This paper discusses the relationship between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the long-standing human rights system of the United Nations. Thematically, these two modes of global governance strongly overlap. Several SDGs are in line with human rights obligations. At the same time, the SDGs and human rights are based on divergent logics and constructed very differently. After capturing the key characteristics of the two governance modes, this paper highlights the differences between the SDGs and human rights and introduces a novel conceptualisation to enhance our understanding of the relationship between rights-based and goal-based approaches. Against this backdrop, we assess this relationship and argue that human rights have the potential to strengthen and reinforce the SDGs. In particular, we sketch some future pathways to better integrate the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with existing human rights instruments to enhance accountability, review, and participation in decision-making in relation to the SDGs.

本文讨论了可持续发展目标 (SDG) 与联合国长期存在的人权体系之间的关系。从主题上讲，这两种全球治理模式有很强的重叠性。若干可持续发展目标符合人权义务。与此同时，可持续发展目标和人权基于不同的逻辑，构建起来也大不相同。在捕捉到两种治理模式的主要特征后，本文强调了可持续发展目标与人权之间的差异，并引入了一种新颖的概念，以加深我们对基于权利和基于目标的方法之间关系的理解。在此背景下，我们评估了这种关系，并认为人权有可能加强和强化可持续发展目标。尤其，