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The Special Rapporteur submits annual thematic reports to the Human Rights Council (HRC) and to the General Assembly (GA). Thematic reports document the Special Rapporteur’s findings on particular topics and provide guidance and recommendations for UN member States, civil society organisations and other stakeholders.

YearTitleDocument Symbol
2026Peace for development: Road map for a peace economyA/81/187
Participation in development: taking the right to development seriouslyA/HRC/63/32
2025Financing for inclusive, sustainable and participatory developmentA/80/206
Nexus between gender equality and the right to developmentA/HRC/60/25
2024Climate justice: loss and damageA/79/168
Right to development of children and future generationsA/HRC/57/43
2023Reinvigorating the right to development: A vision for the futureA/HRC/54/27
Role of business in realizing the right to developmentA/78/160
2022COVID-19 response and recovery plans and the right to development- international levelA/77/174
COVID-19 response and recovery plans and the right to development- national levelA/HRC/51/30
2021Climate action and the right to development- international levelA/76/154
Climate action and the right to development- national levelA/HRC/48/56
2020Financing for development - international levelA/75/167
Financing for developmentA/HRC/45/15
2019Disaster risk reductionA/74/163
Guidelines and recommendations on the practical implementation of the right to developmentA/HRC/42/38
 
2018Inequality and the right to developmentA/HRC/39/51
South-South cooperation and the right to developmentA/73/271
2017Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to developmentA/HRC/36/49
Right to development- Note by the SecretariatA/72/163