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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="4"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" lang="EN-GB">The
25<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development</span></b></font></p><font size="4">
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="4"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" lang="EN-GB"><span> </span>Joint Statement of the Chairpersons of the UN
Treaty Bodies <br></span></b></font></p><font size="4">
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="4"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" lang="EN-GB">The
4<sup>th</sup> of December 2011 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the
adoption by the General Assembly of the Declaration on the Right to Development
(the Declaration).<a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB">[1]</span></span></span></span></a></span></font></p><font size="4">
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="4"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" lang="EN-GB">In
our capacity as Chairpersons of the United Nations human rights treaty bodies
set up to monitor the implementation of the core human rights treaty
obligations at the national level, we welcome the commemoration of this special
anniversary of the Declaration. We believe that this anniversary provides a
unique and timely opportunity to reiterate the principles and elements set out
in the Declaration. </span></font></p><font size="4">
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="4"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" lang="EN-GB">It
is significant that the Declaration, in its definition of the right to
development,<a href="#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB">[2]</span></span></span></span></a>
does not reduce development to purely economic aspirations or goals but
articulates a broad, comprehensive understanding of development at national and
international levels. The right to development finds clear resonance in various
human rights treaty provisions, which emphasize the multi-faceted,
multi-dimensional and complex nature of development processes and the need for
development to be inclusive, equitable and sustainable.</span></font></p><font size="4">
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="4"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" lang="EN-GB">The
Declaration indeed proclaims that all human rights and fundamental freedoms are
indivisible and interdependent and equal attention must be paid to civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights<a href="#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-GB">[3]</span></span></span></span></a>. In fact, there are many
similarities and striking complementarities between the Declaration and the
human rights treaties. Many elements of the right to development are reflected
in human rights treaty provisions and jurisprudence of treaty bodies, including
on self-determination; fair distribution of resources; equality and
non-discrimination, particularly on grounds of sex, gender, age, race and
disability; active, free and meaningful participation; accountability and
transparency; substantive rights relating to adequate standard of living,
including food, water and sanitation, housing,<span>
</span>health services, education, employment, enjoyment of culture; freedom of
expression, assembly and association; and international assistance and
cooperation. </span></font></p><font size="4">
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><font size="4"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" lang="EN-GB">For
all the reasons given, we are resolved to make a concerted effort to promote a
development-informed and interdependence-based reading of all human rights
treaties, so as to highlight and emphasize the relevance and importance of the
right to development in interpreting and applying human rights treaty
provisions and in monitoring compliance with these provisions. In this way, we
shall contribute to further the realization of the right to development by
ensuring that the necessary conditions are in place for achieving economic and
social progress and development for all, including vulnerable individuals and
groups.</span></font></p><font size="4">
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><font size="4"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: black;">Mr. Abdelhamid EL JAMRI<span> </span>Committee
on Migrant Workers (CMW)<span> </span></span></font></p><font size="4">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><font size="4"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: black;">Mr. Malcolm EVANS<span> </span>Sub-Committee
on Prevention of Torture OPCAT (SPT)</span></font></p><font size="4">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><font size="4"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: black;">Mr. Claudio GROSSMAN<span> </span>Committee Against Torture (CAT)</span></font></p>
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</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><font size="4"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: black;">Mr. Anwar KEMAL<span> </span> <span> </span>Committee
on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)<span> </span></span></font></p><font size="4">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><font size="4"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: black;">Ms. Zonke MAJODINA<span> </span><span> </span>Human
Rights Committee (CCPR)<span> </span></span></font></p><font size="4">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 2.5in; text-indent: -2.5in; line-height: 150%;"><font size="4"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: black;">Mr. Ronald Clive McCALLUM<span> </span>Committee on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities (CRPD)</span></font></p><font size="4">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 2.5in; text-indent: -2.5in; line-height: 150%;"><font size="4"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: black;">Mr. Ariranga PILLAY <span> </span><span> </span>Committee
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)<span> </span></span></font></p><font size="4">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 2.5in; text-indent: -2.5in; line-height: 150%;"><font size="4"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: black;">Ms. Silvia PIMENTEL <span> </span>Committee on Elimination of
Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)<span> </span></span></font></p><font size="4">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><font size="4"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: black;">Mr. Jean ZERMATTEN<span> </span>Committee on the Rights of
the Child (CRC)<span> </span></span></font></p><font size="4">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: black;">1 July 2011, Geneva</span>
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<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><font size="4"><a href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="X-NONE"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="X-NONE">[1]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB">UN Doc. A/RES/41/128, 4
December 1986.</span><span lang="X-NONE"></span></font></p>
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