A/HRC/12/WG.2/TF/2 page 21 B. Right to development criteria 94. Right to development criteria are being revised in the light of the conclusions of the Working Group at its eighth session and the work programme of the task force, as outlined in the report of the ninth session of the Working Group (A/HRC/9/17, paras. 41-42). Specifically, the task force will present to the Working Group a revised list of right to development criteria along with corresponding operational subcriteria and outline suggestions for further work, including aspects of international cooperation not covered until then, for the consideration of the Working Group (para. 43 (c)). 95. The task force is thus not expected to submit its revised proposals until 2010; however, it has decided to share this work in progress on the proposed revision of the criteria with the Working Group in order to benefit from the considered views of Member States at its tenth session (see annex IV). 96. The task force recognizes the importance attached by the Working Group to the fact that any review of the proposed criteria should aim at elaborating a comprehensive and coherent set of right to development standards that could eventually take various forms, including guidelines on the implementation of the right to development, and evolve into a basis for consideration of an international legal standard of a binding nature, through a collaborative process of engagement (A/HRC/4/47, para. 52). In this context, the analysis of global partnerships for development, with a view to covering the various aspects of Millennium Development Goal 8 from a right to development perspective, is a critical input to the exercise and is continuing throughout phase III with a view to fill remaining gaps or refining existing criteria further. 97. The task force recognizes the imperative of placing the identified criteria on a rigorous analytical foundation, both conceptually and methodologically. This foundation must exclude any arbitrariness or political bias in the selection of criteria. At the same time, the criteria must be sufficiently operational so that they can be meaningful to the various stakeholders, and in particular to the development community, to apply in their respective domains of work. 98. The Working Group requested corresponding operational subcriteria to accompany the revised criteria. The subcriteria are not included with the revised criteria (see annex IV), because the task force intends to draw on the necessary expertise to complete this part of its mandate in phase III after receiving feedback from the Working Group on the current draft of the revised criteria. 99. The proposed revised criteria are based on (a) the Declaration on the Right to Development; (b) the criteria elaborated by the task force and endorsed by the Working Group in its report on its seventh session; (c) the experience of the task force in applying the criteria to selected Millennium Development Goal 8 partnerships; (d) recommendations of the expert consultation on methodological issues; and (e) the papers commissioned by OHCHR to help the work of the task force at its fifth session. 100. The responsibility for realizing the right to development falls on several stakeholders; the extent of that responsibility may vary according to the criterion and the situation. The Declaration on the Right to Development enumerates the individual and collective obligations of