A solid and unconventional publication out 10 February in open access: Eco-Social Contracts for Sustainable and Just Futures (hardback available soon). It discusses economic and social justice within planetary boundaries. The editors @Patrick Huntjens, @Najma Mohamed, @Katja Hujo and @Manisha Desai pulled together 30 authors across many geographies, disciplines and practices, including activists, policy advocates, NGO leaders, former…
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Weltsozialgipfel – ein paar Überlegungen
Einige Überlegungen zum Weltsozialgipfel und wie es weitergehen könnte und sollte: ein Kommentar (auf englisch), und in meiner neuen Rubrik „Podcasts“: Zwei Beiträge zum Weltsozialgipfel: Hier und hier in der Podcastreihe UNhörbar der Deutschen Gesellschaft für die Vereinten Nationen (DGVN) mit Sophie Fasshauer, Studierende und Mitglied des DGVN-Arbeitskreises Nachhaltigkeit und Klimagerechtigkeit. Und hier ein früheres…
Read MoreYouth at the World Summit for Social Development: Guest blog by Naveen Gautam
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…
Read MoreGlobal 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 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.
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World Summit on Social Development
Greetings from the World Summit on Social Development. Social protection and the right to care getting good traction. Discussion piece
Just out
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14680181251394501