As #RightToDevelopment and respect for human rights are mutually reinforcing rather than competing, WG on #BizHumanRights Vice-Chair Fernanda Hopenhaym highlights that human rights due diligence is not a box-ticking requirement, but an essential tool for ensuring responsible business conduct.
October 27, 2026 at 10:20 AM
As #RightToDevelopment and respect for human rights are mutually reinforcing rather than competing, WG on #BizHumanRights Vice-Chair Fernanda Hopenhaym highlights that human rights due diligence is not a box-ticking requirement, but an essential tool for ensuring responsible business conduct.
The GEN is at the 14th session of #EMRTD, as it celebrates the 40th anniversary of the UN Declaration on #RightToDevelopment. This morning's thematic discussion focuses on businesses and RTD in the age of mandatory human rights due diligence.
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October 27, 2026 at 9:10 AM
The GEN is at the 14th session of #EMRTD, as it celebrates the 40th anniversary of the UN Declaration on #RightToDevelopment. This morning's thematic discussion focuses on businesses and RTD in the age of mandatory human rights due diligence.
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40 years after the UN declared development an inalienable human right, only 36% of SDG targets are on track or have made moderate progress
Guterres cites widening inequality, debt and climate crisis as growth continues to exclude billions
#RightToDevelopment
#SDGs
#UN
#PolyCrisis
Guterres cites widening inequality, debt and climate crisis as growth continues to exclude billions
#RightToDevelopment
#SDGs
#UN
#PolyCrisis
Forty Years of the ‘Right to Development’: When Growth Excludes, Is It Still Development?
UNITED NATIONS & BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, September 25 (IPS) - World leaders have warned that the most vulnerable people have been left behind as the right to development has promised more than it has delivered, with development seemingly the preserve of the superrich and powerful.
www.globalissues.org
September 25, 2026 at 8:03 PM
40 years after the UN declared development an inalienable human right, only 36% of SDG targets are on track or have made moderate progress
Guterres cites widening inequality, debt and climate crisis as growth continues to exclude billions
#RightToDevelopment
#SDGs
#UN
#PolyCrisis
Guterres cites widening inequality, debt and climate crisis as growth continues to exclude billions
#RightToDevelopment
#SDGs
#UN
#PolyCrisis
Forty years after the UN's Declaration on the Right to Development, promises remain unmet, from digital access gaps to unequal footing in the AI race
The UN chief's new blueprint aims to close these gaps, but as before, relies on political will to happen
#RightToDevelopment
#UN
#DigitalDivide
The UN chief's new blueprint aims to close these gaps, but as before, relies on political will to happen
#RightToDevelopment
#UN
#DigitalDivide
Right to development: A blueprint for unmet promises
Ahead of the 40th anniversary of the groundbreaking Declaration on the Right to Development this December, world leaders gathered at a High-Level Week meeting on Wednesday to map progress made and the 21st century challenges still ahead – from narrowing the digital divide to levelling the AI playing field – as the UN chief presented a “blueprint” to address promises that remain unfulfilled.
www.globalissues.org
September 24, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Forty years after the UN's Declaration on the Right to Development, promises remain unmet, from digital access gaps to unequal footing in the AI race
The UN chief's new blueprint aims to close these gaps, but as before, relies on political will to happen
#RightToDevelopment
#UN
#DigitalDivide
The UN chief's new blueprint aims to close these gaps, but as before, relies on political will to happen
#RightToDevelopment
#UN
#DigitalDivide
✨Pooled funding–Because no one needs to be “just another brick in the wall”.
#RightToDevelopment is a universal human right.✨
Funds like the @jointsdgfund.bsky.social, GDF, WPHF & STFA help partners invest in social protection, inclusion & basic human needs.
➡️ UN Pooled Funding: mptf.undp.org
#RightToDevelopment is a universal human right.✨
Funds like the @jointsdgfund.bsky.social, GDF, WPHF & STFA help partners invest in social protection, inclusion & basic human needs.
➡️ UN Pooled Funding: mptf.undp.org
September 23, 2026 at 2:08 PM
✨Pooled funding–Because no one needs to be “just another brick in the wall”.
