How do we move forward, building on the political declaration made at the 2nd World Summit for Social Development? Honoured to have guest blogger Naveen Gautam, human rights lawyer and Dalit rights activist, Global Focal Point for the UN Major Group of Children and Youth, and representative of the Global Forum of Communities Discriminated by…
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Global summit watch
2025 saw a series of summits – political leaders’ meetings – in various constellations: BRICS – the so-called emerging economies; G7 – the largest economies; G20 – the most powerful economies globally; and the UN – the community of 193 states. What did such summits come up with in terms of human rights and social…
Read MoreSDGs and human rights conventions: interactive lectures at the CIH, LMU, Munich
I had the pleasure to interact with PhD and Diploma students at the Centre of International Health (CIH) at Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU). My lecture slides on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, its SDGs, and implications for health and health policies here and on the Socio-economic challenges and the (potential) role of human rights…
Read MoreA take on two summits. Doha and Belém.
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Read MoreTwo Summits – two dynamics – social development and climate justice
The city of Doha, its glass skyscrapers rising overwhelmingly, and menacingly, from desert lands, hosted the 2nd World Summit for Social Development (3 to 6 November). Belém, at the mouth of the lush green Amazon river, was the site for the 30th Climate COP (10 to 22/23 November). The venues of the two Summits obviously…
Read MoreSome reflections on the 2nd World Summit for Social Development
Panelists at the session on Rethinking Pre-Distribution and Fiscal Policies to Advance Social Justice, organised by UNRISD, International Budget Partnership, the Foundation for European Progress, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, WECF and many others. More ideas.
Read MoreSome reflections on the 2nd World Summit for Social Development
The commitments made at the Doha Summit for Social Development … Approximately 40 heads of state and government, around 200 ministers and officials, and approximately 8,000 representatives from civil society and the business world gathered in Doha during the week of November 3 for the Second World Summit for Social Development. The assembled governments agreed…
Read MoreDer Weltsozialgipfel in Doha
Die Zusagen des Doha- Gipfels für soziale Entwicklung … Circa 40 Staats- und Regierungsoberhäupter, an die 200 Minister:Innen und Beamt:Innen und circa 8000 Vertreter:innen aus Zivilgesellschaft und Businesswelt kamen in der Woche vom 3. November in Doha zum 2. Weltsozialgipfel für soziale Entwicklung zusammen. Die versammelten Regierungen einigten sich in einer moralisch-verpflichtenden – aber…
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Naveen Gautam: Onwards from the World Summit for Social Development – A CDWD Youth Vision
Author: Naveen Gautam For centuries and ages, Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent (CDWD) have lived at the harshest edges of social and economic exclusion. Yet across regions, from Dalit and Burakumin communities in South Asia to Roma settlements in Europe, from Haratin groups in Mauritania to Palenque and Quilombola territories in Latin America, youth…
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