Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Human Rights
- The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- The Core International Human Rights Instruments and Their Monitoring Bodies
- Universal Human Rights Instruments
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Glossary of United Nations and Psychology Acronyms in the Handbook
- Introduction
- Part I History of Human Rights
- Part II The Intersection of Psychology and Human Rights
- Part III Contemporary Issues in Psychology and Human Rights
- Part IV Teaching, Research, and Training in Psychology and Human Rights
- Part V Future Directions
- 36 Human Rights and Reconciliation
- 37 The Australian Psychological Society’s Apology to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
- 38 The Role of Scientific Societies in Promoting and Protecting Human Rights and the Example of the American Psychological Association
- 39 Human Rights, Psychology, and Artificial Intelligence
- 40 Psychology, Human Rights, and the Implementation of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
- Index
- References
40 - Psychology, Human Rights, and the Implementation of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
from Part V - Future Directions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 October 2020
Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Human Rights
- The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Human Rights
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- The Core International Human Rights Instruments and Their Monitoring Bodies
- Universal Human Rights Instruments
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Glossary of United Nations and Psychology Acronyms in the Handbook
- Introduction
- Part I History of Human Rights
- Part II The Intersection of Psychology and Human Rights
- Part III Contemporary Issues in Psychology and Human Rights
- Part IV Teaching, Research, and Training in Psychology and Human Rights
- Part V Future Directions
- 36 Human Rights and Reconciliation
- 37 The Australian Psychological Society’s Apology to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
- 38 The Role of Scientific Societies in Promoting and Protecting Human Rights and the Example of the American Psychological Association
- 39 Human Rights, Psychology, and Artificial Intelligence
- 40 Psychology, Human Rights, and the Implementation of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter examines the path from the origins of the United Nations and its Charter to the 2030 Global Agenda on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and charts the interconnectedness of fundamental concepts that underpin the human rights movement to today’s implementation of the SDGs. Specifically, we explore how the twentieth-century origins of the United Nations transformed into twenty-first-century platforms of action and advocacy through support from psychological research. Early concepts provided by key historical figures are linked to the evolution of those concepts to form the current global agenda. For example, how do the basic pillars of the UN system form a conceptual foundation for planning and advocating for human rights? The chapter illustrates the inter-relatedness of these foundations and presents perspectives to create support for successful implementation through the value of psychological science to facilitate behavior change in formal educational settings, in community settings, and with technology. We address ways in which informing civil society plays a vital role in achieving success in addition to financial support from Member States. Finally, the chapter describes how the education of citizens globally is essential to the implementation of the SDGs and presents the promise of psychological research to potentiate the effectiveness of educational models.
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