A/HRC/42/38 I. Introduction 1. The present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 33/14, outlines the activities of the Special Rapporteur on the right to development since September 2018. It also contains guidelines and recommendations on the practical implementation of the right to development that arise from regional consultations convened by the Special Rapporteur in 2018 and 2019 aimed at gathering good practices and sharing experiences in that regard. Taking the Declaration on the Right to Development as a baseline, the Special Rapporteur provides practical examples, key principles and recommendations for fulfilling the right to development. Particular aspects of implementation are examined and observations are made regarding participation, mobilizing resources, monitoring and evaluation and ensuring accountability. II. Activities of the Special Rapporteur A. General activities 2. Since the beginning of his mandate, the Special Rapporteur has focused on developing a specific methodology for the conduct of country visits to assess the implementation of the right to development. He has sent requests to visit 20 countries and is pleased that most of those requests have received a positive response. The Special Rapporteur conducted his first country visit, to Cabo Verde, from 12 to 21 November 2018. The main objective of the visit was to assess progress made in the right to development in Cabo Verde and to identify remaining challenges with a view to formulating recommendations to the Government and other stakeholders working towards implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. The Special Rapporteur expresses his gratitude to the Government of Cabo Verde for the excellent cooperation provided during the visit. A report on the visit will be submitted, as an addendum to the present report, to the Human Rights Council at its forty-second session. The Special Rapporteur will conduct his second country visit, to Switzerland, from 23 September to 2 October 2019, and is planning to conduct another country visit, to Chile, at the end of 2019. He thanks both Governments for their invitations. The reports on those country visits will be submitted to the Council at its forty-fifth session, in 2020. 3. In its resolution 33/14, the Human Rights Council requested the Special Rapporteur to contribute to the work of the Working Group on the Right to Development (established by the Commission on Human Rights in its resolution 1998/72) with a view to supporting the accomplishment of its overall mandate, taking into account, inter alia, the deliberations and recommendations of the Working Group, while avoiding any duplication. Between 29 April and 3 May 2019, the Special Rapporteur participated in the twentieth session of the Working Group. On 29 April 2019, he held an interactive dialogue with delegates attending the session and provided an overview of his mandate and the work he had undertaken. 4. In September 2018, the Human Rights Council adopted resolution 39/9, in which it requested the Special Rapporteur to participate in relevant international dialogues and policy forums with a view to enhancing the integration of the right to development into those dialogues and forums. To that end, the Special Rapporteur participated in the Second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation, held in Buenos Aires from 20 to 22 March 2019. There, he shared the conclusions contained in his 2018 report to the General Assembly on the benefits of applying a right-to-development approach to South-South cooperation (A/73/271). On 23 April 2019, the Special Rapporteur participated in a thematic debate on the role of human rights in promoting good governance, held during the fifteenth regular session of the Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. On that occasion, he discussed the links between good governance and the principles of the right to development. On 24 April 2019, the Special Rapporteur participated in an interactive dialogue with delegates attending the session and updated them on his work as 2