The Un Sustainable Development Goals

In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This historic document constituted a transformative ’plan for action for people, planet and prosperity’ with regards to the sustainable development efforts of all countries.

The Sustainable Development Goals serves as an expert compendium, the most authoritative ready-reference tool for anyone interested in the SDGs. Each chapter comprises a detailed target-by-target analysis of one of the SDGs, including a methodical analysis of the preparatory proceedings that shaped each goal in its present form, an exhaustive examination of their content, and a critical assessment from an international law perspective.

This commentary provides readers with the most up-to-date information on normative and legal questions arising from the incorporation of the SDGs into the international economic, social, and environmental legal frameworks, and on their implementation status. Scholars, practitioners, and those interested in the fields of law, politics, development, economics, environmental studies, and global governance will find this book a must-read.

Ilias Bantekas, Francesco Seatzu

Ilias Bantekas is Professor of Transnational Law at Hamad bin Khalifa University (Qatar Foundation), Adjunct Professor of international law at Georgetown University, Edmund A Walsh School of Foreign Service and Senior Associate Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) University of London. He has advised private clients, charities, governments, and inter-governmental organisations (UN, UNDP, EU, Council of Europe and others) in most fields of international law and transnational contracts. He also serves as arbitrator in international commercial disputes.

Francesco Seatzu is Chair of International Law at the University of Cagliari. He has been Visiting Scholar and Professor in several universities, most recently the University of Huelva (2017), the University of Murcia (2018), and the University of Donostia-San Sebastian (2019). He is a Member of the Doctoral School of International and EU Law of the State University of Milano, the CIDOIE and the Italian Society of International Law.

Katerina Akestoridi was a Teaching Associate at Université Catholique de Lille during the first semester of the academic year 2021-2022 while she also held a Fellowship at the Faculties of Law and Political Sciences of the University of Cagliari, Italy. She has practiced law in Athens, Greece and consulted in the NGO sector (IBAHRI and EHRAC). Her current research focuses on the accountability of non-state actors for sustainable development and the nexus between the Sustainable Development Goals and International Law.