVID-19: we are all in this together”.

The Human Rights Guide to Sustainable Recovery can be used by states, national human rights institutions, businesses, civil society and researchers to develop and influence sustainable recovery planning and monitoring.

The tool is also available in Spanish.

Also find full PDF version of the English guide here.

VIDEO: Recording of the global launch of the Human Rights Guide to Sustainable Recovery. Experts from the Danish Institute for Human Rights introduced the guide and showed how to get the most out of the new tool, which provides guidance for sustainable recovery from COVID-19 using the SDGs and human rights as a blueprint. The event took place on May 5 2021.

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This resource:

Highlights key aspects of the 17 SDGs and related targets that have proven to be of utmost importance for COVID-19 response and recovery.
Explains how the achievement of each of the SDGs is impacted by the pandemic.
Summarizes critical response and recovery actions to be taken by states.
Provides examples of how international human rights and labour standards underpin the SDG targets, thereby demonstrating the complementarity of human rights obligations and SDG commitments.
Provides links to relevant guidance for each SDG from the international human rights system; COVID-19 specific guidance from the UN system, as well as resources from the Danish Institute for Human Rights, including the Human Rights Guide to the SDGs and the SDG Human Rights Data Explorer.

The information provided under each SDG draws on and summarizes the documents and guidance listed under the section “Key Human Rights Guidance” found on each page. We encourage users to explore the underlying documents and sources, to gain a deeper understanding of the human rights aspects of sustainable recovery.