A/HRC/33/31 economic, social and cultural rights. In parallel, OHCHR conducted training sessions for judges of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal and the Constitutional Court on adjudicating violations of economic, social and cultural rights. Finally, the OHCHR office in Uganda supported a consortium of civil society organizations and legal networks, which organized the second National Conference on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the theme “Tackling social exclusion in access to socioeconomic goods and services for sustainable development”. 14. In South America, OHCHR supported the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals from a human rights-based perspective and focused on the dissemination of OHCHR key messages on human rights in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, training and capacity-building. In Africa, OHCHR continued to work on a human rights impact assessment of the Continental Free Trade Area agreement in collaboration with the Economic Commission for Africa through a scoping study. 9 Several risks were identified in relation to the negotiation of the agreement and preliminary recommendations were made with regard to food security, employment and freedom of movement. The assessment provides the negotiating countries with an evidence base and policy recommendations from which to develop an effective and cohesive trade policy that is aligned with human rights and development commitments and priorities. 15. At the global level, OHCHR advocated integrating the right to development into the financing for development, climate change and sustainable development processes, provided technical advice in the areas of trade and investment, intellectual property and access to medicines and supported special procedure mandate holders in these areas. 16. OHCHR also prepared a think piece on responsible contracting and harnessing human rights to transform investment 10 for the E15 initiative on strengthening the global trade and investment system for sustainable development, which was coordinated by the World Economic Forum and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development. The paper was aimed at infusing ethical and normative considerations into State-investor contracts and incorporating human rights into these contracts. In addition, OHCHR published the report “Principles for responsible contracts: integrating the management of human rights risks into State-investor contract negotiations – Guidance for negotiators”,11 carried out research and issued a report and a companion document setting out guidance to improve corporate accountability and access to judicial remedies for victims of business-related human rights abuse.12 17. OHCHR prepared the annual report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly on globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights.13 In the report, common concerns were identified and recommendations were made on how to address the negative impact of globalization on the full enjoyment of human rights. OHCHR published an illustrated report on access to medicines in the context of the right to health14 that outlines the main conclusions and recommendations of the 2015 Social Forum 9 10 11 12 13 14 4 See “Designing the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA): an African human rights perspective” (May 2012), available at www.fes-globalization.org/geneva/documents/2016/2016_05_HRIA %20of%20the%20CFTA_Publication.pdf. Available at www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Globalization/E15-Investment-OHCHR.pdf. See A/HRC/17/31/Add.3; also available at www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/Principles_ ResponsibleContracts_HR_PUB_15_1_EN.pdf. See A/HRC/32/19 and Add.1. A/70/154. Available at www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/SForum/SForum2015/OHCHR_2015Access_medicines_EN_WEB.pdf.