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Human rights
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Steering Committee
Members & Contributors
Name Organization
Anders HylanderHelpAge International
April AlconisCampaign for People's Goals for Sustainable Development
David BanisarArticle 19
Elizabeth LockwoodChristian Blind Mission (CBM)
Felipe CalaChildFund Alliance
Larisa ZelentsovaInterregional Union of Life Help for Mentally Handicapped Persons
Marcella O'Connell Future we Need Group
Margaret WachenfeldInstitute for Human Rights and Business
Marie-Paule OgereauCIDSE
Matt SIMONDSTrade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC)
Matthew Reading SmithStakeholder Forum
Nicole CardinalSave the Children
Priscille GeiserHandicap International
stella joyActive Remedy Ltd
Susan AlznerUnited Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN NGLS)
Contributions

As a registered (online registered, through this website) major groups organization, you may contribute to the work of Steering Committees of the Thematic Clusters by uploading articles, background or position papers that relates to the Thematic Cluster and towards formulation of a Sustainable Development Goal of that particular cluster. See full list of Thematic Clusters here.

The global stability is determined by the balance of power, wishes of people and real opportunities for them. The socio-economic progress of each state depends on the balance between security and the ...
All Human Rights have their basis and foundations in freshwater security. Fresh water security is dependent upon the adequate quantity of fresh water. This is in turn dependent upon a functioning rene...
Active Remedy Ltd on 11:34 am, 12 Nov, 2014
The OWG has begun to engage in detailed consideration of individual goals and targets. At this important moment however CIDSE believes a number of over-arching issues must be taken into account if thi...
CIDSE on 11:37 am, 5 May, 2014
Over 300 civil society organizations called for human rights to be integrated into the sustainable development agenda and to inform the new sustainable development goals in a joint statement to the Op...
Human rights serve as a powerful tool to motivate, drive and guide development. Recent struggles around the world have had human rights at their core, as people have spoken out to claim their rights t...
In its “A New Global Partnership” report, the High Level Panel of Eminent Persons stated that the rights of freedom of expression, access to information, association, and assembly are essential to...
Article 19 on 4:29 am, 7 Feb, 2014
The recommendations on women’s human rights and gender equality presented here have been compiled from two civil society consultations conducted by UN-NGLS in 2013: a teleconference-based consultati...
Jan van de Venis from JustLaw: Corporate Law and Human Rights at the 5th session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals.

In this video, Mr van de Venis explains why a rights-bas...
Stakeholder Forum on 1:34 pm, 9 Jan, 2014
Save the Children promotes a holistic post-2015 development agenda that has poverty eradication at its core and is guided by universal, equitable and human rights-based approaches to sustainable devel...
Save the Children on 12:37 pm, 8 Jan, 2014
Save the Children promotes a holistic post-2015 development agenda that has poverty eradication at its core and is guided by universal, equitable and human rights-based approaches to sustainable devel...
Save the Children on 12:36 pm, 8 Jan, 2014
The recommendations on human rights presented here have been compiled from two civil society consultations conducted by UN-NGLS in 2013: a teleconference-based consultation that resulted in the report...
The submission from the Institute for Human Rights and Business briefly addresses the links between the private sector and human rights in the Post-2015 agenda.
Institute for Human Rights and Business on 6:05 am, 17 Dec, 2013
There is wide recognition that progress within the existing MDG framework has not been equitable and that persons with disabilities are disproportionately represented among those left behind by recent...
Christian Blind Mission (CBM) on 9:32 am, 12 Dec, 2013
In order to inform the deliberations of the sixth Session of the UN General Assembly Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Stakeholder Forum has conducted an analysis of th...
Stakeholder Forum on 2:58 pm, 9 Dec, 2013
The Human Right to Develop in relation to the Human Rights to Freshwater and Sanitation and Food
Active Remedy Ltd on 5:32 pm, 8 Dec, 2013

In his report entitled “A life of Dignity for All”, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on countries to adopt a post-2015 agenda that is universal, based on sustainable development and “l...
Future we Need Group on 6:57 am, 6 Dec, 2013
In a study of the views of children on the issues of violence and exploitation, ChildFund Alliance conducted over 50 focus groups in 41 countries so that their voices can be heard as part of the post-...
ChildFund Alliance on 2:15 pm, 24 Oct, 2013
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