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A/HRC/54/50/Add.2: Draft international covenant on the right to development: consideration of comments and textual proposals. Report by the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on the Right to Development, Zamir Akram (Pakistan)

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The addendum 2 to the report A/HRC/54/50 contains the consideration of comments and textual proposals made by delegations prior to, during, and pursuant to the twenty-fourth session of the Working Group to aid the elaboration of the draft international covenant on the right to development together with commentaries. In addition, it contains in its annex the draft text in tracked changes, compared with the second revised text of the draft.

New treaty would codify right to development

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The right to development is the focus of a new international human rights convention currently being drafted as requested by the Human Rights Council. The Convention on the Right to Development will, among other things, codify the right to free, active and meaningful participation in development and in fair-sharing the benefits from development.

A/HRC/51/39: Report of the working Group on the Right to Development on its 23rd session (Geneva, 16 to 20 May 2022)

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In its resolution 48/10, the Human Rights Council stressed the importance of constructive engagement at the twenty-second session of the Working Group, which would continue its consideration of the draft convention on the right to development submitted by the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group, and requested the Chair-Rapporteur to submit a revised draft convention to the Working Group at its twenty-third session.

A/HRC/51/38: Report of the Working Group on the Right to Development on its 22nd session (Geneva, 22 to 26 November 2021)

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in its resolution 48/10, the Human Rights Council stressed the importance of the realization of the mandate of the Working Group and recognized the need for renewed efforts with a view to overcoming the existing political impasse within the Working Group so that it might fulfil in a timely manner its mandate. The Council also stressed the importance of constructive engagement at the twenty-second session of the Working Group, which would continue its consideration of the draft convention on the right to development submitted by the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group.