#RightToDevelopment is a universal human right.✨
Funds like the @jointsdgfund.bsky.social, GDF, WPHF & STFA help partners invest in social protection, inclusion & basic human needs.
➡️ UN Pooled Funding: mptf.undp.org
#RightToDevelopment is a universal human right.✨
Funds like the @jointsdgfund.bsky.social, GDF, WPHF & STFA help partners invest in social protection, inclusion & basic human needs.
➡️ UN Pooled Funding: mptf.undp.org
Who pays for development? Women do.
40 years since the world affirmed the right to development, women’s unpaid care still subsidizes economies, communities, and health systems—and still goes uncounted.
It’s time we counted the cost. #UNGA81 #RightToDevelopment
40 years since the world affirmed the right to development, women’s unpaid care still subsidizes economies, communities, and health systems—and still goes uncounted.
It’s time we counted the cost. #UNGA81 #RightToDevelopment
September 23, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Who pays for development? Women do.
40 years since the world affirmed the right to development, women’s unpaid care still subsidizes economies, communities, and health systems—and still goes uncounted.
It’s time we counted the cost. #UNGA81 #RightToDevelopment
40 years since the world affirmed the right to development, women’s unpaid care still subsidizes economies, communities, and health systems—and still goes uncounted.
It’s time we counted the cost. #UNGA81 #RightToDevelopment
¿Quién paga el desarrollo? Las mujeres.
Durante 40 años, el mundo ha reafirmado el derecho al desarrollo. Sin embargo, el trabajo de cuidados no remunerado de las mujeres sigue subsidiando economías, comunidades y sistemas de salud. Es hora de visibilizar el costo.
#UNGA81 #RightToDevelopment
Durante 40 años, el mundo ha reafirmado el derecho al desarrollo. Sin embargo, el trabajo de cuidados no remunerado de las mujeres sigue subsidiando economías, comunidades y sistemas de salud. Es hora de visibilizar el costo.
#UNGA81 #RightToDevelopment
September 23, 2026 at 7:58 AM
¿Quién paga el desarrollo? Las mujeres.
Durante 40 años, el mundo ha reafirmado el derecho al desarrollo. Sin embargo, el trabajo de cuidados no remunerado de las mujeres sigue subsidiando economías, comunidades y sistemas de salud. Es hora de visibilizar el costo.
#UNGA81 #RightToDevelopment
Durante 40 años, el mundo ha reafirmado el derecho al desarrollo. Sin embargo, el trabajo de cuidados no remunerado de las mujeres sigue subsidiando economías, comunidades y sistemas de salud. Es hora de visibilizar el costo.
#UNGA81 #RightToDevelopment
UN Expert Mechanism on #RightToDevelopment Chair Juana Ibañez shares central findings of its #HRC63 report on #ClimateFinance, including:
🔹 Public climate funds remain inadequate
🔹 Climate finance must be new and additional
🔹 RtD principles in finance instruments
▶️ undocs.org/en/A/HRC/63/39
🔹 Public climate funds remain inadequate
🔹 Climate finance must be new and additional
🔹 RtD principles in finance instruments
▶️ undocs.org/en/A/HRC/63/39
September 7, 2026 at 12:58 PM
UN Expert Mechanism on #RightToDevelopment Chair Juana Ibañez shares central findings of its #HRC63 report on #ClimateFinance, including:
🔹 Public climate funds remain inadequate
🔹 Climate finance must be new and additional
🔹 RtD principles in finance instruments
▶️ undocs.org/en/A/HRC/63/39
🔹 Public climate funds remain inadequate
🔹 Climate finance must be new and additional
🔹 RtD principles in finance instruments
▶️ undocs.org/en/A/HRC/63/39
With #HRC63 starting on 7 September in #GENeva, consult our page dedicated to #environment at the Human Rights Council session, as it tackles:
🔹 #Toxics & #PFAS
🔹 #Water & #Sanitation
🔹 #ClimateChange
🔹 Rights of #IndigenousPeoples
🔹 #RightToDevelopment
🔹 & more!
