Right to Development and the Post-2015 Agenda

A Parallel Event entitled “Right To Development and Post-2015 Agenda” was hold on the 13th of September 2013 in conjunction with the 24th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council.

On the 13th September, H.E. Ms. Tamara Kunanayakam, Chairperson and Rapporteur of theIntergovernmental Working Group on the Right to Development, presented a progress report onimplementation of the Right to Development, with particular attention to the criteria and sub-operational criteria that underlie this Right. At its September 68th Session, the UN General Assembly hold a Special Event on the MDGs and the Post-2015 Development Agenda.

The post 2015 Development agenda should promote an enabling environment to meet shared objectives, support global solutions to global problems and guide national development efforts, while supporting the empowerment of people to determine their own futures.

The co-organisers of this Parallel Event firmly believe that the implementation of the Right toDevelopment is an essential element to achieve full respect for all other Human Rights and to establish a Global Partnership, which is urgently needed in order to develop global solutions to global challenges.

This Event was organized by:

• Associazione Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII;
• Caritas Internationalis (International Confederation of Catholic Charities).
• Dominicans for Justice and Peace (Order of Preachers),
• New Humanity.

Co-sponsored by:

• Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations in Geneva;
• Association Points-Coeur,
• Franciscans International,
• Geneva Forum of Catholic Inspired NGOs and its Working Group on the Right to Development and International Solidarity,
• International Institute of Mary Our Help of the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco (IIMA),
• International Organization for the Right to Education and Freedom of Education (OIDEL)
• International Volunteerism Organization for Women, Education, and Development (VIDES).

The following speakers have contributed to the event:

Moderator:

• Mr. Jorge Dias Ferreira, Main Representative to UNOG, New Umanity

Speakers and speechs:

• H.E. Ms. Tamara KUNANAYAKAM- Speakers Chairperson/Rapporteur, IWG on Right to Development - Present "State of Art" and future perspectives for the IWG on Right to Development
• Ms. Shyami PUVIMANASINGHE - Human Rights Officer, OHCHR Right to Development Section - Realizing the transformative vision of the declaration on the Right to Development
• Ms. Maria Mercedes ROSSI - Main Representative to UNOG, APG23 - The advocacy of Catholic-Inspired NGOs: A perspective for the Post-2015 Agenda
• Ms. Arafa CHERIF - Caritas Geneva - A Migrant's perspective on the Right to Development