GENEVA – UN experts are meeting in Geneva from 26 to 28 October to mark 40 years since the adoption of the Declaration on the Right to Development, examining its realization in relation to peace and security, illicit financial flows, the role of business, access to food and the rights of Indigenous Peoples. Public meetings of the 14th session of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development are webcast live.
The session opens on Monday 26 October at 10:00 with remarks by Ambassador Tsegab Kebebew Daka, Vice-President of the Human Rights Council, Awa Dabo, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Juana María Ibáñez Rivas, Chair of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development. The Expert Mechanism then holds a general debate with Member States and other relevant stakeholders, followed by a coordination meeting with other UN mechanisms on the right to development.
During the session, the Expert Mechanism holds panel discussions on two thematic studies to address their findings and welcome further inputs. The discussions focus on “Peace and security and the right to development” (Monday 26 October, from 15:00 to 17:00) and “Illicit financial flows and the right to development” (Tuesday 27 October, from 15:00 to 17:00).
The programme also includes three focused thematic discussions on:
– The role of businesses in realizing the right to development in the age of mandatory human rights due diligence (Tuesday 27 October, from 10:00 to 11:30)
– Access to food, food security, inequalities and the right to development (Tuesday 27 October, from 11:30 to 13:00)
– Indigenous Peoples and the right to development (Wednesday 28 October, from 10:00 to 11:30)
