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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
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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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