A/HRC/36/23 Everywhere,13 which was used to launch a social media campaign to coincide with the highlevel segment of the General Assembly referred to above. The first OHCHR video dedicated to the right to development, entitled Development is a Human Right, 14 was screened at anniversary events throughout the year. 19. In August, OHCHR participated in the World Social Forum, held in Montreal, Canada, and gave a presentation on investment and human rights, including the right to development, at a workshop on investment chapters in trade agreements and how investors can be held responsible for damages caused by their activities in host countries. 15 The presentation emphasized that investment treaties could violate the right to development by, firstly, often giving priority to investors’ interests over the human rights to health, water and sanitation, among others, and impeding effective mobilization of the maximum available resources for the realization of human rights; and, secondly, failing to be transparent and open to participation by those potentially affected. It stressed that participation must take place in conjunction with strengthening people’s bargaining power within these treaties to act, negotiate and manoeuvre; otherwise, formal participation would be meaningless, and deeply disempowering. In March 2017, OHCHR gave a presentation on trade, business and human rights at an event held in the European Parliament. The discussion focused on specific proposals to enable trade to promote human rights and how trade could incentivize reform on the ground. 20. In partnership with the Economic Commission for Africa and the Friedrich-EbertStiftung, OHCHR is in the process of completing a human rights impact assessment of the Continental Free Trade Area agreement for Africa, to inform and feed into the negotiations. This includes three case studies focused on agriculture and food security, agromanufacturing and informal cross-border traders. The impact assessment will provide recommendations to relevant stakeholders for preventing or mitigating negative impacts in these areas.16 21. In collaboration with the United Nations-mandated University for Peace, in Costa Rica and the United Nations University International Institute for Global Health, in Malaysia, OHCHR is in the process of completing an interactive e-learning module on operationalizing the right to development in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. This project brings together substantive contributions from academic experts worldwide with a view to promoting education, integration and capacity-building on the right to development and enhancing its impact in research, policymaking and development practice. The module is expected to be launched in the course of the current year for use and reference by Governments, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders. III. Analysis of the implementation of the right to development, existing challenges and recommendations to overcome them 22. As defined in the Declaration on the Right to Development, “development” is a comprehensive process that advances all interdependent, interrelated and indivisible human rights and fundamental freedoms. The right to development aims at the constant improvement of the well-being of the entire population and of all individuals. It makes the human person the central subject, active participant and beneficiary of development. Everyone is entitled to free, active and meaningful participation in development. The right to development calls for social justice and equity, as it requires the fair distribution of the benefits of development, including income, and equal opportunity in access to basic resources and services. It also entitles women to play an active role in the development process. 13 14 15 16 See www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5x8clbKq5A. See www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdKfypBTtdI. See https://fsm2016.org/en/activites/investment-chapters-in-trade-agreements-from-rights-toresponsibilities/. See www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Globalization/ScopingStudyMay2016.pdf. 5