Summary

This report covers the proceedings of the 26th session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Right to Development. During the session, the Working Group heard general statements and held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to development, Surya Deva, and the Chair of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development, Isabelle Durant. It also held an interactive dialogue with members of human rights treaty bodies and subsidiary expert mechanisms of the Council, as well as four interactive dialogues aimed at addressing divergent views expressed in the Working Group.