The 2030 Agenda explicitly states that the Sustainable Development Goals “seek to realize human rights for all and to achieve gender equality”. Further, the Agenda pledges to “leave no one behind”, and to “reach those furthest behind first”.

The 2017 High Level Political Forum will review SDG 1 (no poverty), SDG 2 (zero hunger), SDG 5 (gender equality), and SDG 17 (partnerships), among others. These goals are underpinned by key human rights instruments and international labour standards, and reflect fundamental human rights principles of equality and non-­‐discrimination.

The achievement of these SDGs and the realisation of human rights are tied together in a mutually reinforcing way that allows for integrated strategies and approaches to, for example, reducing poverty and ensuring food security, while realising the rights of indigenous peoples and persons with disabilities. Further, human rights principles regarding participation and accountability, as well as instruments such as the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights constitute essential tools for designing the processes and partnerships needed to reach the goals.

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development provides a new opportunity to advance the rights and well-being of indigenous peoples, who were largely invisible in the Millennium Development Goals.

Indigenous peoples have engaged actively in the first years of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. They have called for participation, disaggregated data according to indigenous identity and inclusion of their rights in national action plans, follow-up and review. They contributed actively to implementation and shared their traditional knowledge and development approaches as inspiration for the 2030 Agenda.

Indigenous peoples’ concepts of holistic and multidimensional well-being can bring valuable inspiration to the High Level Political Forum 2017, in particular the theme of promoting prosperity and eradicating poverty: What does it in fact mean to be poor or not? Which structural factors contribute to keeping indigenous peoples excluded, marginalised and poor? What are the particular challenges for indigenous women to move out of poverty? How can indigenous peoples’ traditional livelihoods provide a sustainable alternative to present models of resource extraction and profit-driven businesses? What is the key to not leaving indigenous peoples behind?

Sustainable development and human rights are interlinked.

One cannot be achieved without the other.

Our session focuses on the human rights-based approach to eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity.

The “Indigenous Voices” will cover the High Level Political Forum 2017 through indigenous worldviews, perspectives and languages. Indigenous journalists and speakers will broadcast information about the six specific Sustainable Development Goals under review in 2017, about the outcomes of the Voluntary National Reviews and about the 2017 HLPF Theme: “Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world."

En el marco del pos grado para optar el título de Experta en Pueblos Indígenas, Derechos Humanos y Cooperación Internacional, a continuación encontrará un artículo acerca del tema: “Avances en la implementación de la agenda de los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible 2030 e implicaciones para los pueblos indígenas de Guatemala”.

En el año 2000, la minoría más grande del mundo, los pueblos indígenas, no tuvieron el reconocimiento necesario e inclusión en los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio. La Agenda 2030 que contiene los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible y constituyen la segunda fase de la estrategia de desarrollo impulsada por las Naciones Unidas desde el año 2000, ve más allá de los ODM, ya que, se propone abordar las causas estructurales de la pobreza en su concepción multidimensional.