Triple Edge Resources

EU’s independent body providing evidence-based advice on fundamental rights — publishes surveys, reports and comparative data on discrimination, hate crime, Roma rights, and civil liberties across member states.

The EU’s social rights framework — 20 principles covering equal opportunities, fair working conditions and social protection. Sets the normative standard for EU social policy against which member state performance is measured.

The EU’s evolving anti-money laundering legislative framework — AMLD4 (2015) introduced beneficial ownership registers; AMLD5 (2018) extended to crypto and art; AMLD6 (2018) expanded criminal liability.

Landmark EU directive requiring large companies to conduct human rights and environmental due diligence across their value chains — imposes corporate liability for human rights violations by suppliers.

EU’s five-year strategic framework for human rights and democracy in external relations — sets objectives, actions and monitoring mechanisms across all EU external policy.

Russian education ministry — documents the dismantling and rebuilding of the Soviet education infrastructure during the transition period, including the closure of cultural facilities for children referenced in the Venice note.

US labour ministry — publishes the annual Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labour (180+ countries) and the List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor.

Easterly’s critique of Western development aid — argues top-down “planner” approaches fail and should be replaced by bottom-up “searcher” solutions; counter-argument to Sachs.

Sachs’s case for ending extreme poverty by 2025 — the intellectual framework behind the Millennium Development Goals and the SDG agenda.

JRC mapping of EU policies to the SDG framework — reference tool for identifying policy coherence and gaps across all 17 goals.

EU’s first voluntary review of SDG implementation — reports progress across all 17 goals and identifies systemic gaps in EU member state delivery.

UPR report on the United States — covers treaty reservations, capital punishment, racial justice, migrant rights and the gap between US human rights rhetoric and domestic practice.

OHCHR country-by-country human rights committee information — treaty body reporting and review records under the ICCPR.

The foundational European human rights instrument — establishes the rights enforceable before the European Court of Human Rights.

DIHR framework document linking SDG implementation to human rights obligations — practical guidance for integrating human rights into development planning.

OHCHR info sheet on the intersection of sustainable development and human rights within the Secretary-General’s Call to Action framework.

Methodological guide to measuring human rights implementation — structural, process and outcome indicators across the treaty body framework.

OHCHR framework on business and human rights — covers the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and corporate due diligence obligations.

The Migrant Workers Convention — establishes rights of migrant workers and family members; relevant to the trafficking and labour exploitation cluster.

Full catalogue of ILO international labour standards — conventions, protocols and recommendations covering all aspects of work and employment.

The foundational ILO convention on forced labour — defines forced or compulsory labour and obliges ratifying states to suppress its use.

EC summary of the Istanbul Convention’s provisions and implementation framework.

The Istanbul Convention — most comprehensive European legal instrument on violence against women; binding on all CoE member states that have ratified.

The international bill of rights for women — establishes obligations for states to eliminate discrimination against women in all areas of public and private life.