Summary

The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 52/14, in which the Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to prepare a report on best practices, challenges and lessons learned concerning integrated approaches to the promotion and protection of human rights and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the global level.

The report demonstrates the potential of systematically integrating human rights in the 2030 Agenda implementation to accelerate SDG delivery and eradicate extreme poverty. Outlining recommendations for advancing progress by 2030 and beyond, the report calls for bridging the disconnect between human rights and sustainable development implementation, building human rights economies, adequately resourcing relevant work, aligning national development strategies with States’ human rights obligations, and ensuring human rights norms and standards guide the design of national policies and reforms of the global economic governance. The report touches on debt burdens, accountability, measuring progress, gender equality, care and support, just transition, and means of implementation, identifying impactful approaches that can be upscaled.