The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is the first international agreement setting out freedoms, rights and entitlements for all humanity to claim. This edition is published in collaboration with French artist, graphic designer and creator of popular cartoon Elyx, Yacine Ait Kaci (Yak) to illustrate the 30 articles.
Drawing from real-life experiences and a deep commitment to advocating for displaced individuals, the author presents a practical policy approach to address the human impacts of climate change. The study offers clear insights into climate displacement, avoiding complex jargon and abstract science, making it accessible for undergraduates and professionals in law and policy.
Between September 25th and 27th 2015, the United Nations discussed and adopted a fifteen year agenda, Transforming Our World: the 2020 Agenda for Sustainable Development:This Agenda is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. It also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom. We recognize that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development.[...]The 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets which we are+announcing today demonstrate the scale and ambition of this new universal Agenda. They seek to build on the Millennium Development Goals and complete what they did not achieve. They seek to realize the human rights of all and to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. They are integrated and indivisible and balance the three dimensions of sustainable development: the economic, social and environmental.
Provides an overview of the estimated and projected trends in mortality at the world level, for development groups and major areas; the analysis also focuses on country and regional data for selected mortality indicators.
Expanding access to contraception is essential for achieving universal access to reproductive health-care services, as called for in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This report presents estimates of contraceptive use and needs from 1990 to 2020, and projections to 2030 for 196 countries, as well as regional and global trends.
Presents key facts and messages regarding international migration globally and by region during 2000-2020, based on the 2020 revision of the international migrant stock data set, which provides updated estimates of numbers of persons living outside their country of birth, classified by age, sex and origin, for 232 countries and areas.
The Guidelines are a practical reference document on approaches to evidence- based policy-making for policy-makers involved in development and implementation of policies on housing and urban development at all levels of governance.
Written from the perspective of a child, this book explains in simple text many of the rights that are found in the United Nations' Convention of the Rights of the Child: from the right to play, to learn, and to share thoughts freely to protection from harmful work, violence, and exploitation.
Adopts a rigorous approach to measuring and quantifying progress in the level of inclusion and empowerment of marginalised groups across countries in the the Asia-Pacific region. The report focuses on three main areas of direct link to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the SDGs, namely education, employment and income.
Examines the education impact of migration and displacement across all population movements: within and across borders, voluntary and forced, for employment and education. This publication also reviews progress on education in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.