A/HRC/39/18 A. Support to the Working Group on the Right to Development 8. OHCHR provided support to the Working Group on the Right to Development for the organization of its nineteenth session, held from 23 to 26 April 2018 (A/HRC/39/56). It also supported the Chair-Rapporteur during the intersessional period in holding informal consultations and presenting the report of the Working Group to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly. 9. At its nineteenth session, the Working Group held interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to development and with experts on the implementation and realization of the right to development. It also considered contributions made by States at the national, regional and international levels to the implementation of the right to development; drafted criteria and corresponding operational subcriteria on the right to development; and drew up a comprehensive and coherent set of standards for the implementation of the right to development. 2 B. Support to the Special Rapporteur on the right to development 10. OHCHR also supported the new Special Rapporteur on the right to development, who took up his role on 1 May 2017. During the period under review, he presented his vision report (A/HRC/36/49), in which he outlined the background and context of the mandate, challenges for its implementation and a strategy, as well as specific work streams. The report also detailed the Special Rapporteur’s approach to engagement with stakeholders and his methods of work. 11. In accordance with Council resolution 36/9, the Special Rapporteur is convening regional consultations on the practical implementation of the right to development. The objective of these consultations is to identify good practices in designing, implementing, monitoring and assessing policies and programmes that contribute to the realization of the right to development. The first consultation, for the African region, took place in Addis Ababa from 27 to 29 March 2018. The consultations will feed into the development of guidelines and recommendations for designing, monitoring and assessing the structures, processes and outcomes of human rights-informed development policies. They will also identify indicators and measurements. 12. In resolution 33/14, the Council also requested the Special Rapporteur to contribute to the work of the Working Group on the Right to Development, with a view to supporting the accomplishment of its overall mandate. Consequently, the Special Rapporteur participated in informal consultations held by the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group with representatives of Member States and civil society organizations in September 2017 and participated in the nineteenth session of the Working Group. C. Support to the Advisory Committee 13. At the request of the Advisory Committee, OHCHR provided expert input and shared information in relation to a study on the ways in which development contributes to the enjoyment of all human rights that the Committee is preparing as requested by the Council (Council resolution 35/21). The study draws on contributions received from States, United Nations and other intergovernmental bodies and agencies, non-governmental organizations, national human rights institutions and other stakeholders and will be submitted to the Council at its forty-first session. D. Activities for the promotion and realization of the right to development 14. During the period under review, OHCHR organized and supported numerous activities that have direct relevance to the realization of the right to development, including 2 The report is contained in document A/HRC/39/56. 3