VOICES OF DIGNITY: Sustainable Development Goals and Human Rights with Prof Sandra Liebenberg

In 2015, 193 countries – all of the then members of the United Nations --adopted the Sustainable Development Goals. The SDGs, as they are known, are a set of 17 goals, which call for urgent action for all countries to work together to build peace and prosperity for people and the planet.

Professor Sandra Liebenberg from  Stellenbosch University in South Africa, understands the SDGs and there integral link with human rights. A former member of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, she is currently a professor of human rights law. In this episode, she explains how these global goals are underpinned by human rights.