Educational Innovation Project
Latin America: SDGs and Human Rights
Within the framework of the III Funding Call for Development Cooperation, Global Citizenship and Human Rights Projects URJC 2021, of the Social Council and the Vice-rectorate for Planning and Strategy, the project entitled "Human Rights in the 2030 Agenda" is carried out : Promotion and implementation strategies in Latin America". Within the activities of this Project, it is provided, for researchers and experts in the field as well as for the students of the Training Course in Latin America: Human Rights and Sustainable Development, an orderly and systematic list of the most relevant political-legal instruments on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Human Rights that affect the Latin American-Caribbean space, without neglecting the Ibero-American reality.
A) General Instruments
a) Sustainable Development, Environment and Human Settlements
- United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development: Habitat III, October 17-20, 2016, Quito, Ecuador. https://www.un.org/es/conferences/habitat/quito2016.
- United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development: Habitat III, October 17-20, 2016, Quito, Ecuador. https://www.un.org/es/conferences/habitat/quito2016.
- Framework Convention on Climate Change. Paris Agreement, 2015 https://www.fundacioncarolina.es/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ONU-Acuerdo-de-Pari%CC%81s.pdf.
- Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (Addis Ababa Action Agenda). https://undocs.org/es/A/RES/69/313.
- Documents of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, June 20-22, 2012, Rio de Janeiro. https://www.un.org/es/conferences/environment/rio2012.
- Documents of the Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg from August 26 to September 4, 2002. https://www.un.org/spanish/conferences/wssd/documents.html.
- Documents of the Special Session of the General Assembly on Habitat: Istanbul +5, June 6-8, 2001, New York. https://www.un.org/es/conferences/habitat/newyork2001.
- Millennium Summit 2000. United Nations Millennium Declaration, September 6-8, 2000. https://www.un.org/es/events/pastevents/millennium_summit/.
- Documents of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements - Habitat II, Istanbul, Turkey, June 3-14, 1996. https://www.un.org/es/conferences/habitat/istanbul1996.
- Documents of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 3 to 14, 1992. “Earth Summit”. https://www.un.org/es/conferences/environment/rio1992.
- Documents of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements - Habitat I, Vancouver, Canada, May 31 to June 11, 1976. https://www.un.org/es/conferences/habitat/vancouver1976.
- Documents of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, June 5-16, 1972, Stockholm. https://www.un.org/es/conferences/environment/stockholm1972.
- United Nations page on the Agenda for Sustainable Development. https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/es/development-agenda/.
b) Human rights
- Ten main international treaties of universal scope on human rights. https://www.ohchr.org/sp/professionalinterest/pages/coreinstruments.aspx.
- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. https://www.un.org/es/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights.
- United Nations page on Human Rights. https://www.un.org/es/global-issues/human-rights.
c) Some works of the research team on sustainable development
- Sagrario Morán Blanco, Cástor M. Díaz Barrado, Sustainable development goal 11 of the 2030 Agenda: sustainable cities and communities. Goals, challenges, policies and achievements, Strategy Papers, ISSN 1697-6924, Nº. 206, 2020, pp. 21-68.
- Cástor M. Díaz Barrado, Ending poverty: a matter of human rights, Peacetime, ISSN 0212-8926, Nº. 132, 2019, pp. 42-49.
. Cástor M. Díaz Barrado, The eradication of poverty and human rights: a labyrinth without exit, Rights and freedoms: Journal of Philosophy of Law and Human Rights, ISSN 1133-0937, Nº 38, 2018, pp. 17-52.
- Cástor M. Díaz Barrado, The objectives of sustainable development: a principle of uncertain nature and several fragmented dimensions, Spanish Yearbook of International Law, ISSN 0212-0747, ISSN-e 2173-3775, Nº 32, 2016, pp. 9-48.
- Carlos R. Fernández Liesa, Cástor M. Díaz Barrado, The objectives of sustainable development, a basic purpose of the international community: some reflections, Energy regulation and its social and environmental impact / coord. by Juan Castro-Gil Amigo, 2019, ISBN 978-84-1308-033-8, pgs. 73-98.
- Cástor M. Díaz Barrado, Francisco Jiménez García, Chapter IV: The end of poverty, an achievable goal?: Some contributions from international law, Analysis and comments on the sustainable development goals of the United Nations / Carlos R. Fernández Liesa (dir.), Ana Manero Salvador (dir.), 2017, ISBN 978-84-9177-287-3, pp. 89-124.
- Cástor M. Díaz Barrado and Carlos R. Fernández Liesa (dirs.), Objectives of sustainable development and human rights: peace, justice and solid institutions. Human rights and business, Carlos III University of Madrid, "Francisco de Vitoria" University Institute of International and European Studies, 2018. ISBN 978-84-697-9116-5.
- Cástor M. Díaz Barrado, Sagrario Morán Blanco, and Elena C. Díaz Galán (dirs.) Sustainable development goals: goal 16, peace, justice and strong institutions, Paloma Durán and Lalaguna, C, Aranzadi, 2018. ISBN 978-84 -9177-329-0.
