The Key Concepts series is designed to equip activists and organizations with critical tools and inspiration to push for transformative economic change rooted in human rights principles.
Our latest primer, on Reparations-Based Climate Finance, delves into how we can resource responses to the climate crisis using equitable, justice-driven approaches grounded in human rights. It explores pathways for climate finance that prioritize those most impacted, highlighting how reparations-based solutions can heal the planet and uphold the dignity and rights of all. Spanish and Arabic versions coming soon.
The first primer in the series, Human Rights & Economic Recovery from COVID (also available in Spanish and Arabic), shines a light on the structural injustices exposed by the pandemic. It outlines how a human rights perspective can reshape recovery efforts and hold governments and private actors accountable, ensuring a just and sustainable recovery.
Our second primer, Sovereign Debt and Human Rights (also available in Spanish and Arabic), examines the unjust power dynamics behind countries’ public debt and offers a human rights framework to challenge traditional approaches. It explores how government borrowing, if done right, can strengthen public services and bolster economic resilience.
The third primer, on Taxes, Budgets, and Human Rights (also available in Spanish and Arabic), addresses how governments collect and allocate public resources. It equips advocates with arguments to challenge austerity and propose fiscal transformations that combat inequality and ensure shared prosperity, using human rights standards as guiding principles.
Across all four primers, you’ll find crucial human rights concepts paired with practical examples of their application in advocacy and policymaking. Whether you are an activist, part of an organization, or simply interested in economic and social justice, this series will help you explore issues such as pandemic recovery, sovereign debt, fiscal justice, and reparations-based climate finance.
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