December 2023 Open Society Foundations 4 INTRODUCTION “Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world” Universal Declaration of Human Rights The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), 75 years old on December 10, 2023, has become part of the tapestry of our li. [...] December 2023 Open Society Foundations 5 Barometer in Context Strengthening the Human Rights System If the anniversary of the UDHR is an opportunity to reflect on the way forward for human rights, the alarming state of the world urgently calls for answers from the human rights system. [...] Similarly, human rights offer a language and a framework for addressing non-economic loss and damage— such the loss of territory, cultural heritage, or Indigenous knowledge, and the psychological impacts that they bring—including through the rights set out in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the area of cultural rights.21 The loss of cultural heritage is not only a violat. [...] They have have roots in different perceptions of the past century and the purpose of the multilateral system, which is viewed in the Global North largely through the prism of two world wars and the Cold War, and in many Global South countries in terms of empire and post-empire. [...] But there are also opportunities into which the human rights system should speak, including reform of the international financial architecture, the implementation of loss and damage financing, the eventual successor to the Sustainable Development Goals, and the Summit of the Future in 2024 which aims to strengthen international cooperation around the great global challenges of now and beyond.
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