A/HRC/27/45 aim of eliminating the gap between developed and developing countries, especially least developed countries. The need to focus also on good governance at the international level was underlined. Another submission provided information on the key role of women and made concrete proposals for fostering and promoting their role for development. D. Review of progress in the implementation of the right to development, including consideration, revision and refinement of the right to development criteria and operational subcriteria 75. At its 2nd to 6th meetings, from 12 to 14 May, the Working Group considered and revised the draft operational right to development subcriteria listed in the annex to addendum 2 to the report of the high-level task force (A/HRC/15/WG.2/ TF/2/Add.2) under attributes 2 “Participatory human rights processes” and 3 “Social justice in development”, as well as proposals for additional subcriteria. 76. Throughout the consideration of the operational subcriteria, a few speakers introduced or sought to introduce the element of measurability, ranging from indicators to monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of human rights. Raising concerns, reservations and objections, the overwhelming majority of developing country Member States maintained that indicators, whether so named or under the guise of measurability, were clearly outside the mandate of the Working Group and had also been outside the scope of the mandate of the high-level task force on the implementation of the right to development. They contended that indicators did not make a positive contribution to the Working Group’s objective of elaborating a comprehensive and coherent set of standards for the implementation of the right to development, in accordance with the resolutions of the Human Rights Council. 77. A broad range of perspectives emerged in the consideration of individual subcriteria, and new subcriteria were also proposed. In the discussion of international conventions, some speakers emphasized the implementation of all instruments relating to human rights, the environment and labour, focusing on the disadvantaged and marginalized. Others raised questions about the source of the notions of disadvantaged and marginalized in previous intergovernmental agreements. On national legal protection of human rights, some speakers advocated the inclusion of constitutional and legislative guarantees, and proposed that the particular role of national human rights institutions set up in accordance with the Paris Principles should be highlighted, while others preferred measures to improve the global partnership and achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals. For a few Member States, the right to development remains an ambiguous concept. For the majority, it is a human right that must be reflected in all discussions on human rights. 78. Some speakers favoured the human rights-based approach to development for national development strategies, while others opposed it on the basis that it did not take account of different levels of development. Some suggested that the right to development approach should replace the human rights-based approach. One NGO suggested revising the draft criteria and subcriteria to strike a balance between “human rights-based development” and “the right to development”; between “development as a human right” and “human rights as development”; and between international responsibility and domestic responsibility. 79. The numerous, miscellaneous and detailed proposals on existing and new subcriteria included suggestions on human rights education, consultation with civil society, access to data and information, especially on climate and the environment, information management systems for responding to natural disasters, good governance, the rule of law and combating 17