"We, heads of State and Government, …
are committed to making the right to development a reality for everyone and to freeing the entire human race from want."
(UN Millennium Declaration)
The right to development was declared thirty years ago but yet its implementation lags very much behind.
We live in a globalised era and an interdependent world. The recurring economic and financial crises, the climate changes, the food crises and increased inequities between and within countries re- emphasize the relevance of the right to development and the need for its implementation. The need to progress in the consolidation of the principles of solidarity, collective and shared responsibility, with due respect for the sovereignty of peoples and effective international cooperation without conditionalities as well as the need to find a balance between the national and international responsibilities becomes more and more imperative.
The Declaration on RTD, includes constituent elements such as:
- People-centred development.
- A human rights-based approach.
- Participation.
- Equity.
- Non-discrimination.
- Self-determination.
Equally explicit are the prescriptions provided by the Declaration for the implementation of this right, among them:
- The formulation of appropriate national and international development policies
- Effective international cooperation
- Reforms at the national and international levels
- Removal of obstacles to development, including, inter alia, human rights violations, racism, colonialism, occupation and aggression
- Promotion of peace and disarmament, and the redirecting of savings generated therefrom to development
APG23 in its committment to be voice of the voiceless, actively contributes to the Open-Ended Intergovernmental Working Group on RTD and advocates on the urgency of implementing such a fundamental right. Furthermore, APG23 coordinates the working group on RTD in the Geneva forum of Catholic Inspired NGOS.
To know more:
Documents
2018
- Right to development and inequalities - Written statement and Joint Oral statement presented by Apg23 and other NGO's about the report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to development Mr. Alfarargi on the theme of inequalities in connection with the right to development at the 39th session of the Human Rights Council (10 - 28 September 2018)
2017
- Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to development - joint oral statement delivered by Apg23 and other NGO's at the 36th Human Rights council regular session
- Preventable Maternal Mortality and Morbidity and the implementation of the Right to Development - Written statement presented by APG23 at the 34th Human Rights council regular session about the panel discussion on preventable maternal mortality and morbidity as a human rights priority for all States, including in the context of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
2016
- Right to Development at 30: time to act! - Written statement and joint oral statement submitted by APG23 at the 33rd Human Right Council about the 30th anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development. - Ginevra.
- Mainstreaming Human Rights and the Right to Development in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - Joint Written Statement and Joint Oral Statement presented by APG23 and other NGO at the 31° Human Right Council regular session
2015
- Right to Development and the Post 2015 Sustainable Development Agenda, joint written statement submitted by Apg23 and other NGO's at the 30th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council - September 2015 - about the work of OHCHR to integrate all human rights, including the right to development, into the post 2015 sustainable development agenda
- "The Intergovernmental Working Group on Right to Development: what for?" joint oral statement submitted by Apg23 and other NGO's at the 30th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council - September 2015 - about the resumed 16th session of the Open Ended In Intergovernmental Working Group on Right to Development
2014
- The transformative vision of Right to Development - Joint statement submitted by Apg23 and other NGO in conjunction with the the report of the Working Group on Right to Development on its 15th session at the 27th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council – Geneva, 8 - 26 September 2014
- Joint statement entitled "Question of the realization in all countries of economic, social and cultural rights" submitted at the 25th regular session of the Human Rights Council by Apg23 and other NGO's - Geneva 3 - 28 March 2014
2013
- Joint oral statement "Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development" submitted at the 24th regular session of the Human Rights Council by Apg23 and other NGO's - Geneva 9 - 27 September 2013 - Oral Statement
- Joint statement "Right to Development and the Post 2015 Development Agenda" submitted at the 24th regular session of the Human Rights Council by Apg23 and other NGO's - Geneva 9 - 27 September 2013 -
- Joint Oral General Statement submitted by Apg23 and other NGO in conjunction with the 14th Session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Right to Development – Geneva, 13-17 May 2013
2012
- Joint contribution on criteria and operational sub-criteria for the implementation of the Right to Development for the 13th session of the Intergovernmental Working Group - April 2012
- Joint statement entitled "Right to development: from rhetoric to action" submitted at the 19th regular session of the Human Rights Council by Apg23 and other NGO's - Geneva 27 February - 23 March 2012
2011
- Working Group on Right to Development
Joint oral statement at the 12th Working Group on Right to Development by Apg23 and New Humanity - Geneva, 14-18 November 2011
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