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🔹 #Toxics & #PFAS
🔹 #Water & #Sanitation
🔹 #ClimateChange
🔹 Rights of #IndigenousPeoples
🔹 #RightToDevelopment
🔹 & more!
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September 4, 2026 at 2:33 PM
With #HRC63 starting on 7 September in #GENeva, consult our page dedicated to #environment at the Human Rights Council session, as it tackles:
🔹 #Toxics & #PFAS
🔹 #Water & #Sanitation
🔹 #ClimateChange
🔹 Rights of #IndigenousPeoples
🔹 #RightToDevelopment
🔹 & more!
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🔹 #Toxics & #PFAS
🔹 #Water & #Sanitation
🔹 #ClimateChange
🔹 Rights of #IndigenousPeoples
🔹 #RightToDevelopment
🔹 & more!
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With the #environment high on the agenda, #HRC63 will tackle:
🔹 #Toxics & #PFAS
🔹 #Water & #Sanitation
🔹 #ClimateChange
🔹 Rights of #IndigenousPeoples
🔹 #RightToDevelopment
🔹 & more!
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🔹 #Toxics & #PFAS
🔹 #Water & #Sanitation
🔹 #ClimateChange
🔹 Rights of #IndigenousPeoples
🔹 #RightToDevelopment
🔹 & more!
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July 20, 2026 at 3:03 PM
With the #environment high on the agenda, #HRC63 will tackle:
🔹 #Toxics & #PFAS
🔹 #Water & #Sanitation
🔹 #ClimateChange
🔹 Rights of #IndigenousPeoples
🔹 #RightToDevelopment
🔹 & more!
Consult our page for info & updates ▶️ tiny.cc/HRC63Environ...
🔹 #Toxics & #PFAS
🔹 #Water & #Sanitation
🔹 #ClimateChange
🔹 Rights of #IndigenousPeoples
🔹 #RightToDevelopment
🔹 & more!
Consult our page for info & updates ▶️ tiny.cc/HRC63Environ...
July 16, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Daniel Uribe of @southcentre.bsky.social highlights actionable pathways for #ClimateAction:
🔹 Grant-based public #ClimateFinance
🔹 Climate reparations as binding legal obligation, as confirmed by #ICJAO
🔹 Dismantle barriers to green transition
🔹 Facilitate #RightToDevelopment
🔹 Grant-based public #ClimateFinance
🔹 Climate reparations as binding legal obligation, as confirmed by #ICJAO
🔹 Dismantle barriers to green transition
🔹 Facilitate #RightToDevelopment
June 19, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Daniel Uribe of @southcentre.bsky.social highlights actionable pathways for #ClimateAction:
🔹 Grant-based public #ClimateFinance
🔹 Climate reparations as binding legal obligation, as confirmed by #ICJAO
🔹 Dismantle barriers to green transition
🔹 Facilitate #RightToDevelopment
🔹 Grant-based public #ClimateFinance
🔹 Climate reparations as binding legal obligation, as confirmed by #ICJAO
🔹 Dismantle barriers to green transition
🔹 Facilitate #RightToDevelopment
I contributed to @UN Working Group on #RighttoDevelopment on #HumanRight to #HealthyEnvironment, #Children rights & @CIJ_ICJ #AdvisoryOpinion on #ClimateChange
based on
📘 my report on #Defossilization tinyurl.com/46fwbnz3
✉️amicus to African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights tinyurl.com/y7vfsxdx
based on
📘 my report on #Defossilization tinyurl.com/46fwbnz3
✉️amicus to African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights tinyurl.com/y7vfsxdx
May 22, 2026 at 6:41 AM
I contributed to @UN Working Group on #RighttoDevelopment on #HumanRight to #HealthyEnvironment, #Children rights & @CIJ_ICJ #AdvisoryOpinion on #ClimateChange
based on
📘 my report on #Defossilization tinyurl.com/46fwbnz3
✉️amicus to African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights tinyurl.com/y7vfsxdx
based on
📘 my report on #Defossilization tinyurl.com/46fwbnz3
✉️amicus to African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights tinyurl.com/y7vfsxdx
"The real global economic fight is where value is added", noted Prof. Correa. He highlighted that exporting raw materials with minimal local processing prevents the creation of the jobs and health services necessary to realise the #RightToDevelopment. 🏥📈
March 10, 2026 at 5:05 PM
"The real global economic fight is where value is added", noted Prof. Correa. He highlighted that exporting raw materials with minimal local processing prevents the creation of the jobs and health services necessary to realise the #RightToDevelopment. 🏥📈
This #HumanRightsDay, we reaffirm the #RightToFood and #RightToDevelopment. Dignity starts with access to food and opportunity. At a UN Human Rights (OHCHR) seminar, Emilie Chazelle stressed that states must cooperate to tackle global challenges. #HumanRights
December 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
This #HumanRightsDay, we reaffirm the #RightToFood and #RightToDevelopment. Dignity starts with access to food and opportunity. At a UN Human Rights (OHCHR) seminar, Emilie Chazelle stressed that states must cooperate to tackle global challenges. #HumanRights
Yuefen Li of South Centre participated in the 12th Session of #EMRtD on #trade tariffs & the #RighttoDevelopment.
