A/HRC/33/31
of the Human Rights Council on the same topic. OHCHR finalized a publication on human
rights and budgets, which will become available during the course of 2016.
18.
To mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development,
OHCHR published a fact sheet entitled “Frequently asked questions on the right to
development” and produced a short video entitled “The right to development –
development is a human right”.15 OHCHR also published the booklet “International Decade
for People of African Descent, 2015-2024: recognition – justice – development”, which
contains a chapter on the right to development and measures against poverty. 16
19.
In May 2015, OHCHR co-organized with the Prince Claus Chair, the International
Institute of Social Studies (Erasmus University, Rotterdam) and The Hague Institute for
Global Justice a high-level round table on the theme “Thinking ahead: the right to
development approaching 30”. The objective of the round table was to consider the
continued relevance of the right to development and how it could be revitalized and
implemented so as to equitably meet the developmental and environmental needs of present
and future generations. During the discussion, OHCHR underscored the continued
relevance of the right to development, in particular as a framework for achieving
sustainable development.17
20.
In September 2015, the Office organized the first Human Rights Council biennial
panel discussion on unilateral coercive measures and human rights. The objective of the
discussion was to increase awareness of the negative impact that unilateral coercive
measures can have on the enjoyment of human rights in targeted and non-targeted
countries.18
21.
During the March 2016 session of the Human Rights Council, OHCHR organized a
panel discussion on human rights mainstreaming, focusing on the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development and human rights, with an emphasis on the right to development.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights underscored that the right to
development provided an enabling environment to ensure that the goals of the 2030 Agenda
would be achieved in practice, and that processes of development were inclusive and just.
Referring to further convergences between the 2030 Agenda and the Declaration, the High
Commissioner noted that the Declaration addressed the structural impediments that
disadvantaged the poor and prevented development from benefiting all. 19
22.
OHCHR also organized, together with the University for Peace and the Forum of
Catholic-inspired Non-governmental Organizations, a side-event entitled “In search of
dignity and sustainable development for all”. The objective of the event was to consider
how operationalizing the right to development could create an environment conducive to
the realization of the 2030 Agenda and how the 2030 Agenda could support the realization
of the right to development. Participants also discussed the means to integrate, claim and
build capacity on the right to development among local communities, and research and
educational programmes.20
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Available at www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/FSheet37_RtD_EN.pdf and
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdKfypBTtdI#t=16, respectively.
Available at www.un.org/en/events/africandescentdecade/pdf/African%20Descent%20Booklet_
WEB_English.pdf.
See www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Development/PrinceClausReport27May2015.pdf.
See A/HRC/31/82.
See www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=17109&LangID=E.
See www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Development/Pages/SearchOfDignity.aspx.
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