Paradigm Shift or Lost Opportunity?
The Ford Foundation, East River Room
320 East 43rd Street, New York, NY 10017
+1 718 237-9145
Agenda 2030, a new global sustainable development framework to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), will be adopted at the United Nations General Assembly this month, but can it deliver on its promises?
The ESCR-net is pleased to inform you that the Center for Economic and Social Rights is organizing a panel event bringing together leading figures from the fields of human rights advocacy, academia and the UN to reflect critically on the progress made in securing human rights in Agenda 2030.
Panelists will include:
Philip Alston – UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights
Alicia Ely Yamin – Policy Director, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University
James Goldstone – Executive Director, Open Society Justice Initiative
Magdalena Sepúlveda – Senior Research Fellow, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
Chair: Ignacio Saiz – Executive Director, Center for Economic and Social Rights
Please RSVP at: http://bit.ly/1FX03iJ