The session will focus on concrete human rights policies, practices, mechanisms and commitments at the country level, including sub-national and city levels that contribute to accelerating SDG delivery and implementation, and the role played by a United Nations under reform. It will also explore the importance of partners and partnerships on the ground concerning the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
Objectives:
- Share individual country best practices to promote empowerment, inclusion, and equality in the implementation of the SDGs.
- Illustrate the role and relationship of national human rights mechanisms in supporting the achievement of SDG goals, targets and indicators.
- Demonstrate measures taken to promote synergies between SDG implementation and the implementation of international human rights obligations and commitments.
- Illustrate the importance of ensuring adequate space for civil society, business representatives, youth and other non-governmental stakeholders.
- Identify and demonstrate good practices in promoting meaningful participation in the application of human rights principles to the delivery of the SDGs.
- Introduce specific approaches supporting the integration of human rights standards and human rights mechanisms’ recommendations in SDG-related planning and policy implementation at the country level.
