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42 Neth. Q. Hum. Rts. 3 (2024)

handle is hein.journals/nethqur42 and id is 1 raw text is: Editorial NQHR Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights 2024, Vol. 42(1) 3-1I Mapping the frontiers @TheAuthor(s)2024 Article reuse guidelines: of sustainable development se: ali DO,: 10. I1177/092405 1924 1244562 journals sagepub com/home/nqh and human rights as a field s Se of enquiry Abstract The relationship between human rights, development, and sustainable development is not a straightforward one, yet these concepts can be traced to the notion of protecting and advancing human dignity. The rights-based dimensions of sustainable development can be studied in various ways, and this special issue seeks to delve into and challenge the complex nexus of human rights and sustainable development from theoretical and practical perspectives. The contributions in this special issue show that there currently are two main trends in thinking about the relationship between human rights and sustainable development. The first is a 'harmonious' understanding of human rights and sustainable development that seeks to find the interlinkages and commonal- ities which strengthen both. The second is a 'creative tension' understanding, that highlights how the concepts challenge each other's underlying assumptions. In addition to the 'harmonious inter- pretation'-'creative tension' axis, studies in this field can also be organised along a 'practice vs the- ory' axis. Taken together, these axes provide a field of enquiry into human rights and sustainable development in both the so-called 'developed' and 'developing world' while setting the scene for further research into this rapidly developing field.' Keywords Sustainable development, human rights, harmonious interpretation, creative tension, human development, rights-based approaches, 2030 development agenda, sustainable development goals, degrowth, litigation 1. INTRODUCTION This special issue seeks to contribute to establishing human rights and sustainable development as a field of enquiry. It also aims to provide a cross-section of some of the research at the forefront of this field, thereby contributing to pressing global academic and policy debates about the respective roles 1. Drafts of the articles published in this Special Issue were presented at the Conference on the Intersection between Human Rights and Sustainability as an Evolving and Justiciable Concept organised by the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights of University of Oslo in Oslo, Norway on 8-10 June 2022. Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at- sage).

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