A/HRC/39/51 Contents Page I. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 3 II Activities of the Special Rapporteur ................................................................................................ 3 A. Regional consultations on the practical implementation of the right to development ............. 3 B. Other activities ......................................................................................................................... 3 Inequality — scope and impact ........................................................................................................ 4 A. International human rights norms ............................................................................................ 4 B. Income inequality .................................................................................................................... 5 C. Other forms of inequality ......................................................................................................... 7 IV. The right to development, and inequality ......................................................................................... 9 V. Right to development and addressing inequalities in the Sustainable Development Goals ............. 11 VI. Conclusions and recommendations .................................................................................................. 18 A. Identifying those left behind .................................................................................................... 18 B. Participatory processes ............................................................................................................ 19 C. Accountability mechanisms ..................................................................................................... 19 III. 2