A/HRC/45/15/Add.1 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 5 August 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-fifth session 14 September–2 October 2020 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Visit to Switzerland Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to development* Summary The Special Rapporteur on the right to development, Saad Alfarargi, visited Switzerland from 23 September to 2 October 2019. The main objective of the visit was to assess the advancement of the right to development in Switzerland and to identify remaining challenges, with a view to formulating recommendations to the Government and other stakeholders who are working towards implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. In that regard, the present report contains the Special Rapporteur’s observations with respect to legal, policy and institutional frameworks; the right to development in the context of selected areas of development; and issues of concern and recommendations with respect to inclusion and participation. * The summary of the report is being circulated in all official languages. The report itself, which is annexed to the summary, is being circulated in the language of submission and French only. GE.20-10449(E) 