DIHR, Danish Institute for Human Rights and NANHRI, Network of African National Human Rights Institutions and Obonyo, Mercy and Schmidt-Hansen, Mikkel and Ruiz Liard Krysa, Magdalena (2024) Engaging with the blue economy: A guide for national human rights institutions in Africa. UNSPECIFIED. ISBN 978-87-7570-236-7
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This document is a guide to how National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in Africa can engage with the Blue Economy. ‘Blue Economy’ describes the sustainable use and conservation of aquatic resources in marine and freshwater environments. In October 2019, the African Union published the Africa Blue Economy Strategy.1 This extensive and one-of-a-kind strategy refers to the sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth and improved livelihoods in the region while ensuring the conservation and protection of the marine environment. Despite its broad scope on development-related themes, it has almost exclusively attracted engagement from actors working on the economic and environmental aspects of the Blue Economy. Very few actors have adopted a human rights-based approach to the topic. With its focus on ocean equity, the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy makes an important case for the interconnection between environmental protection and sustainable economic growth. Both can mutually reinforce wealth generation without contributing to the depletion of the resources that it builds on and thereby actively contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda). Furthermore, it also highlights the interconnection between equitable public participation and the social distribution of sustainable, ocean-based, wealth-generating activities and revenues. Thus, the Blue Economy should not only focus on economic growth but also address social inclusion and inequality.
| Item Type: | Documents |
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| Keywords: | Africa, Blue Economy, Institutions, Human Rights, Sustainable Development, Marine Environment, Policy, Strategies, Food Security, Social Security |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Vivek D ICSF |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Sep 2024 08:26 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Sep 2024 08:26 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/20323 |
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