| Millennium Development Goal 8: Indicators for International Human Rights Obligations?
Fukuda-Parr, Sakiko
Human Rights Quarterly, Nov 2006,v28, #4; p966-, 33p
“The idea that human solidarity transcends national boundaries and extends to all people of the world is expressed in key human rights documents such as the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, and the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights… Yet this cherished idea has not developed beyond a statement of principle in either concept or international human rights law.”
“Millennium Development Coal 8 is arguably the most significant step since the Covenant on Economic Social Rights in taking the idea of global solidarity and international responsibilities for development from a statement of principle to international policy. It commits the international community to strengthen partnership for poverty reduction, and defines benchmark targets and indicators of progress. This article examines this goal as a human rights tool to measure progress and hold states accountable.” Sakiko Fukuda-Parr is Visiting Professor of International Affairs at the New School University. Prior to that, she was a Research Fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. From 1995 to 2004, she was director of the United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Reports.
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