Sustainable Development Goals and Human Rights.

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Introduction -- References -- How Can a Human Rights-Based Approach Contribute to Poverty Reduction? The Relevance of Human Rights to Sustainable Developmen... -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Critique of the Neoliberal Agenda -- 3 The Universal Basic Income -- 4 Human Rights and Poverty in Local Contexts -- Poverty in Numbers and Processes of Change -- Equal Access to Services and Institutional Impediments -- Agency, Advocacy, and Voice -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- The Human Rights Framework for Establishing Social Protection Floors and Achieving Universal Health Coverage -- 1 Introduction -- 2 General Comments No. 14 and 19 of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights -- The Right to Health -- The Right to Social Security -- Progressive Realization, Core Obligations and International Assistance -- 3 International Political Initiatives to Improve the Implementation of the Right to Social Security and the Right to Health -- The ILO Social-Protection Floor-Recommendation and the Global Partnership for Universal Social Protection to Achieve the Susta... -- The International Health Partnership for UHC 2030 -- Proposal for a Framework Convention on Global Health -- 4 Social Protection Floors and Universal Health Coverage in the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda: Financial Responsibilitie... -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- People and Their Health Systems: The Right to Universal Health Coverage and the SDGs in Africa -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Health Rights Are a Challenge for Low Income Countries -- 3 Facilitators and Enablers for Mainstreaming Health Rights in Africa -- 4 How Can Africa Realize the Right to Health as Part of the SDGs? -- 5 Conclusion -- References.

Freedom from Violence, Full Access to Resources, Equal Participation, and Empowerment: The Relevance of CEDAW for the Implemen... -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Women�s Equality and Women�s Empowerment in the 2030 Agenda -- 3 The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women -- A Globally Binding Standard -- Addressing the Root Causes of Discrimination -- A Blueprint for Comprehensive Action -- 4 Using CEDAW for Promoting Gender-Sensitive SDG Implementation -- Advantage CEDAW: Legally Binding Force -- Concluding Observations and Recommendations as Baselines and Targets -- 5 The Role of the CEDAW Committee in SDG Follow-Up and Review Processes -- 6 The Role of National Human Rights Institutions in SDG Implementation and Follow-Up -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- SDGs, Gender Equality and Women�s Empowerment: What Prospects for Delivery? -- 1 From MDGs to SDGs -- 2 Extent of Gender Inclusion -- 3 Accountability and Monitoring -- 4 Method of Implementation -- 5 Macroeconomic Framework -- 6 Role of the State and the Private Sector -- 7 Financing of SDGs -- 8 What Will a Transformative Approach Entail? -- Strengthening Accountability Mechanisms -- Use of Soft Law to Establish a Consensus -- Transforming the Economy to Achieve Gender Equality -- Increasing Investments in Gender Equality -- Engendering Climate Change with a View to Attaining Gender Equality and Sustainable Development -- Ensuring Full and Equal Participation of Women in Decision Making -- 9 Conclusion -- References -- Superfluous Workers: Why SDG 8 Will Remain Elusive -- 1 Widespread Vulnerable Employment -- 2 The Different Contexts of Early and Late Industrialization -- 3 The Democratic Challenge -- 4 Migration: The Narrow Safety Valve -- 5 The Productivity Gaps -- 6 Globalization�s Constraints -- 7 Limited State Capacity -- 8 Conclusion: Decent Work Remains Elusive.

References -- Reducing Inequality Within and Among Countries: Realizing SDG 10-A Developmental Perspective -- 1 A Dedicated SDG on Reducing Inequality: The Relevance of SDG 10 -- 2 Scientific Research on Inequality: The Reason Behind SDG 10 -- The Social Dimension of Inequality -- The Economic Dimension of Inequality -- The Ecological Dimension of Inequality -- 3 The Genesis of SDG 10 -- 4 The Idea of International Solidarity: Nothing New in International Cooperation and Development Policy -- 5 SDG 10, A New Global Promise of Solidarity: Has It Had Any Legal Consequences? -- 6 Progress Reporting on SDG 10 -- 7 Germany�s Development Policy on SDG 10 -- 8 The Road Ahead -- References -- Securitizing Sustainable Development? The Coercive Sting in SDG 16 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Evolving Rule of Law Concept: From Millennium Development Goals to the Sustainable Development Goals -- 3 The Rule of Law in International Practice 1993-2016 -- United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) -- United Nations Security Council (UNSC): Rule of Law Vacuums -- 4 The Rule of Law and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) -- 5 Conclusion: Securitizing Development? -- References -- Climate Change, Sustainable Development, and Human Rights -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The 2015 Paris Agreement -- 3 Human Rights and the Environment -- 4 Human Rights in the Paris Agreement -- 5 Is There Another View? -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Books -- Book Chapters -- Journal Articles -- Reflecting on the Right to Development from the Perspective of Global Environmental Change and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable... -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Global Environmental Change and Human Development -- 3 What Follows from This for the Right to Development? Human Development Within the Limits of the Earth�s Ecosystems -- References.

The Role of Public and Private Actors and Means in Implementing the SDGs: Reclaiming the Public Policy Space for Sustainable D... -- 1 Re-defining the Global Partnership Agenda -- 2 Weakening the State: A Vicious Circle -- 3 Concentrated Power -- 4 Devastating Impacts -- 5 Counter-Movements and Breaking Ranks -- 6 What Has to Be Done? -- Strengthening Public Finance at All Levels -- Strengthening Public Policies Instead of Investors� Rights -- Rethinking PPPs: Searching for Alternatives -- Creating Binding Rules on Business and Human Rights and UN-Business Interactions -- Dismantle Corporate Power and `Too Big to Fail� Entities -- Changing the Mindset: Reclaiming the Public Space -- References -- Towards a Division of Labour for Sustainable Development: Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development -- 3 International Human Rights Law -- The Right to Development -- Extraterritorial Obligations -- 4 Convergence and Added Value of Human Rights -- 5 Challenges Ahead for Human Rights Law -- Aspirational or Hard Legal Obligations? -- The Distributive Allocation of Obligations Remains Unsettled -- Triggers of Extraterritorial Fulfil Obligations Need to Be Defined More Clearly -- Scope of the Obligation to Cooperate for Development -- Sustainable Development and Growth Agnosticism -- 6 Conclusions -- References.

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