SDG 10: Reduce Inequality Within and Among Countries

Cullet, Philippe

Abstract

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10, Reduced Inequalities, addresses one of the fundamental building blocks for the realization of all SDGs in a very unequal world. It emphasizes both interstate and intrastate inequality and, in so doing, goes much beyond what the 2000 Millennium Development Goals offered. SDG 10 is a central goal because inequality conditions the realization of many other SDGs, some of which also directly address inequality. In the context of international law, SDG 10 reflects in part existing equity measures, such as preferential and differential treatment. It may be seen as strengthening the equity context in economic law but does not go beyond what sustainable development law already provides. Its main contribution is to link different types of inequalities and provide a framework for linking sustainable development law, economic law, and human rights.

Citation

Cullet, P. (2022). SDG 10: Reduce Inequality Within and Among Countries. In J. Ebbesson, & E. Hey (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of the Sustainable Development Goals and International Law (258-280). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108769631.012

• Acceptance Date: Aug 13, 2021
• Publication Date: Sep 23, 2022
• Deposit Date: Sep 26, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 26, 2021
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Pages: 258-280
• Series Title: Cambridge Law Handbooks
• Book Title: The Cambridge Handbook of the Sustainable Development Goals and International Law
• ISBN: 9781108769631
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108769631.012
• Keywords: SDG 10, inequality, differential treatment, equity, North-South, poverty