scholarly journals ПРАВОВЕ ВИЗНАЧЕННЯ ПОНЯТТЯ «ГІДНЕ ЖИТЛО»

2019 ◽  
pp. 89-98
Author(s):  
В. Б. Селевко

No state can achieve the Sustainable Development Goals without providing its citizens with decent, safe and affordable housing. The housing issue remains one of the major problems of urban economies. Sustainable development goals can only be achieved by recognizing the human right to decent housing. The purpose of the work is to determine the essence and content of the concept of "decent housing" for the preparation and adoption of relevant regulations. The right to housing is one of the most important inherent human rights, it is defined as a legal opportunity to protect their right not only to housing, which can even be a box from household appliances, but also to a suitable one that would correspond to the modern conception of man, his honor and dignity. Adequate housing (if necessary) should be habitable in terms of protecting residents from cold, dampness or other health threats, structural hazards and disease carriers. Adequate housing should be located in a place that allows access to employment, health care, schools and other social facilities. The existence of mutual influence of poor living conditions and violation of human dignity, human rights and freedom is indicated, namely that poor living conditions of the person are an obstacle to the use of basic services, which undermine the right to education, health care and employment. This can lead to a closed circle of vagaries and misdeeds, thereby securing segregation in the social sphere and places of residence. Therefore, this, in turn, can create permanent inequality, which will be particularly difficult to overcome. The right to normal housing should be subject to justice so that people can go to court if they are unable to access adequate housing. A decent housing should provide for the absence of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. If a person lives in the conditions that temporarily or permanently deprive them of any of his natural senses (vision, hearing, spatial or temporal orientation) and cause stress, fear or anxiety, it can humiliate or offend them, break their physical or moral resistance. The existence that humiliates one’s dignity is when a person feels humiliated in front of others or has to act against the will or conscience to improve living conditions. Thus, the definition of "decent housing" should cover requirements that take into account the sanitary, technical conditions of human existence, but each state, taking into account the socio-economic status and cultural characteristics, considers the limits and possibilities of their guarantee.

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 100428
Author(s):  
Helena de Oliveira Souza ◽  
Rafaela dos Santos Costa ◽  
Gabrielle Rabelo Quadra ◽  
Marcos Antônio dos Santos Fernandez

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-72
Author(s):  
Wekgari Dulume

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is grounded in different international human rights instruments. Human rights (HR) principles and standards are strongly reflected in several of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets. Furthermore, SDG 17 emphasizes partnership as a key to achieving all of the SDGs. This article examines the SDGs-HR linkage in general, as well as specific HR principles that can be advanced by the achievement of SDG 17. Opportunities and challenges to promote Goal 17 of the SDGs that directly affect certain HRs are also examined. A review of relevant literature, 2030 summit documents, and outcomes of recent international conferences on the SDGs is undertaken in order to determine the progress made towards forging regional and global partnerships for the SDGs, as envisaged in Goal 17. This article finds that the absence of a political will and commitment, increased isolationist policy, narrow nationalism and poor rule linkage at national and international levels are some of the obstacles to the attainment of Goal 17. Yet, opportunities abound to promote the Goal. The article recommends a genuine commitment to implementing the SDGs by encouraging the South-South and North-South to prevent the SDGs from becoming a mere wishlist. Synergy between the government, individuals, civil society organizations (CSOs) and transnational corporations (TNCs) is equally very important. Keywords: Human rights, sustainable development goals, partnership for the goals.


2021 ◽  
pp. 51-62
Author(s):  
Reetta Toivanen ◽  
Dorothée Cambou

This chapter takes up the status of the human in terms of rights and law. Surveying the status of human rights law within the framework of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the authors highlight the cultural context of Arctic Indigenous peoples, namely the Sámi people in Finland. The lack of legal and political agency is a barrier not only to sustainable and culturally desirable livelihoods, as the authors detail: this legal situation enables ongoing extractivist projects in the form of mining and forestry.


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