A/HRC/42/29 13. Furthermore, the Special Rapporteur conducted a country visit to Cabo Verde (November 2018).10 The main objective of the visit was to assess the advancement of the right to development in Cabo Verde and to identify remaining challenges, with a view to formulating recommendations to the Government and other stakeholders who are working towards implementing sustainable development goals. C. Activities for the promotion and realization of the right to development 14. During the period under review, OHCHR organized and supported numerous activities that have direct relevance to the realization of the right to development, including in the context of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. Some examples are provided below.11 15. OHCHR continued to raise awareness about the right to development, including through research and analysis, the development of resources and tools, the dissemination of publications, and online campaigns. In addition to the research projects referred to in past reports, new research covered issues such as the transfer of environmentally sound technology for low or zero-carbon development and the transformation to a clean and renewable energy regime. These ongoing analytical studies will include policy recommendations for States, international organizations, the private sector and civil society. OHCHR has used social media platforms to produce and disseminate a series of videos and other messages on the right to development.12 16. OHCHR delivered a four-week interactive e-learning module entitled “Operationalizing the right to development in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals” jointly with the University for Peace and the United Nations University International Institute for Global Health. 13 The module covers how the right to development can be operationalized in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, especially its international dimensions vis-à-vis Sustainable Development Goal 17. Over 100 participants from more than 60 countries participated in this training in 2018. 17. In September 2018, OHCHR organized a side event to the thirty-ninth session of the Human Rights Council, in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of Mongolia to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva, entitled “Local solutions to global challenges: role of civic participation in advancing human rights and development”. Participants in the event discussed local initiatives for promoting the right to development and economic and social rights, including with regard to access to adequate sanitation. OHCHR also contributed to a side event entitled “Agenda 2030 for human rights”, organized by The Sustainable Development’s Youth, a youth organization from Morocco. In May 2019, OHCHR organized a side event to the twentieth session of the Working Group on the Right to Development in collaboration with the University for Peace, the Forum of Catholic Inspired NGOs and the International Youth and Student Movement for the United Nations. The event, entitled “‘Leaving no one behind: a right to development perspective”, provided an opportunity for an interactive dialogue between representatives of Member States, academics, activists and others on the mutually reinforcing nature of the right to development and sustainable development goals.14 18. OHCHR continued to raise awareness of the linkages between the environment, human rights, including the right to development, and sustainable development. The High Commissioner participated in the first World Health Organization Global Conference on 10 11 12 13 14 4 A/HRC/42/38/Add.1. More information on these and other activities is available at www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/ Development/Pages/DevelopmentIndex.aspx. See, for example, UN Human Rights@UNHumanRights, “What’s key to achieving global sustainable development?”, 9 May 2019, available at https://twitter.com/UNHumanRights/ status/1126481182147981314. See also “Development is a human right”, 29 February 2016, available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdKfypBTtdI. See www.upeace.org/departments/e-course-on-the-right-to-development. See www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Development/LeavingNoOneBehind_Panel1May2019.docx.

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