Now available: IOE’s contribution to the OHCHR reports of the Special Rapporteur on the right to development

Read IOE’s input to the 2023 thematic reports and possible priorities for the three-years mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the right to development.

The Human Rights Council, in its resolution 33/14 of 29 September 2016, established the mandate of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to development. The mandate was recently extended by resolution 51/7.  

In 2023, the Special Rapporteur will be presenting two reports:

1. To the Human Rights Council, a report outlining a vision for the future in “reinvigorating the right to development” in September 2023 and;
2. To the General Assembly in October 2023, a report on “the role of business in realising the right to development in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and other relevant international human rights instruments”.

The newly appointed Special Rapporteur for a period of three years starting on 1 May 2023 is Mr. Surya Deva. Asformer Member of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights (BHR), Mr Deva will likely seek to further investigate linkages between the BHR agenda and the role of business regarding the right to development.

For this reason, IOE submitted its input, available in the “Resources” section. 

We thank our network for the contributions it provided to this input. 

Please don’t hesitate to reach out in case you have any questions.