It was my pleasure to speak at the 2026 Forum on Global Human Rights Governance in Beijing on 11-12 June 2026 #Right2Development #Inequalities #ClimateChange #Conflicts

The world today is witnessing a dangerous escalation of conflicts and crises, with deep and direct consequences for people, societies, development, economies, the environment, and international peace and security. The continuation of conflicts does not create sustainable security, achieve equitable development, or protect human dignity. On the contrary, it expands poverty, displacement, division, and instability, while draining resources that should be directed toward education, health, job creation, rights protection, and building a safer future. The fundamental question today is clear. Who benefits from the continuation of conflicts. And who pays the real price. The answer is equally clear. People, children, women, vulnerable communities, national economies, and the environment bear the heaviest and most painful cost. The cost of conflicts cannot be measured only in numbers. It is measured in lives at risk, rights violated, development disrupted, economies exhausted, communities displaced, and a future undermined every single day. From this perspective, AIDL affirms that human rights based peace is not merely a humanitarian message. It is a strategic investment in stability, development, justice, accountability, and the protection of human dignity. #CostOfConflicts. #Right2Development. #Unite4Peace. @AIDLEU @aidl_foundation

As part of UN country visit to #Kazakhstan, I met representatives of the Govt, UN entities, youth, children & CSOs in Astana to understand better the implementation of the #right2development and #SDGs in the country I will share my initial findings & recommendations on 15 May

Who benefits from conflicts? Who suffers? The #CostOfConflicts is clear. @UNSRdevelopment calls on States to come together and form the architecture needed for peace and security. #Right2Development #Unite4Peace

How do armed conflicts affect us? What is the #CostOfConflicts? @UNSRdevelopment calls on States to invest in human rights based sustainable approaches to peace. #Right2Development #Unite4Peace

Who benefits from conflicts? Who suffers? The evidence is clear. Peace is a precondition for achieving #HumanRights, #SDGs & #ClimateAction. Let us join forces to give peace a chance! #CostOfConflicts #Right2Development #Unite4Peace

Conflicts harm #HRs, undermine #development & pollute the #environment Ahead of my report #Peace4Development, I am launching a campaign "Cost of conflicts-A plea for peace". The world needs a course correction. Support the campaign! @UN_SPExperts #Unite4Peace #Right2Development

📅 Tomorrow Tue 4th Nov at 10am CET I'll deliver a keynote based on my report on #HumanRights approach to #Energy #JustTransition at International Conference on #Right2Development & #CriticalMinerals 🔗 tinyurl.com/4h53wfw5 📖 report: tinyurl.com/3tc87w73

This win is a testament to people's power, and the dedication of the communities and our partners. Development cannot come at the expense of people, land, culture, and rights! #IndigenousRights #Right2Development

The legacy of colonialism and Apartheid rooted in racial and spatial segregation continues to reinforce inequality. We must demand and guarantee the Human Right to Development NOW, for ALL and EVERYWHERE! #standup4humanrights #Right2Development

Right to development a key solution to a world in crisis, says High Commissioner. #StandUp4HumanRights, #Equality #HumanRightsDay #SDGs #Right2Development #HumanRights #HumanRightsViolation shar.es/agtpd2

#Right2Development will be in focus in Geneva next week! Join us in Room XXIV for two side events that I am co-organising with @UNHumanRights: 13 May - Nexus between R2D and ESCRs: indico.un.org/event/1011558/ 14 May - Role of business in realising the R2D: indico.un.org/event/1011559/

Today, the Heads of State and Government of the 134 member countries of the Group of 77 and China, adopted Havana Declaration on "current development challenges: the role of science, technology and innovation” #Right2Development gov.br/mre/en/contact-us/pre…

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: "...The draft International Covenant on the Right to Development has been submitted to the Council at this session for further action." #HRC54 #Right2Development

UN Human Rights Chief: "The Declaration on the Right to Development sets out rights and duties on the part of States to forge development and related policies for the well-being of all" #HRC54 #Right2Development

Powerfull messages from @UNSRdevelopment: "Global South Nations can grow without repeating the 🌍 north's errors. #Plastic bags a lesson; now tackling battery issue. Let's learn: invest in public transport, not just batteries." @ProfSuryaDeva #Right2Development #JustTransition

Happening now! We are discussing how to operationalise the Right to Development through People-Centred Development Assistance. #Right2Development #HRC52

Honoured to welcome Mr Saad Alfarargi, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to development, on his visit to Switzerland! #Right2Development links #HumanRights to #sustainabledevelopment within the #Agenda2030, an additional means for the promotion of all human rights. @UN_SRExperts

“Bringing down walls without removing economic disparities is not just going to work”: @SadhguruJV #Right2Development #internationalcooperation

"It is a mistake to think of #development simply as a useful tool to diminish #migration, when in fact it is an undeniable right of every human being," said Msgr. Fernando Chica, #HolySee representative to @FAO #right2development @eu_eeas @FedericaMog @EUCouncil @EP_Development