About the Special Issue
This special issue contributes to establishing human rights and sustainable development as a field of enquiry, and aims to provide a cross-section of some of the research at the forefront of this field. The topics raised in this special issue were explored during an international conference on Human Rights and Sustainability in 2022, organized at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights.
The issue comprises contributions from established and emerging scholars that explore the intersection of human rights and sustainability discourses and the application of rights-based approaches to sustainable development. They show that currently there are two main trends in thinking about the relationship between human rights and sustainable development. The first is a ‘harmonious’ understanding of human rights and sustainable development, that seeks to find the interlinkages and commonalities which strengthen both. The second is a ‘creative tension’ understanding, that highlights how the concepts challenge each other’s underlying assumptions. The articles in this special issue cover how these approaches are theorized, and take up the challenge of how they might apply in practice from different national perspectives, thus illustrating the richness and diversity of contexts in which the challenges of integrating sustainable development and human rights arise.
You can access the special issue here: Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights - Special Issue: Theory and practice of Sustainable Development and Human Rights
Programme
13:15 - 13:20: Welcome by moderator Nina Reiners, Leader of the Research Group on Global Challenges to Human Rights
13:20 - 13:30 Introduction of the Special Issue by editors Elsabe Boshoff (NCHR) and Dinie Arief (NCHR)
13:30 - 14:00: Presentations of individual articles:
- Elisa Fiorini Beckhauser (University of Salento): 'The synergies between human rights and rights of nature: an ecological dimension from the Latin American climate litigation’ (Online)
- Lorena Munoz Carmona (BRIGHT): ‘Synergies or silos? Exploring human rights considerations in sustainability reporting practices in the Nordic’
- Judith Bueno de Mesquita (University of Essex): ‘Living within planetary boundaries: decoupling human rights from the unsustainable development agenda and considering a future with degrowth’ (Online)
14:00 - 14:10: Reflections by Beate Sjåfjell (University of Oslo, Faculty of Law) (Online)
14:10 - 14:40: Open discussion with Q&A from the audience
14:40 - 14:45: Closing by moderator Nina Reiners
Practical information
This event will take place in a hybrid format. Both online and in person attendance is possible.
For those attending in person, the event is held on the 8th floor of Domus Juridica. If you do not have an access card, please call +47 403 91 077 when outside.
Some light refreshments will be served during the event.
We kindly ask that participants register in advance. When registering, please indicate whether you intend to attend online or in person. If you wish to attend online, a zoom link will be shared with you prior to the event.