Statement: Brazil on behalf of the CPLP

I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP). We would like to congratulate the panellists as well the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, for his valuable contributions to the debate on the promotion and protection of the right to development.

As we commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development, we consider it as essential that the Human Rights Council  review ways to contribute to its promotion more effectively, including in light of the recent adoption of Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development.

We reaffirm the commitment of our community, who will soon complete twenty years, to strengthen solidarity and cooperation ties that bind us, combining initiatives to promote sustainable development of our peoples.

Based on today’s discussion, it was possible to realize that, after 30 years of the adoption of the Declaration, we have overcome the discussion about the existence of the human right to development, based on the indivisibility and interdependence of all human rights and that each individual is the central subject of the process of development. We need to turn our attention to its implementation. We reiterate the need for the international community to renew its efforts in this direction, through official development assistance and international cooperation.

We would like, finally, to formulate a question to the Secretary of Human Rights of Brazil, Flavia Piovesan: based on your experience as a member of the High Level Task Force on the implementation of the right to development, how could the discussion on measures for promotion and protection of the right to development under the work of the Human Rights Council be best promoted in order to obtain the participation of all stakeholders?