Human Rights and the SDGs in Response to COVID-19

Objective: • offer an early stock-taking and rights-based assessment of proposals for recalibrating the SDGs at the international and national levels in response to the fallout from the COVID-19 crisis Expected Outcomes: • improved understanding of how the public health and economic crises are impacting the global development agenda • identified a new engaged research agenda into human rights in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals, whether focused on the multilateral framework or a particular dimension of implementation at a local or national level • contributed to the increased awareness of and engagement with the SDGs “on campus” through project outreach