TY - JOUR ID - 3173 TI - Human Rights Discourse in the Sustainable Development Agenda Avoids Obligations and Entitlements; Comment on “Rights Language in the Sustainable Development Agenda: Has Right to Health Discourse and Norms Shaped Health Goals?” JO - International Journal of Health Policy and Management JA - IJHPM LA - en SN - AU - Williams, Carmel AU - Blaiklock, Alison AD - Francois-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB), Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard T.H. Chan, School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA AD - Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 VL - 5 IS - 6 SP - 387 EP - 390 KW - Human Rights KW - Right to Health KW - Climate Change KW - Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) KW - International Human Rights Law KW - Discourse Analysis KW - Neoliberalism DO - 10.15171/ijhpm.2016.29 N2 - Our commentary on Forman et al paper explores their thesis that right to health language can frame global health policy responses. We examined human rights discourse in the outcome documents from three 2015 United Nations (UN) summits and found rights-related terms are used in all three. However, a deeper examination of the discourse finds the documents do not convey the obligations and entitlements of human rights and international human rights law. The documents contain little that can be used to empower the participation of those already left behind and to hold States and the private sector to account for their human rights duties. This is especially worrying in a neoliberal era. UR - https://www.ijhpm.com/article_3173.html L1 - https://www.ijhpm.com/article_3173_9e8b81489449e8eebe66c5be15b60e34.pdf ER -