Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have devastating effects on societies and economies around the world. It is negatively impacting the enjoyment of human rights and hampering progress towards achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The pandemic perpetuates and exacerbates existing patterns of vulnerability, discrimination and inequality and has further pushed back vulnerable and marginalized groups already left behind.
In some cases, the pandemic has been used as a pretext for violating human rights and fundamental freedoms, including by shrinking democratic and civil society space.
The Sustainable Recovery Pledge
With the Sustainable Recovery pledge, the undersigning States express their determination to build back better from COVID-19, using the 2030 Agenda, grounded in States’ human rights obligations, as well as the Paris Agreement, as the blueprint.
These obligations and commitments represent essential guideposts on the road to sustainable recovery. The pledge reflects the shared understanding and belief that preparedness, response and recovery strategies that are shaped by and respect human rights will result in better, more just and more sustainable outcomes.
Below, you can find a link to the pledge text and watch the recording of the pledge launch.
The Human Rights Guide to Sustainable Recovery
This resource provides guidance for sustainable recovery from COVID-19 using the Sustainable Development Goals and human rights as a blueprint, as proposed by the UN Secretary-General in “Human Rights and COVID-19: we are all in this together”.