A/HRC/39/18
and the Third United Nations Environment Assembly. OHCHR submitted multiple reports
on climate change and migration to the Human Rights Council. 5
20.
In July 2017, OHCHR participated in the World Trade Organization’s Global
Review on Aid for Trade, which had as its theme “Promoting trade, inclusiveness and
connectivity for sustainable development”. In September 2017, OHCHR took part in the
panel “Africa’s continental free trade area: achieving human rights-consistent
development” of the World Trade Organization’s annual public forum, entitled “Trade:
behind the headlines”.
21.
OHCHR made efforts to raise awareness on the right to development, including
through research and analysis, development of resources and tools and the dissemination of
publications both within and beyond the Office. The Office continued its outreach and
advocacy on the right to development and provided briefings to various partners and civil
society groups with a view to revitalizing the dialogue and building support for the right to
development.
22.
OHCHR developed an e-learning module on “Operationalizing the right to
development in implementing the SDGs” jointly with the University for Peace and the
United Nations University International Institute for Global Health, in collaboration with
academics. The module explains how the right to development can be operationalized in the
implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, especially its international
dimensions vis-à-vis Sustainable Development Goal 17 on “Revitalize the global
partnership for sustainable development”.
23.
OHCHR undertook studies, which contributed to the work of the nineteenth session
of the Working Group on the Right to Development. The studies addressed issues such as
the international dimensions of the right to development; illicit financial flows;
international investment agreements and industrialization; and promoting rights-based
climate finance for people and planet.6
24.
In order to promote the right to development in Guinea-Bissau, OHCHR, in
cooperation with the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau,
undertook several initiatives involving relevant stakeholders. Among other things, OHCHR
provided technical assistance and advice for the mainstreaming of human rights, including
the right to development, in the National Development Plan of Guinea-Bissau.
25.
In Madagascar, OHCHR organized a round-table discussion to draft a tripartite
charter for sustainable development and respect for human rights in the framework of
private investments. OHCHR also conducted training for national authorities to build their
capacity to apply a human rights-based approach in drawing up the national development
plan.
26.
In Guatemala, OHCHR has worked to promote the rights of indigenous peoples and
to address inequality and extreme poverty. Measures for capacity-building and support to
strategic litigation have helped empower indigenous peoples to participate in the
formulation of policies in support of their right to development. The Office has also
coordinated with other United Nations agencies in advising those responsible for the
country’s statistics system to adopt a human-rights-based approach to data, including by
disaggregating data to guide development policies aiming at leaving no one behind.
27.
In December 2017, OHCHR organized, jointly with the United Nations Population
Fund and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women,
a seminar entitled, “Leaving no one behind on the road to sustainable development” in
Timor-Leste. The event aimed at raising awareness of the situation of specific vulnerable
groups and making recommendations for their integration in development.
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A/HRC/37/35 and a study on the slow onset effects of climate change and human rights protection for
cross-border migrants, available from
www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/RegularSessions/Session37/Pages/ListReports.aspx.
The studies are available from www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Development/Pages/19thSession.aspx.
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