A Rights-based Path for People and Planet – proposals for realising human rights in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework - Paper 4

This briefing has been prepared by the Human Rights and Biodiversity Working Group as input into the negotiations under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) that will take place in December 2022 to finalise the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). The briefing highlights what it takes to integrate a human rights-based approach (HRBA) and how it can be done to ensure an effective, inclusive, equitable and just implementation of the GBF and the achievement of its goals and targets.

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This document takes three main negotiation documents as its starting point: the recommendation adopted by the 4th meeting of the open-ended working group; the report of the Informal Group on the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework; and the report of the expert workshop on the  monitoring framework for the post- 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.

The organisations that have developed this document recognise that the only basis for negotiation is the composite text, and that is where analysis here focuses, although the Informal Group proposals have been included where relevant and suitable. The outcomes of the Bonn expert meeting on the monitoring framework have been referred to in relation to the development of the Monitoring Framework and indicators.

Developing and implementing the Global Biodiversity Framework with a human rights-based approach means, in simple terms, that the biodiversity policies, governance and management practices agreed do not violate human rights and that those making decisions and implementing such policies and practices actively seek ways to support and promote human rights in their design, implementation and monitoring.