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Deep inequalities and compounding threats of violence, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2015\/06\/09\/climate-change-forcing-bangladeshi-girls-child-marriage\u0022\u003Eclimate change\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2015\/03\/20\/dispatches-world-water-day-not-just-about-water\u0022\u003Eenvironmental degradation\u003C\/a\u003E pose enormous challenges to the world and the poorest and most marginalized are bearing the brunt.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EHuman Rights Watch research over many years and across all regions has found that a lack of focus on human rights in economic growth and human development programs often reinforces and exacerbates exclusion, discrimination, and inequality. The \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2015\/04\/14\/dispatches-stop-using-hospitals-debtor-prisons\u0022\u003Epoorest\u003C\/a\u003E and most \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2015\/04\/15\/world-bank-address-failings-resettlement\u0022\u003Emarginalized\u003C\/a\u003E \u2013 women, people with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2015\/09\/01\/russia-children-disabilities-face-discrimination\u0022\u003Edisabilities\u003C\/a\u003E, ethnic and religious minorities, children, LGBT people, and those furthest from centers of power and influence \u2013 are especially likely to be denied the benefits of economic progress or access to economic opportunities, resources, and services. And, these groups are often left out of discussions, decision-making, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2014\/06\/25\/tajikistan-dam-resettlement-undermines-livelihoods\u0022\u003Eplanning\u003C\/a\u003E of programs designed to enable them to reach their fullest potential.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EOver the next two weeks in the lead-up to the\u00a0UN Sustainable Development Summit, Human Rights Watch will be publishing a series of articles that bring a human \u2013 and human rights \u2013 focus to what is sometimes an abstract discussion around these goals. The central theme in the series is an insistence that \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2015\/08\/14\/why-world-bank-should-embrace-human-rights\u0022\u003Ehuman rights\u003C\/a\u003E remain central to any discussion of sustainable development. That means that governments and international organizations should:\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAllow people to meaningfully participate in decision-making that affects them, their families and communities;\u00a0\u003C\/li\u003E\u0026#13;\n\t\u003Cli\u003EStrengthen \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2015\/03\/18\/accountability-post-2015-agenda\u0022\u003Eaccountability\u003C\/a\u003E at national and international levels for delivering on commitments to inclusive, sustainable, and rights-respecting development; and\u003C\/li\u003E\u0026#13;\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECollect data to monitor the progress of disadvantaged groups in meeting the SDGs.\u003C\/li\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis won\u2019t be easy. And, the growing impact of climate change will place an increasing burden on governments struggling to meet their human rights obligations with limited resources and fragile or inadequate infrastructure.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EBut human rights are critical \u2013 whether the issue is sustainable cities or quality \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2015\/07\/13\/protecting-schools-80-years-after-roerich\u0022\u003Eeducation\u003C\/a\u003E. At the heart of these at times abstract discussions are real people, individuals who should enjoy their\u00a0fundamental human rights and \u201clive free of fear and want.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EWill the SDGs succeed? It\u2019s uncertain. 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