DIALOGUE
11 FEBRUARY 2019
NEW DELHI
Legal Empowerment and SDG 16
UNPACKING POLICY STORIES
Legal empowerment of the poor can be developed on the basis of labour rights, legal instruments for entrepreneurship, property rights and access to justice and rule of law. Sustainable Development Goal 16 calls to provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
School of Government and Public Policy, O. P. Jindal Global University
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Policy Talks
a dialogue with
Naresh Singh
International development adviser based in Canada, with a special focus on sustainable livelihoods and legal empowerment
Bibek Debroy
Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India and Member, NITI Aayog
Ramaswamy Sudarshan
Moderator
Dean, School of Government and Public Policy, O. P. Jindal Global University
Governments have to backtrack the core elements of the rule of law from judiciary independence to accountability and fundamental human rights. 2030 agenda (SDGs) is to hard-wire the Human Rights based approach to development policy and practice.
- Dr Naresh Singh. (International development adviser based in Canada, with a special focus on sustainable livelihoods and legal empowerment)
Read the complete speech and commentaries here
The Four Pillars of Legal Empowerment of the Poor
First Pillar: Access to Justice and The Rule of Law
Second Pillar: Property Rights
Third Pillar: Labour Rights
Fourth Pillar: Business Rights
Making the Law Work for everyone
Report of the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor
Source: UNDP