Post2015.org – what comes after the MDGs?
Human Rights
Post-2015 resources round-up
Post2015.org is collating key recent post-2015 resources in a round-up post. Below, read today’s selection. SDG Data Indicators and Mechanisms: A human rights reference paper – This Danish Institute for Human Rights guide uncovers the human rights anchorage of all 17 goals and 169 targets, and assesses the human rights adequacy of the proposed indicators. The guide reveals a high degree … Continue reading
Post-2015 resources round-up
Post2015.org is collating key recent post-2015 resources and news in a round-up post. Below, read today’s selection: Human rights and the SDGs: A side-lined priority? – This Future UN Development System briefing, by Bertrand G Ramcharan, looks at the content of the SDGs, strategies for implementation, and follow-up and review options from a human rights perspective, offering policy … Continue reading
Human Rights and the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Challenges and Prospects
24-25 November 2015 The Oxford Martin School Programme on Human Rights for Future Generations is organising a conference titled ‘Human Rights and the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Challenges and Prospects’ This two-day conference provides a forum for academics, practitioners and government representatives to evaluate the current debate and future shape of the post-2015 agenda from a … Continue reading
UNGA69: Human Rights And Financing For Development In The Post-2015 Agenda
Written by Susan Tolmay, AWID Women’s Rights Information Manager and Nerea Craviotto, AWID Advocacy Coordinator on Association for Women’s Rights in Development “The outcome document of the 2010 High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the MDGs requested the Secretary-General to initiate thinking on a post-2015 development agenda and include recommendations in his annual report … Continue reading
Post-2015 resources round-up
Post2015.org is collating key recent post-2015 resources and news in a round-up post. Below, read today’s selection: Profitable development solutions: How the private sector can contribute to the post-2015 agenda – new Brookings report by Laurence Chandy, Kemal Dervis¸, George Ingram, Homi Kharas and Steven Rocker published by Global Economy and Development at Brookings on … Continue reading
Post-2015 resources round-up
Post2015.org is collating key recent post-2015 resources and news in a round-up post. Below, read today’s selection: Human Rights for All Post-2015: Joint Statement A joint statement spearheaded by the Human Rights Post-2015 Civil Society Caucus, which is coordinated by Amnesty International, AWID and CESR has been released. The statement is endorsed by over 300 organisations from … Continue reading
Post-2015 resources and news round-up
Post2015.org is collating key recent post-2015 resources and news in a round-up post. Below, read today’s selection: Workshop on Governance and the SDGs A workshop on “Governance ‘of’ and ‘for’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” took place on February 1st 2014 in New York. Sponsored by the Tokyo Institute of Technology, the Earth System Governance Project, … Continue reading
Post-2015 resources round-up
Post2015.org is collating key recent post-2015 resources in a round-up post. Below, read today’s selection: 8th Session of the OWG The 8th Session of the Open Working Group (OWG 8) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) started on Monday 3rd of February. It will last until the 7th, and will be the final “stock-taking” meeting of the group. OWG 8 … Continue reading
In pursuit of a better, fairer world – Al Jazeera feature on inequality and SDGs
Written by Luke Holland, Center for Economic and Social Rights, on Al-Jazeera: “Relatively unnoticed by the media, a broad spectrum of consultations and talks are currently unfolding as the community of nations endeavours to agree on a new sustainable development agenda that can ensure equitable socio-economic development. This round of negotiations will have a pivotal impact … Continue reading
HRW World Report 2014: Putting Development to Rights
Extracts from an essay written by David Mepham, UK Director of Human Rights Watch, as part of the World Report 2014: “[…] Rights-Respecting Development Making rights integral to a post-2015 global development framework would have a number of clear benefits, not least by: · Ensuring focus on the poorest and most marginalized communities. The MDGs include … Continue reading
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