A/HRC/24/27 emphasized the importance of participatory development and democratic governance, solidarity and democracy at all levels of society to promoting people-centred development. Participants made concrete proposals for the future development agenda, including recommendations for a financial transaction tax, financial regulatory reform and the elimination of tax havens, and more generally called for a holistic and rights-based approach to development.2 16. On 1 March 2013, OHCHR organized the second annual Human Rights Council high-level panel on human rights mainstreaming, with the participation of the SecretaryGeneral and other dignitaries. There has been significant progress at political level, with increased recognition of the importance of all human rights, including the right to development, in the outcomes of Rio+20 and the quadrennial comprehensive policy review (QCPR). The panel focused on the theme of post-2015 development agenda, with an emphasis on the right to education. OHCHR aims at ensuring that the next generation of international development agenda will be firmly grounded in international human rights standards and principles. The human rights framework can help to raise the level of accountability for the achievement of the development goals. For development to be truly effective and sustainable, all development actors need to embrace the principles embodied in the Declaration on the Right to Development, such as people-centred development, participation, non-discrimination and international cooperation.3 17. The High Commissioner for Human Rights opened the Human Rights Council panel discussion on the negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights which OHCHR organized on 13 March 2013.4 Presentations were made by experts and representatives from the United Nations human rights machinery (Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights), national authority (Morocco), United Nations agencies (United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime), intergovernmental organizations (International Anti-Corruption Academy) as well as international and national civil society organizations (Transparency International, grassroots and women’s organizations from India and Nicaragua). The panel was well attended and heard some 30 statements from States and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) reflecting a consensus that corruption is an important obstacle to the realization of all human rights including the right to development and anti-corruption efforts would be most effective and sustainable when coupled with an approach that ensures respect for human rights and puts people at the centre. 2. Mainstreaming the right to development in the global partnership for development 18. In further mainstreaming the right to development and enhancing inter-agency coordination, OHCHR relies on the existing mechanisms, in particular the human rights 2 3 4 6 For the report of the 2012 Social Forum, see A/HRC/23/54. See press release, “Human Rights Council holds high-level panel to discuss human rights mainstreaming”, 1 March 2013. Available from www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=13068&LangID=E. See also the statement by the Chair of the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures, Michel Forst, on behalf of all special procedure mandate holders at the high-level panel on human rights mainstreaming at the twenty-second session of the Human Rights Council and press release, “Inequality, not in the name of progress – key UN expert group looks beyond the Millennium Development Goals”, 1 March 2013. Available from www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=13061&LangID=E and www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=13063&LangID=E. Summary report of the Human Rights Council panel discussion on the negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights, A/HRC/23/26.