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| Measuring human rights to support sustainable developmentTraditional data collection has seldom been able to support inequality reduction policies to benefit the most vulnerable. A human rights-based approach to data can help States attain the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. 8 April 2016 |
| Towards 30 years of the right to development The 1986 UN Declaration on the Right to Development “emphasizes the dignity of the human person,” said Craig Mokhiber, head of the Development and Economic and Social Issues Branch of the UN Human Rights Office. 4 December 2015 |
| Greater ambition needed to improve financing for developmentFinancing for development is not dependent on money as much as it is on will, ambition and compassion. In a statement read on his behalf on the last day of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein called on States, civil society, private business interests and others to seize the opportunity to provide freedom from fear and want to people across the world. 20 July 2015 |
| “Realizing the Right to Development” – a vision for transformative developmentThe UN Human Rights Office launches a publication, which clarifies the meaning and status of the right to development, and examines its principles, as they are applied to national development policies and governance as well as to the issues of aid, debt, trade, technology transfer, intellectual property, access to medicines, climate change and sustainable development. 24 December 2013 |
| The right to peaceAn intergovernmental working group has begun what is expected to be a long and complex negotiation aimed at drafting a UN Declaration on the Right to Peace. A first report is to be presented to the June 2013 session of the Human Rights Council. 4 April 2013 |
| Wanted: Human Rights in RioCivil society and UN experts call for an inclusive, just and equitable outcome at the forthcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. 2 May 2012 |
| Putting people at the centre of developmentAt a panel discussion to mark the 25th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Right to Development, experts discuss ways to better integrate human rights in economics and development. 21 December 2011 |
| The right to development – who decidesThe Social Forum of the Human Rights Council meets to explore many and varied views on the way forward in making the right to development a reality for all. 17 October 2011 |
| Human rights crucial for developmentHuman rights, including the right to development, are crucial for achieving inclusive, equitable and sustainable development in the Least Developed Countries 11 May 2011 |
| Development is a human right for allSeize the opportunity of the 25th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Right to Development to make this right a reality for all, says High Commissioner Navi Pillay. 24 February 2011 |
| Using numbers to achieve human rights goalsOn World Statistics Day, UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay says data enables more effective promotion, monitoring and implementation of human rights standards. 20 October 2010 |
| Human Rights and TradeUN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay calls for the international trade regime to incorporate all human rights. 28 September 2010 |
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