Key messages: ➡️ Tariff hikes are "very regressive," disproportionately harming women, girls & LDCs.
Key messages: ➡️ Tariff hikes are "very regressive," disproportionately harming women, girls & LDCs.
October 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Yuefen Li of South Centre participated in the 12th Session of #EMRtD on #trade tariffs & the #RighttoDevelopment.
Key messages: ➡️ Tariff hikes are "very regressive," disproportionately harming women, girls & LDCs.
Key messages: ➡️ Tariff hikes are "very regressive," disproportionately harming women, girls & LDCs.
At the #UN #EMRTD12 session, the South Centre highlighted the 40-year gap in implementing the #RightToDevelopment.
The #RtD is a fundamental human right, blocked by systemic barriers like an inequitable global economy & crushing debt, and it is the "normative bridge" to ...
The #RtD is a fundamental human right, blocked by systemic barriers like an inequitable global economy & crushing debt, and it is the "normative bridge" to ...
October 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
At the #UN #EMRTD12 session, the South Centre highlighted the 40-year gap in implementing the #RightToDevelopment.
The #RtD is a fundamental human right, blocked by systemic barriers like an inequitable global economy & crushing debt, and it is the "normative bridge" to ...
The #RtD is a fundamental human right, blocked by systemic barriers like an inequitable global economy & crushing debt, and it is the "normative bridge" to ...
As the 40th anniversary of the #RighttoDevelopment Declaration approaches, our message is clear: It's time to finalise the draft covenant and make the RtD a binding, enforceable reality.
#GlobalSouth #UN #HumanRights
#GlobalSouth #UN #HumanRights
October 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
As the 40th anniversary of the #RighttoDevelopment Declaration approaches, our message is clear: It's time to finalise the draft covenant and make the RtD a binding, enforceable reality.
#GlobalSouth #UN #HumanRights
#GlobalSouth #UN #HumanRights
Environment-related resolutions adopted at #HRC60 include:
🔹 #SeaLevelRise
🔹 Mandate renewal of SR #IndigenousPeoples
🔹 Rights to safe drinking #water & #sanitation
🔹 Rights of #IndigenousPeoples
🔹 #RightToDevelopment
🔹 & more
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🔹 #SeaLevelRise
🔹 Mandate renewal of SR #IndigenousPeoples
🔹 Rights to safe drinking #water & #sanitation
🔹 Rights of #IndigenousPeoples
🔹 #RightToDevelopment
🔹 & more
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October 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Environment-related resolutions adopted at #HRC60 include:
🔹 #SeaLevelRise
🔹 Mandate renewal of SR #IndigenousPeoples
🔹 Rights to safe drinking #water & #sanitation
🔹 Rights of #IndigenousPeoples
🔹 #RightToDevelopment
🔹 & more
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🔹 #SeaLevelRise
🔹 Mandate renewal of SR #IndigenousPeoples
🔹 Rights to safe drinking #water & #sanitation
🔹 Rights of #IndigenousPeoples
🔹 #RightToDevelopment
🔹 & more
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It's time to treat maternal mortality as the injustice it is.
