Importance of a legally binding instrument on the right to development

Background

At its thirty-ninth session in September 2018, the Human Rights Council adopted resolution 39/9, entitled "The right to development", in which it requested the Advisory Committee, while taking into account the views of Member States, to prepare a research-based report on the importance of a legally binding instrument on the right to development, to present an oral update on the preparation of the report to the Council at its forty-second session, and to present the report to the Council at its forty-fifth session.

Drafting group

The current members of the drafting group are:

• Lazhari Bouzid
• Ion Diaconu
• Xinsheng Liu
• Elizabeth Salmón
• Cheikh Tidiane Thiam
• Ludovic Hennebel (Chair)
• Ajai Malhotra (Rapporteur)