INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN NO POVERTY AND ZERO HUNGER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS NORMS

Abstract

This paper examined the intersections between Sustainable Development Goals 1 (no poverty) and 2 (zero hunger) with human rights norms. Courtesy of the doctrinal research method, detailed analysis of textual provisions of international, regional, and national domestic instruments were undertaken. The paper established that on one hand, the SDGs 1 and 2 are interwoven with human rights as these Goals, like human rights standards, provide the platform for collective promotion of human interest, elimination of want and poverty, and satisfaction of human survival needs. The paper also found out that on the other hand, a significant difference is that while the Sustainable Development Goals 1 and 2 have an expiry date of 2030, human rights have no expiry date. It was therefore suggested that while States are encouraged to continue to work assiduously towards attaining the Sustainable Development Goals 1 and 2 which will expire in the next five years, they must invest heavily and constantly in the enforcement and protection of the more durable human rights as the ultimate panacea for eradication of poverty and hunger.