The French Development Agency organised an international conference to consider new ideas and approaches to linking human rights and development

by Farid LAMARA, Expert in Human Development and Senior strategic advisor, Agence Française de Développement and Sarah HAYES, Independent Consultant Human Rights and Sustainable Development Blog, Blog, By invitation

Against a background of the retreat of human rights worldwide, growing doubts about the ability of the international community to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, growing inequalities, and the ecological and climate crises, on Human Rights Day 2021 (10 December) the French Development Agency (AFD) organised an international conference on ‘Human Rights and Development.’ It brought together …