A/HRC/45/40 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 16 July 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-fifth session 14 September–2 October 2020 Agenda items 3 and 5 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Human rights bodies and mechanisms Importance of a legally binding instrument on the right to development Report of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee GE.20-09578(E) 