At this session, the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Right to Development will continue reviewing progress made in the implementation of the right to development.

It will hold an interactive dialogue with the Chair of the Expert Mechanism on the right to development and the Special Rapporteur on the right to development and consider the draft convention on the right to development.

Documentation

• Provisional agenda (A/HRC/WG.2/22/1)
• Draft programme of work
• Draft convention on the right to development (A/HRC/WG.2/21/2)
• Draft convention on the right to development, with commentaries (A/HRC/WG.2/21/2/Add.1)
• Compilation of comments and textual suggestions (A/HRC/WG.2/22/CRP.1)
• Human Rights Council resolution on the right to development (A/HRC/RES/48/10)
• General Assembly resolution on the right to development (A/RES/75/182)
• Report of the Working Group on the Right to Development on its twenty-first session (A/HRC/48/64)
• Report of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on the Importance of a legally binding instrument on the right to development (A/HRC/45/40)
• Report of the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the right to development (A/HRC/48/26)
• Report of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development (A/HRC/48/62)
• Reports of the Special Rapporteur on the right to development
• Members of the drafting group on a legally binding instrument on the right to development
• Comments and textual suggestions received after the 21st session of the Working Group

Accreditation

UN Member and Observer States, specialized agencies and other international organizations, national human rights institutions with "A status" accreditation, and NGOs with ECOSOC consultative status may participate in the Working Group.

All participants are required to register using the registration form for the 22nd session of the Working Group. The registration will remain open until 17:00 Geneva time, Friday, 19 November 2022. A link to join the meeting remotely will be sent to those who registered through the system, together with information on how to join the meeting platform and how to register for the list of speakers. Please note that the link is unique to each registered participant and cannot be shared. The link will be sent few hours before the start of the session.