A/HRC/42/38 mandate holder. On 14 June 2019, the Special Rapporteur participated in an expert round table held by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on human rights principles and guidelines for the repatriation of stolen assets. In addition, the Special Rapporteur will participate in the 2019 session of the high-level political forum on sustainable development, speaking as a panellist during a thematic review on the perspectives of least developed countries and landlocked developing countries on 10 July. On 11 July, he will hold a side event focused on highlighting measures put in place by States to involve all relevant stakeholders, including groups in situations of vulnerability, in the process of gathering data and drafting voluntary national reports. B. Regional consultations 5. In September 2017, the Human Rights Council adopted resolution 36/9, in which it requested the Special Rapporteur to hold regional consultations on the implementation of the right to development. In light of that request, the Special Rapporteur convened a series of regional consultations in 2018 and 2019 that sought to identify good practices in designing, implementing, monitoring and assessing policies and programmes that contribute to the realization of the right to development. The Special Rapporteur invited all States to participate, according to their United Nations regional group, in the consultations. Specifically, the Special Rapporteur held a consultation for African States and stakeholders in Addis Ababa from 27 to 29 March 2018; a consultation for Western European and other States and Eastern European States and stakeholders in Geneva on 11 and 12 June 2018; a consultation for Latin American and Caribbean States and stakeholders in Panama City on 11 and 12 October 2018; and a consultation for Asia-Pacific States and stakeholders in Bangkok on 12 and 13 December 2018. 6. The consultations brought together representatives of Member States from each region, as well as representatives of United Nations agencies, intergovernmental organizations, academia, civil society and the private sector. On 10 and 11 April 2019, the Special Rapporteur convened a final expert meeting in Dakar at which participants sought to reflect on all the contributions made during the prior consultations and to identify universal recommendations. In May 2019, the Special Rapporteur shared the preliminary recommendations that had emerged from the consultations with those who had participated in them, including all States, for additional feedback. The outcome of the consultations is a set of practical guidelines and recommendations that can serve as a tool in designing, monitoring and assessing the structures, processes and outcomes of human rights-motivated development policies. Additional information on the regional consultation process, including agendas, contributions and outcomes, is available online.1 III. Guidelines on the practical implementation of the right to development A. General principles 7. The regional consultations have reaffirmed the notion – expressed in Human Rights Council resolution 33/14 – that implementation of the right to development involves adherence to international human rights principles, including those related to nondiscrimination and fundamental freedoms, and to internationally agreed frameworks on climate change, financing for development and sustainable development. In addition, just as the Declaration on the Right to Development recognizes that the human person is the central subject of development, these guidelines emphasize that fulfilling the right to development must involve empowering persons, both individually and collectively, to 1 See www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Development/SRDevelopment/Pages/RegionalConsultation.aspx. 3