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Linkages between Human Rights and SDGs

The OHCHR has emphasised the importance of integrating human rights to define the SDGs and has made efforts to ensure that strategies and policies to implement the 2030 Agenda are human rights-based. 


As part of its efforts, the OHCHR mapped linkages between the SDGs and fourteen international human rights instruments - ① Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR), ② International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), ③International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), ④International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), ⑤International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), ⑥Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT), ⑦Declaration on the Right to Development (UNDRTD), ⑧Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), ⑨International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW),  ⑩Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (DEVAW), ⑪Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Conflict (OP-1), ⑫Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), ⑬International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances (ICPEP) and ⑭Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). 


This section includes the relevant rights to each of the goals, though the listing of relevant rights is not exhaustive.

SDG 1

Right to an adequate standard of living

  • UDHR art. 25
  • ICESCR art. 11
  • CRC art. 27

Right to social security

  • UDHR art. 22
  • ICESCR art. 9
  • CRPD art. 28
  • CRC art. 26

Equal rights of women in economic life 

  • CEDAW art. 11
  • CEDAW art. 13
  • CEDAW art. 14(2)(g)
  • CEDAW art. 15(2)
  • CEDAW art. 16(1)
SDG 2

Right to adequate food 

  • UDHR art. 25
  • ICESCR art. 11
  • CRC art. 24(2)(c)

International cooperation, including ensuring equitable distribution of world food supplies

  • UDHR art. 28
  • ICESCR art. 2(1)
  • ICESCR art. 11(2)
SDG 3

Right to life

  • UDHR art. 3
  • ICCPR art. 6
  • CEDAW art. 12
  • CRC art. 6

Right to health 

  • UDHR art. 25
  • ICESCR art. 12
  • CEDAW art. 12
  • CRC art. 24

Special protection for mothers and children 

  • ICESCR art. 10

Right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its application 

  • UDHR art. 27
  • ICESCR art. 15(1)(b)

International cooperation 

  • UDHR art. 28
  • DRtD art. 3
  • DRtD art. 4
  • ICESCR art. 2(1)
  • CRC art. 4
SDG 4

Right to education 

  • UDHR art. 26
  • ICESCR art. 13
  • CRC art. 28
  • CRC art. 29
  • CRC art. 23(3)
  • CRPD art. 24
  • UNDRIP art. 14

Equal rights of women and girls in the field of education 

  • CEDAW art. 10

Right to work, including technical and vocational training

  • ICESCR art. 6

International cooperation 

  • UDHR art
  • 28 DRtD art. 3
  • DRtD art. 4 
  • CRC art. 23(4) 
  • CRC art. 28(3) 
  • CRPD art. 32 
  • UNDRIP art. 39
SDG 5

Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women 

  • CEDAW art. 1
  • CEDAW art. 2
  • CEDAW art. 3
  • CEDAW art. 4
  • CEDAW art. 5
  • CRC art. 2
  • CRC art. 7
  • CRC art. 11
  • CRC art. 13
  • CRC art. 16

Right to decide the number and spacing of children 

  • CEDAW art. 12
  • CEDAW art. 16(1)(e)
  • CRC art. 24(2)(f)

Special protection for mothers and children 

  • ICESCR art. 10

Elimination of violence against women and girls 

  • CEDAW art. 1
  • CEDAW art. 2
  • CEDAW art. 3
  • CEDAW art. 4
  • CEDAW art. 5
  • CEDAW art. 6
  • DEVAW art. 1
  • DEVAW art. 2
  • DEVAW art. 3
  • DEVAW art. 4
  • CRC art. 24(3)
  • CRC art. 35

Right to just and favourable conditions of work 

  • ICESCR art. 7
  • CEDAW art. 11
SDG 6

Right to safe drinking water and sanitation 

  • ICESCR art. 11

Right to health 

  • UDHR art. 25
  • ICESCR art. 12

Equal access to water and sanitation for rural women

  • CEDAW art. 14(2)(h)
SDG 7

Right to an adequate standard of living 

  • UDHR art. 25
  • ICESCR art. 11

Right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its application

  • UDHR art. 27
  • ICESCR art. 15(1)(b)
SDG 8

Right to work and to just and favourable conditions of work

  • UDHR art. 23
  • ICESCR art. 6
  • ICESCR art. 7
  • ICESCR art. 10
  • CRPD art. 27

ILO Core Labour Conventions and ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work

Prohibition of slavery, forced labour, and trafficking of persons 

  • UDHR art. 4
  • ICCPR art. 8
  • CEDAW art. 6
  • CRC art. 34
  • CRC art. 35
  • CRC art. 36

Equal rights of women in relation to employment 

  • CEDAW art. 11

ILO Convention No. 100

ILO Convention No. 111

Prohibition of child labour 

  • CRC art. 32

ILO Convention No. 182

Equal labour rights of migrant workers

  • CMW art. 25
SDG 9

Right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its application 

  • UDHR art. 27
  • ICESCR art. 15(1)(b)

Right to access to information 

  • UDHR art. 19
  • ICCPR art. 19(2)

