Presentation on Human Rights Defenders & the Sustainable Development Goals | UNGA 79

On 17 October 2024, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor presented a report to the UN General Assembly on the contributions made by human rights defenders to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

In the report, she demonstrates that, across every one of the 17 Goals, human rights defenders are placing human rights at the core of sustainable development and, in doing so, are assisting States in their responsibility to leave no one behind. The Special Rapporteur highlights that this work is being made more difficult by increasing restrictions on the right to defend rights.

You can read the report in full here: https://bit.ly/HRDsAndSDGs

The full remarks are available in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Arabic on the Special Rapporteur's website: https://srdefenders.org/opening-remar...