A/HRC/42/38 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 2 July 2019 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-second session 9–27 September 2019 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Right to development Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to development Summary The present report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to development, Saad Alfarargi, is hereby submitted to the Human Rights Council pursuant to Council resolution 33/14. In the report, the Special Rapporteur presents guidelines and recommendations on the practical implementation of the right to development that arise from regional consultations on that topic that were held in 2018 and 2019 pursuant to Council resolution 36/9. Particular attention is placed on meaningful participation in setting development priorities and enjoying development benefits, methods of mobilizing resources for development that are inclusive and sustainable, monitoring and evaluation of development policies, and measures for accountability when rights are infringed. The report also contains a summary of the activities carried out by the Special Rapporteur since September 2018. GE.19-11133(E) 