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Twenty-First Session of the Working Group on the Right to Development
3 May 2021 - 7 May 2021
FreeDevelopment is a Human Right: The twenty-first session of the Working Group on the Right to Development
3-7 May 2021, Ariana 1, Palais des Nations, Geneva, due to the COVID-19 pandemic
At this session, the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Right to Development will continue to review progress made in the implementation of the right to development.
It will hold an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to development and consider contributions made by States and stakeholders to the implementation of the right to development.
The Working Group will also commence the elaboration of a draft legally binding instrument on the right to development.
- Provisional agenda (A/HRC/WG.2/21/1)
- Draft programme of work
- Reports of the Special Rapporteur on the right to development
- Draft convention on the right to development (A/HRC/WG.2/21/2)
- Draft convention on the right to development, with commentaries (A/HRC/WG.2/21/2/Add.1)
- Human Rights Council resolution on the right to development (A/HRC/RES/42/23)
- Human Rights Council resolution on the right to development (A/HRC/RES/45/6)
- General Assembly resolution on the right to development (A/RES/74/152)
- Report of the Working Group on the Right to Development on its twentieth session (A/HRC/42/35 and Corr.1)
- Report of the Working Group on the Right to Development on its twenty-first session – Note by the Secretariat (A/HRC/45/17)
- Annual report of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development (A/HRC/45/29 )
- Report of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on the Importance of a legally binding instrument on the right to development (A/HRC/45/40)
- Report of the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the right to development (A/HRC/45/21)
- Members of the drafting group on a legally binding instrument on the right to development
Accreditation
UN Member and Observer States, specialized agencies and other international organizations, national human rights institutions with “A status” accreditation, and NGOs with ECOSOC consultative status may participate in the Working Group.
All participants are required to register using the registration form for the 21st session of the Working Group.
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