In the present report, submitted to pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 33/14 and 51/7, the Special Rapporteur on the right to development, Surya Deva, outlines his vision for reinvigorating the right to development, highlights achievements in realizing this right over the years, identifies major current challenges for its full implementation and proposes strategies to overcome those challenges.

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment, David R. Boyd, chronicles the compelling evidence that a secretive international arbitration process called investor-State dispute settlement has become a major obstacle to the urgent actions needed to address the planetary environmental and human rights crises.

Excellencies, Distinguished participants, Dear friends, It’s a true privilege to join you at this side event. We are meeting at a time when the challenges to human rights and the Sustainable...

In the present report, submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 33/14 and 51/7, the Special Rapporteur on the right to development, Surya Deva, articulates a holistic vision of the right to development and examines the role of business in realizing this right.

The present report, submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 77/212 and Human Rights Council resolution 51/7, contains an analysis of the realization of the right to development and challenges in the context of the response to and the recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

This report contains the draft international covenant on the right to development, submitted by the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on the Right to Development, Zamir Akram, pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 51/7.

Summary This report covers the proceedings of the 24th session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Right to Development. During the session, the Working Group continued to review progress in...

The Special Rapporteur on the right to development, Saad Alfarargi, conducted a visit to Albania from 15 to 24 November 2022. The main objective of the visit was to assess the advancement of the right to development in the country and to identify remaining challenges, with a view to formulating recommendations to the Government and other stakeholders who are working towards implementing the Sustainable Development Goals.