The UN Human Development Report must go farther on inequality

by Steven L. B. Jensen, Researcher at the Danish Institute for Human Rights Blog BORRAR, Blog BORRAR, By invitation, By invitation BORRAR, Inequality and social rights, Thematic human rights issues

This post first appeared on OpenGlobalRights . In December, UNDP launched the  Human Development Report 2019 . It was announced in advance that the new report would reconceptualize human development around the concept of inequality. This framing offers a more holistic take on existing injustices around the world. The report combines income and wealth inequalities with those more traditionally associated with human development such as health …

El Informe de Desarrollo Humano de la ONU debe ir más lejos cuanto a la desigualdad

by Steven L. B. Jensen, Researcher at the Danish Institute for Human Rights Blog INVALID 6, Blog INVALID 7, By invitation, By invitation BORRAR

Este texto fue publicado originalmente por OpenGlobalRights . En diciembre, el PNUD lanzó el Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano 2019 . Anteriormente, ya se había anunciado que el nuevo informe reconceptualizaría el desarrollo humano bajo el concepto de desigualdad. Esta formulación ofrece una visión más holística de las injusticias existentes en todo el mundo. El informe combina las desigualdades de ingresos y riqueza con aquellas más tradicionalmente asociadas …

Human rights mechanisms proving effective SDGs monitor.

UN human rights mechanisms proving effective SDGs monitor

by Steven L. B. Jensen, Researcher at the Danish Institute for Human Rights Accountability, Blog BORRAR, Blog BORRAR, By invitation, By invitation BORRAR, Human rights implementation and impact, Human rights institutions and mechanisms, Implementation BORRAR, Prevention, Prevention, accountability and justice BORRAR, SDGs borrar

The SDGs are mostly aligned with human rights objectives — to emphasise this, the UN human rights mechanisms are showing a willingness to hold states accountable to their SDG commitments. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are renewing the debate on the relationship between human rights and development. In 2005, Philip Alston famously described the relationship between the Millennium Development Goals …