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