Next Monday, 1 July at 11 a.m., the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumption and Agenda 2030 is organising the debate Palestine: Peace and security to guarantee human rights and fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda at the Casa Árabe headquarters in Madrid, with the participation of Francesca Albanese and Minister Pablo Bustinduy.
As reaffirmed in the Political Declaration of the 2023 SDG Summit, sustainable development cannot become a reality without peace and security; and peace and security are at risk without sustainable development. The 2030 Agenda also calls for the removal of obstacles faced by people living under foreign occupation that negatively affect sustainable development.
Armed conflicts and instability have persisted or intensified around the world, causing human suffering, undermining the achievement of the SDGs and violating human rights. The situation in Gaza painfully illustrates this reality.
The integrated nature of human security and the SDGs requires a coordinated and comprehensive response, in which respect for international law, including the protection, respect and fulfilment of human rights, must be at the forefront.
The debate, organised by the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and Agenda 2030, will be moderated by Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, and will include the participation of Pablo Bustinduy Amador, Minister of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and Agenda 2030, Husni Abdel Wahed, Palestinian Ambassador to Spain, Sankie Mthembi-Mahanyele, South African Ambassador to Spain, and Raquel Martí, Executive Director of the Spanish Committee of UNRWA. The Director General of Casa Árabe, Irene Lozano, will give a welcoming speech on behalf of Casa Árabe.
It will be structured around two questions:
– How should we articulate the defence, protection and guarantee of human rights as a sine qua non condition for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals?
– What role should governments and the international community play in the coordinated and global response to situations of human rights violations such as the one taking place in Palestine? You must register using this form.
