Los objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible y la protección de los Derechos Humanos

Abstract

This article outlines some thoughts on the use of the United Nations 2030 Agenda as a tool for the protection of human rights. The declaration contains 17 universally applicable goals that will guide the States’ efforts to achieve a sustainable world by the year 2030. Taking into account goal no. 16 –related to improvement of democratic institutions– as a starting point, the paper will analyze the goals’ axiological basis as a ground
for the protection of rights. In addition, the article will study the objectives of sustainable development in relation to the Inter-American system, as
well as their connection with the role performed by judges in the enforcement of fundamental rights.