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6.
Recognizes that the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and the 169 targets of
the 2030 Agenda cover a wide range of issues relating to economic, social and cultural
rights, in particular availability, accessibility, affordability and quality of services, and
many dimensions of civil and political rights, as well as issues that are related to domestic
resource mobilization, international cooperation and the right to development, and that the
implementation of the 2030 Agenda must be consistent with a State’s obligations under
international human rights law;
7.
Also recognizes that the commitments made by States in the 2030 Agenda to
leave no one behind, and to reach the furthest behind first, founded on the dignity of the
human person, and reflecting the principles of equality and non-discrimination, require the
collection of quality, accessible, timely and reliable disaggregated data to help in the
measurement of progress across all Goals and targets, and the intensification of efforts to
strengthen statistical capacities in developing countries, particularly African countries, least
developed countries, landlocked developing countries, small island developing States and
middle-income countries;
8.
Notes with appreciation the contributions of international human rights
mechanisms, including the Human Rights Council and its subsidiary bodies, international
human rights treaty bodies, the special procedures and the universal periodic review in
promoting the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in accordance with States’ human rights
obligations, encourages States to give due consideration to information, observations and
recommendations from human rights mechanisms when implementing and monitoring
progress of the 2030 Agenda, and to promote the cooperation of all stakeholders towards
the full integration of human rights into the said processes;
9.
Urges States to consider adopting or further developing procedures for
information-gathering and measurement, which may, if analysed in the light of international
human rights law principles and standards, serve as national indicators for State decisionmaking processes, and are transparent and participatory, and allow for accountability;
10.
Underlines the importance of an effective remedy for violations of economic,
social and cultural rights, and in this regard notes with appreciation the measures taken to
facilitate access to complaints procedures and the domestic adjudication of cases, as
appropriate, for victims of alleged human rights violations;
11.
Welcomes the steps taken at the national level to implement economic, social
and cultural rights, including the enactment of appropriate legislation and adjudication by
national courts, and in this regard underlines the need to consider justiciability when
determining the best way to give domestic legal effect to the rights in the Covenant;
12.
Recognizes that the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 targets seek
to, inter alia, realize the human rights of all and to achieve gender equality and the
empowerment of all women and girls, and that they are integrated and indivisible and
balance the three dimensions of sustainable development, namely the economic, social and
environmental, and calls upon States to implement the 2030 Agenda consistent with the
principles of equality and non-discrimination, and in this regard encourages States to
consider appropriate measures to promote de facto equality;
13.
Acknowledges that social protection floors may facilitate the enjoyment of
human rights, including the rights to social security, the highest attainable standard of
physical and mental health, an adequate standard of living, including adequate food,
clothing and housing, education and safe drinking water and sanitation, in accordance with
the human rights obligations of States, and in this regard underlines the importance of
compliance with the principles of non-discrimination, transparency, participation and
accountability;
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