- Paloma Durán and Lalaguna, Cástor M. Díaz Barrado, Carlos R. Fernández Liesa; Elena Carolina Díaz Galán (dir.), Sagrario Morán Blanco (dir.), International society and sustainable development goals, Aranzadi Thomson Reuters, 2016 (2 ed.) . ISBN 978-84-9135-466-6.
- Carlos R. Fernández Liesa, The Sustainable Development Goals and International Law, Peacetime, ISSN 0212-8926, Nº. 132, 2019, pp. 13-22.
- Carlos R. Fernández Liesa, Transformations of International Law for the Sustainable Development Goals, Spanish Yearbook of International Law, ISSN 0212-0747, ISSN-e 2173-3775, No. 32, 2016, pp. 49-81.
- Carlos R. Fernández Liesa, Sustainable development and human rights in contemporary international law, Yearbook of Donostia-San Sebastián human rights courses: Vol. XVI, coord. by Juan Soroeta Liceras, 2017, pp. 57-82.
- Carlos R. Fernández Liesa, and Ana Manero Salvador, Chapter I. From the MDGs to the SDGs. The need for an analysis, Analysis and comments on the sustainable development goals of the United Nations / Carlos R. Fernández Liesa (dir.), Ana Manero Salvador (dir.), 2017, ISBN 978-84-9177-287-3 , p. 25-28.
- Carlos R. Fernández Liesa, Chapter II. Transformations of International Law for the sustainable development goals, Analysis and comments on the sustainable development goals of the United Nations, Carlos R. Fernández Liesa and Ana Manero Salvador (dirs.), 2017, ISBN 978-84-9177-287- 3, pp. 29-62.
- Carlos R. Fernández Liesa and Ana Manero Salvador (dirs.), Analysis and comments on the sustainable development goals of the United Nations, Aranzadi, 2017. ISBN 978-84-9177-287-3.
- Sagrario Morán Blanco, The long road to environmental protection and the fight against climate change, Spanish Journal of International Law, ISSN 0034-9380, Vol. 64, No. 1, 2012, pgs. 103-131.
- Sagrario Morán Blanco, Environmental security and climate change: consequences at the international level, Environmental security and international order: IV Luso-Spanish Meeting of Professors of Public International Law and International Relations, María del Carmen Márquez Carrasco, María Isabel Tavares; Pablo Antonio Fernández Sánchez, and José Alberto Azeredo Lopes (dirs.), 2015, ISBN 978-84-15690-72-6, pp. 75-100.
- Elena Carolina Díaz Galán, Peace and sustainable development goals: the contribution of goal 16, Sustainable development goals and human rights: peace, justice and strong institutions. Human rights and business, Cástor M. Díaz Barrado and Carlos R. Fernández Liesa (dirs.), 2018, ISBN 978-84-697-9116-5, pp. 249-262.
B) Instruments on Sustainable Development
- The Alliance for Sustainable Development (ALIDES), 1994. https://www.sciencespo.fr/opalc/sites/sciencespo.fr.opalc/files/Alianza%20para%20el%20Desarrollo%20Sostenible%20de%20Centroamerica%20(ALIDES).pdf.
- Summits of the Americas on Sustainable Development, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, 1996, http://www.summit-americas.org/summit_sd/summit_sd_dec_sp.pdf.
- Central American Policy for Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management, 2010. https://ceccsica.info/sites/default/files/docs/Politica%20Centroamericana%20de%20Gestion%20Integral%20de%20Riesgo.pdf.
- Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development, Uruguay, 2013. https://repositorio.cepal.org/bitstream/handle/11362/21835/4/S20131037_es.pdf.
- ECLAC. UNASUR: A space for cooperation and integration for development, 2014. https://repositorio.cepal.org/bitstream/handle/11362/37353/1/S1420796_es.pdf.
- CARICOM Declaration on the International Development Agenda Post 2015, https://caricom.org/caricom-declaration-on-the-international-development-agenda-post-2015/.
- Seventh Summit of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS). Declaration of Havana: “United for a sustainable Caribbean, 2016. http://www.acs-aec.org/sites/default/files/declaracion_de_la_habana_spa.pdf.
- Resolution of Mexico creating the Forum of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on sustainable development, 700 (XXXVI), 2016 ECLAC, https://www.cepal.org/sites/default/files/document/files/700xxxvi-foro-esp.pdf.
- Contribution of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean to the high-level political forum on sustainable development. United Nations. Economic and social Council. E/HLPF/2016/3/Add.4, 2016. https://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=E/HLPF/2016/3/Add.4&Lang=S.
- Ibero-America and the objectives of sustainable development, Ibero-American General Secretariat, 2017. https://www.local2030.org/library/399/Iberoamrica-y-los-Objetivos-de-Desarrollo-Sostenible.pdf.
- SELA. Objectives and priorities of the SELA Work Program and its link with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 2018. https://foroalc2030.cepal.org/2018/sites/default/files/presentations/reunion_de_reflexion-sela_-espanol.pdf.
- ECLAC. The 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals: An opportunity for Latin America and the Caribbean, (LC/G.2681-P/Rev.3), United Nations, Santiago, 2018. https://repositorio.cepal.org/bitstream/handle/11362/40155/24/S1801141_es.pdf.
