Use of technology for realization of select human rights through UN Sustainable Development Goals

Abstract

The aim of this article is to familiarize the reader with the concept of Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations as well as to prove that Sustainable Development Goals arise from human rights and are a framework for the rights to be realized. It is also described how two selected human rights – the right to food and the right to work – are realized through Sustainable Development Goals. It is also explained why society should care that an increasing percentage of the population lives in prosperity and how this relates to supply and demand in the market for innovation and technology. The possibilities of realizing selected two human rights using technology and innovation are presented, what solutions are available and what solutions humanity should devise to achieve its defined goals.