With the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the international community embarked on the task of realizing 17 crucial goals, called Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which include targets and indicators that reflect the way humanity aspires to achieve socially valuable goals such as prosperity, social justice, peace and a dignified life, both from an individual and a collective perspective. While countries were already facing challenges in meeting SDG targets, the public health crisis generated by COVID-19 brought significant additional challenges, in addition to exacerbating patterns of vulnerability, inequality and discrimination in Latin America, with a devastating effect on the groups and communities that are most vulnerable.

El Plan de Acción Mundial para apoyar la protección y promoción de los defensores de los derechos humanos y el espacio cívico (en adelante, el Plan de Acción Mundial) es un documento de referencia para la Alianza Global de Instituciones Nacionales de Derechos Humanos (GANHRI), sus miembros y sus cuatro redes regionales.