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A Human Rights Lens on Full Employment and Decent Work in the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda

Author(s) -

Diane F. Frey,

Gillian MacNaughton

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

sage open

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357

H-Index - 32

ISSN - 2158-2440

DOI - 10.1177/2158244016649580

Subject(s) - human rights , blueprint , sustainable development , millennium development goals , work (physics) , political science , general partnership , human development (humanity) , international development , human development report , economic growth , public administration , general assembly , economics , poverty , law , engineering , mechanical engineering

On September 25, 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adoptedthe Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the blueprint for a global partnership forpeace, development, and human rights for the period 2016 to 2030. The 2030 agendafollows on the heels of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), adopted in 2001, whichset the international development agenda for the period 2001 to 2015. This article usesa human rights lens to demonstrate that the MDGs and the SDGs have not addressed fullemployment and decent work in a manner that is consistent with the Decent Work Agenda ofthe International Labour Organization and international human rights legal obligationsof the UN member countries. It concludes that the new 2030 development agenda sadlyaligns with market-based economic growth strategies rather than the realization of thehuman rights to full employment and decent work for all

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