Right to adequate housing, including land and resources 

  • UDHR art. 25
  • ICESCR art. 11

Equal rights of women to financial credit and rural infrastructure 

  • CEDAW art. 13(b)
  • CEDAW art. 14(2)
SDG 10

Right to equality and non-discrimination 

  • UDHR art. 2
  • ICESCR art. 2(2)
  • ICCPR art. 2(1)
  • ICCPR art. 26
  • CERD art. 2(2)
  • CEDAW art. 2
  • CRC art. 2
  • CRPD art. 5
  • CMW art. 7
  • DRtD art. 8(1)

Right to participate in public affairs 

  • UDHR art. 21
  • ICCPR art. 25
  • CEDAW art. 7
  • ICERD art. 5
  • CRPD art. 29
  • DRtD art. 8(2)

Right to social security 

  • UDHR art. 22
  • ICESCR arts. 9
  • ICESCR arts. 10
  • CRPD art. 28

Promotion of conditions for international migration 

  • CMW art. 64

Right of migrant to transfer their earnings and savings 

  • CMW art. 47(1)
SDG 11

Right to an adequate housing, including land and resources 

  • UDHR art. 25
  • ICESCR art. 11

Right to participate in cultural life 

  • UDHR art. 25
  • ICESCR art. 15
  • ICERD art. 5
  • ICERD art. 7
  • CRPD art. 30
  • CRC art. 31

Accessibility of transportation, facilities and services 

  • CRPD art. 9(1)
  • CRC art. 23
  • CEDAW art. 14(2)

Protection from natural disasters 

  • CRPD art. 11
SDG 12

Right to health including the right to safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment

  • UDHR art. 25(1)
  • ICESCR art. 12

Right to adequate food and the right to safe drinking water 

  • UDHR art. 25(1)
  • ICESCR art. 11

Right of all peoples to freely dispose of their natural resources 

  • ICCPR art. 1(2)
  • ICESCR art. 1(2)
SDG 13

Right to health including the right to safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment 

  • UDHR art. 25(1)
  • ICESCR art. 12
  • CRC art. 24
  • CEDAW art. 12
  • CMW art. 28

Right to adequate food & right to safe drinking water 

  • UDHR art. 25(1)
  • ICESCR art. 11

Right of all peoples to freely dispose of their natural wealth and resources 

  • ICCPR art. 1(2)
  • ICESCR art. 1(2)
SDG 14

Right to health 

  • UDHR art. 25(1)
  • ICESCR art. 12
  • CRC art. 24
  • CEDAW art. 12
  • CMW art. 28

Right to adequate food & right to safe drinking water 

  • UDHR art. 25(1)
  • ICESCR art. 11

Right of all peoples to freely dispose of their natural wealth and resources 

  • ICCPR art. 1(2)
  • ICESCR art. 1(2)
SDG 15

Right to health 

  • UDHR art. 25(1)
  • ICESCR art. 12
  • CRC art. 24
  • CEDAW art. 12
  • CMW art. 28

Right to adequate food & right to safe drinking water

  • UDHR art. 25(1)
  • ICESCR art. 11

Right of all peoples to freely dispose of their natural wealth and resources 

  • ICCPR art. 1(2)
  • ICESCR art. 1(2)
SDG 16

Right to life, liberty and security of the person 

  • UDHR art. 3
  • ICCPR art. 6(1)
  • ICCPR art. 9(1)
  • ICPED art. 1

Right to life, liberty and security of the person Including freedom from torture 

  • UDHR art. 5
  • ICCPR art. 7
  • CAT art. 2
  • CRC art. 37(a)

Protection of children from all forms of violence, abuse or exploitation 

  • CRC art. 19
  • CRC art. 37(a)

Protection of children from all forms of violence, abuse or exploitation including trafficking 

  • CRC art. 34
  • CRC art. 35
  • CRC art. 36
  • CRC-OP1

Right to access to justice and due process

  • UDHR art. 8
  • UDHR art. 10
  • ICCPR art. 2(3)
  • ICCPR art. 14
  • ICCPR art. 15
  • CEDAW art. 2(c)

Right to legal personality 

  • UDHR art. 6
  • ICCPR art. 16
  • CRPD art. 12

Right to participate in public affairs 

  • UDHR art. 21
  • ICCPR art. 25

Right to access to information 

  • UDHR art. 19
  • ICCPR art. 19(1)
SDG 17

Right of all peoples to self-determination 

  • ICCPR art. 1(1)
  • ICESCR art. 1(1)
  • DRtD art. 1(1)

Right of all peoples to development & international cooperation

  • UDHR art. 28
  • ICESCR art. 2(1)
  • CRC art. 4
  • CRPD art. 32(1)
  • DRtD art. 3
  • DRtD art. 4
  • DRtD art. 5

Right of everyone to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its application, including international cooperation in the scientific field 

  • UDHR art. 27(1)
  • ICESCR art. 15(1)

Right to privacy

  • UDHR art. 12
  • ICCPR art. 17
  • CRPD art. 31(1)

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