The Nexus between International Law and the Sustainable Development Goals

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rakhyun E. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
International Law ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals

Sustainable Development and International Law

2020 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 141-143
Author(s):  
Robert McCorquodale ◽  
Siobhan McInerney-Lankford
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
International Law ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Public International Law ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Frequent Failure

Public international law norms are relevant to a wide range of the sustainable development goals. Yet there is a frequent failure to connect the two spheres and there is very limited literature on the interaction between public international law, and the policy and political frameworks that underpin development.

scholarly journals Implementing the SDG-13 through the Adoption of Hybrid Law: Addressing Climate-Induced Displacement

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-100
Author(s):  
Stellina Jolly ◽  
Abhishek Trivedi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
International Law ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Environmental Concerns ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals

The sustainable development goals (sdgs) with their integrated linkage of development and environmental concerns have been hailed as a paradigm shift in the attainment of sustainability. The article attempts to understand the normative framework that underwrites international law and sdg-13 vis-a-vis climate change with a special focus on climate-induced displacement. It explores the existing provisions, limitations, and gaps under international law with regard to displacement associated with climate change. More specifically, the analysis assesses the potential of hybrid law in promoting the goals of sdg-13. The hybrid law approach proposed in this article involves the amalgamation of substantive norms from different branches of international law, integration of norms of differing legal status and engagement of state and non-state actors. The analysis explores the concept of hybrid law, surveys the Nansen Protection Agenda and the Global Compact on Migration and analyses their suitability in exploring solutions to climate displacement. The article evaluates how the adoption of the sdgs provides a foundation for the development of a hybrid law in examining solutions to climate displacement under sdg-13.

scholarly journals Intergenerational Equity and the Sustainable Development Goals

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 3836 ◽  
Author(s):  
Otto Spijkers
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
International Law ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Intergenerational Equity ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
United Nations General Assembly ◽  
The United Nations

The contribution of the present research is to link the global consensus in international legal scholarship on the principle of intergenerational equity to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The methodology used is, first, to provide a literature review of theories of intergenerational equity developed in international law scholarship, followed by a textual analysis of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution that contains the SDGs. To place the SDGs in their proper context, an overview is provided of the most important declarations on sustainable development of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), and outcome documents of the most important World Conferences on sustainable development organized under the auspices of the United Nations. Two general conclusions can be drawn from the present research: in international law scholarship and in the SDGs and previous declarations, the earth is generally seen as a resource, to be used by present and future people, and not as something warranting respect regardless of its worth to human beings. Second, the main challenge is to find a proper balance between intergenerational equity—present and future people—and intragenerational equity—the rich and the poor of the present generation.

Fill the Gap between Law and Governance

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-71
Author(s):  
Dustin Kuan-Hsiung Wang
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
International Law ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Fishery Governance

Abstract The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) clearly address the difference as well as recognize the correlations among seventeen sustainable development dimensions. The SDGs also play an important role for the international community to pay attention to our future living. Taking oceans for instance, they are the biggest ecosystems on our planet, and their health are essential to our survival. In terms of conserving and sustainably using the oceans, seas and marine resource under SDG 14, several targets were agreed upon by the UN member States to help guide decision-making with regard to oceans, such as conserving marine and coastal areas in agreement with international and national laws and using the latest scientific information. This article mainly focuses on the matters of conserving and managing international fishery resources. It also addresses the issues between international law and global governance with perspectives on the implementation of SDG 14. This article concludes that in order to effectively implement international fishery laws and to reach the targets that SDGs have postulated, eliminating the commercial benefits might be the necessary consideration in filling the gap between international fishery law and fishery governance.

scholarly journals The CBDR Principle in the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

2016 ◽  
Vol 02 (02) ◽  
pp. 169-184
Author(s):  
Jiang Ye
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
International Law ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Policy Coherence ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Common Heritage Of Mankind ◽  
Common But Differentiated Responsibilities ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Development Goals

This article analyzes the origin of the principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities (CBDR)” and its role in formulating the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It then explores the potential influence of the principle on the implementation of the goals set forth in the new agenda. Widely known as a principle to address environmental and climate-related challenges, CBDR actually stems from an important concept in international law on the protection of “common heritage of mankind.” For a long time, it seemed unnecessary for the United Nations to specify the CBDR principle in development-related UN official documents due to the separation between North-South cooperation and South-South cooperation. The CBDR principle was finally incorporated into the new UN 2030 Agenda mainly because the agenda managed to merge the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and it became universally applicable to all UN member states, notwithstanding their divergent capabilities to implement these goals. The linkage between policy coherence for sustainable development (PCSD) and CBDR in the implementation of the new agenda is a very good example illustrating why the international community has to uphold the CBDR principle in implementing the UN 2030 Agenda.

Psychological Work on the Sustainable Development Goals

2019 ◽  
Vol 227 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rainer K. Silbereisen
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals
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