The #RightToDevelopment is central to ensuring women's health and rights.
Read our full statement: www.southcentre.int/sc-statement...
#MaternalHealth #GlobalHealth #EconomicJustice
The #RightToDevelopment is central to ensuring women's health and rights.
Read our full statement: www.southcentre.int/sc-statement...
#MaternalHealth #GlobalHealth #EconomicJustice
The South Centre | SC Statement – HRC60 General Debate Item 3, 19 September 2025
South Centre – an intergovernmental policy research and analysis institution of developing countries
www.southcentre.int
September 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It's time to treat maternal mortality as the injustice it is.
The #RightToDevelopment is central to ensuring women's health and rights.
Read our full statement: www.southcentre.int/sc-statement...
#MaternalHealth #GlobalHealth #EconomicJustice
The #RightToDevelopment is central to ensuring women's health and rights.
Read our full statement: www.southcentre.int/sc-statement...
#MaternalHealth #GlobalHealth #EconomicJustice
As noted by #ICJ Judge Cleveland & the #IACourtHR, ISDS undermines the #JustTransition by locking in #FossilFuel dependence.
We urge the #UN #HumanRights Council to act: ISDS must not stand in the way of #ClimateJustice and human rights.
#RightToDevelopment
We urge the #UN #HumanRights Council to act: ISDS must not stand in the way of #ClimateJustice and human rights.
#RightToDevelopment
September 12, 2025 at 9:44 AM
As noted by #ICJ Judge Cleveland & the #IACourtHR, ISDS undermines the #JustTransition by locking in #FossilFuel dependence.
We urge the #UN #HumanRights Council to act: ISDS must not stand in the way of #ClimateJustice and human rights.
#RightToDevelopment
We urge the #UN #HumanRights Council to act: ISDS must not stand in the way of #ClimateJustice and human rights.
#RightToDevelopment
“Mandatory human rights due diligence alone is not enough.”
UN Special Rapporteur on #RightToDevelopment Surya Deva describes four corporate capture -- whether political, regulatory, economic or cultural -- can block progress and undermine states’ duty to protect #HumanRights.
UN Special Rapporteur on #RightToDevelopment Surya Deva describes four corporate capture -- whether political, regulatory, economic or cultural -- can block progress and undermine states’ duty to protect #HumanRights.
September 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
“Mandatory human rights due diligence alone is not enough.”
UN Special Rapporteur on #RightToDevelopment Surya Deva describes four corporate capture -- whether political, regulatory, economic or cultural -- can block progress and undermine states’ duty to protect #HumanRights.
UN Special Rapporteur on #RightToDevelopment Surya Deva describes four corporate capture -- whether political, regulatory, economic or cultural -- can block progress and undermine states’ duty to protect #HumanRights.
Stay up-to-date with #environment-related reports, resolutions, events & activities, as #HRC60 tackles:
🔹 #Toxics + Access to Justice & Remedies
🔹 #Water-Energy nexus
🔹 #ClimateChange
🔹 Rights of #IndigenousPeoples
🔹 #RightToDevelopment
🔹 & more!
tiny.cc/HRC60Environ...
🔹 #Toxics + Access to Justice & Remedies
🔹 #Water-Energy nexus
🔹 #ClimateChange
🔹 Rights of #IndigenousPeoples
🔹 #RightToDevelopment
🔹 & more!
tiny.cc/HRC60Environ...
September 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Stay up-to-date with #environment-related reports, resolutions, events & activities, as #HRC60 tackles:
🔹 #Toxics + Access to Justice & Remedies
🔹 #Water-Energy nexus
🔹 #ClimateChange
🔹 Rights of #IndigenousPeoples
🔹 #RightToDevelopment
🔹 & more!
tiny.cc/HRC60Environ...
🔹 #Toxics + Access to Justice & Remedies
🔹 #Water-Energy nexus
🔹 #ClimateChange
🔹 Rights of #IndigenousPeoples
🔹 #RightToDevelopment
🔹 & more!
tiny.cc/HRC60Environ...