- Strategic vision of the Pacific Alliance to the year 2030. Pacific Alliance, 2018. https://alianzapacifico.net/wp-content/uploads/V.-final-ALIANZA-DEL-PACIFICO-V2030-version-final-julio-24.pdf.
- International cooperation for development and MERCOSUR: current situation, challenges and opportunities, Mercosur Secretariat, 2018. https://www.mercosur.int/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Estudio-01-18_Cooperacion-internacional_oportunidades-desafios.pdf.
- Andean Environmental Charter, 2020. https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/newsroom/news/carta-ambiental-andina.
- Strengthening of the strategic framework of action of CELAC for the incorporation of the objectives of sustainable development, FAO, Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2020. https://www.fao.org/3/cb1839es/CB1839ES.pdf.
- ALADI and the sustainable development goals (SDG). The ALADI activities program from the perspective of the 2030 agenda. ALADI/SEC/di 2899, 2020. https://www2.aladi.org/nsfaladi/estudios.nsf/0E0FE9E8CD794B2C032585AB006AC116/$FILE/2899.pdf.
- Build a better future. Actions to strengthen the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Fourth report on regional progress and challenges of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2021, https://repositorio.cepal.org/bitstream/handle/11362/46682/S2100125_es.pdf?sequence=6&isAllowed=y.
- Conclusions and recommendations agreed upon by the governments gathered at the Fourth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on sustainable development, 2021, https://repositorio.cepal.org/bitstream/handle/11362/46733/S2100180_es.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y.
- Summary of the Presidency. Fourth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, 2021. https://repositorio.cepal.org/bitstream/handle/11362/46799/S2100140_es.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y.
- XXVII Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government. Andorra Declaration. Innovation for Sustainable Development - Objective 2030. Ibero-America facing the challenge of Coronavirus, 2021. https://www.fundacioncarolina.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Declaracio%CC%81n-XXVII-Cumbre-Andorra-ES.pdf.
C) Human rights instruments
- American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, Approved at the Ninth American International Conference
Bogota, Colombia, 1948. https://www.oas.org/es/cidh/mandato/Basicos/declaracion.asp.
- American Convention on Human Rights, signed at the Inter-American Specialized Conference on Human Rights, San José, Costa Rica, November 7-22, 1969. https://www.oas.org/dil/esp/tratados_B-32_Convencion_Americana_sobre_Derechos_Humanos.htm.
- Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the area of economic, social and cultural rights. "Protocol of San Salvador", adopted in San Salvador, on November 17, 1988. https://www.oas.org/juridico/spanish/Tratados/a-52.html.
- Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights regarding the abolition of the death penalty, adopted in Asunción, Paraguay, on June 8, 1990. https://www.oas.org/juridico/spanish/tratados/a-53.html.
- Inter-American Convention to prevent, punish and eradicate violence against women "Convention of Belem do Para", adopted in Belem do Para, Brazil, on June 9, 1994. https://www.oas.org/juridico/spanish/tratados/a-61.html.
- Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons, adopted in Belem do Para, Brazil, on June 9, 1994. https://www.oas.org/juridico/spanish/tratados/a-60.html.
- Inter-American Convention for the elimination of all forms of discrimination against persons with disabilities, adopted in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on June 7, 1999. https://www.oas.org/juridico/spanish/tratados/a-65.html.
- Andean Charter for the promotion and protection of human rights, adopted in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on July 26, 2002. http://www.sice.oas.org/labor/Carta%20Andina.pdf.
- Inter-American Convention against Racism, Racial Discrimination and Related Forms of Intolerance, adopted in: La Antigua, Guatemala, on June 5, 2013. https://www.oas.org/es/sla/ddi/tratados_multilaterales_interamericanos_a-68_racismo.asp.
- Inter-American Convention against all forms of discrimination and intolerance, adopted in La Antigua, Guatemala, on June 5, 2013. https://www.oas.org/es/sla/ddi/tratados_multilaterales_interamericanos_a-69_discriminacion_intolerancia.asp.
- Inter-American Convention on the Protection of the Human Rights of Older Persons, adopted in Washington, DC, United States, on June 15, 2015. https://www.oas.org/es/sla/ddi/tratados_multilaterales_interamericanos_a-70_derechos_humanos_personas_mayores.asp.
- American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, AG/RES. 2888 (XLVI-O/16), Approved on June 14, 2016. www.oas.org/es/sadye/documentos/res-2888-16-es.pdf
- Inter-American Principles on the Human Rights of All Migrants, Refugees, Stateless Persons, and Victims of Trafficking in Persons, Resolution 04/19, approved by the Commission on December 7, 2019). https://www.oas.org/es/cidh/informes/pdfs/Principios%20DDHH%20migrantes%20-%20ES.pdf.
- A compilation can be consulted at: Organization of American States (OAS) Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Basic documents on human rights in the inter-American system. https://www.cidh.oas.org/basicos/spanish/basicosintro.htm.
This teaching material has been prepared by Elena Carolina Díaz Galán. Hired Professor Doctor. King Juan Carlos University of Madrid