"Realizing Rights through the Sustainable Development Goals: The Role of National Human Rights Institutions", June 2015

In September this year, the UN General Assembly will adopt a new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the next 15 years. A new briefing by the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) and the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) argues that National Human Rights institutions (NHRIs) have a critical role to play in ensuring the new sustainable development framework delivers on its promise...Key entry points include promoting rights-compliant national implementation plans, monitoring progress from a human rights perspective, paying particular attention to inequality and discrimination, and ensuring accountability and access to justice for development-related human rights violations.