UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development

@ProfSuryaDeva is Law professor @Macquarie_Uni & Director @MacquarieELRC. Tweets don't represent the official UN position. Email: [email protected]

[UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development @UNSRdevelopment]

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

[UN Special Procedures @UN_SPExperts]

States & companies should move away from funding war economies to investing in a peace economy: expert @ProfSuryaDeva. “Conflicts divert resources away from realisation of #humanrights, achievement of SDGs & financing transition to a green economy.”

https://t.co/VIWjZXrKS8

[UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development @UNSRdevelopment]

Meet my mandate's refreshed Academic Circle (2026-27): https://t.co/cnDUcg3JUh

As we commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 1986 Declaration on the Right to Development, looking forward to working with you all to promote inclusive, sustainable & participatory development!

[UN Special Procedures @UN_SPExperts]

States and companies need to move away from funding war economies towards investing in a peace economy.

In his #UNGA report, @UNSRdevelopment provides a concrete road map to prevent conflicts and sustain peace.

https://t.co/zI0NpUJreM

#PeaceDay

[UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development @UNSRdevelopment]

On the International Day of Peace, I call upon all states, companies and other actors to invest in a peace economy 🕊️

More weapons do not mean more peace!

We need a shift away from war economies. My 2026 GA report provides a roadmap: https://t.co/e0xk131THt

#Right2Development

[UN Special Procedures @UN_SPExperts]

It is unacceptable that independent experts have become a target of coordinated efforts, aimed at undermining not only confidence in the Special Procedures system, but also the credibility of the @UN and its #HumanRights architecture as a whole.

https://t.co/RuT2EBbLha

#HRC63

[UN Special Procedures @UN_SPExperts]

#HRC63: UN expert @ProfSuryaDeva calls for active, free and meaningful participation of individuals & communities in decisions related to economic development as a precondition to achieve inclusive and sustainable development.

https://t.co/W76oZWVUW4

[UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development @UNSRdevelopment]

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration on the Right to Development, I coorganised with @UNHumanRights an exhibition in Geneva

Thanks @pmbdosgeneva @ChinaMissionGva @IndiaUNGeneva @MYGenevaUN @PTMissionGeneva @RSA_UNOG for supporting the exhibition

[UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development @UNSRdevelopment]

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration on the Right to Development, I coorganised with @UNHumanRights an exhibition in Geneva

Thanks @pmbdosgeneva @ChinaMissionGva @IndiaUNGeneva @MYGenevaUN @PTMissionGeneva @RSA_UNOG for supporting the exhibition

[India at UN, Geneva @IndiaUNGeneva]

🇮🇳 proud to co-sponsor the #DRTD40 audio-visual exhibition at #HRC63.

Celebrating 40 yrs of the Declaration on #RTD & 10 of @UNSRdevelopment.

PR @abagchimea spoke on 🇮🇳development journey & leveraging tech to make development accessible. @ProfSuryaDeva @UNHumanRights

[UN Human Rights Council @UN_HRC]

Communities must have a real say in the policies and projects that shape development, @UNSRdevelopment @ProfSuryaDeva told the @UN Human Rights Council.

He called for a shift from symbolic consultation to meaningful participation in decision-making.

#HRC63 #RightToDevelopment

[India at UN, Geneva @IndiaUNGeneva]

🇮🇳 @IndiaUNGeneva & @UNSRdevelopment co-hosted #HRC63 side event on “Participatory Development “ with 🇲🇽 and 🇪🇹. Cd'A Amb T. Ajungla Jamir on 🇮🇳's experience.

Special Thanks to panelists @MisionMexOI, @ETMissionGVA, @EU_UNGeneva, @FIANista & moderator Ms Pia Oberoi #RTD @UNHumanRightsHumanRights

@MEAIndia @IndianDiplomacy

[UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development @UNSRdevelopment]

Listen to my interactive dialogue around 4:30pm CEST on the #HRC63 report on participation in development

I will also present my report on country visit to #Germany

[UN Human Rights Council @UN_HRC]

🔴 NOW at #HRC63

Interactive dialogues with @UN_SPExperts on
• contemporary forms of slavery and trafficking in persons @KLMSchwarz (part 2)
• the right to development @UNSRdevelopment @ProfSuryaDeva

Watch live⤵️
https://t.co/W8oBFmmswy

[UN Human Rights Council @UN_HRC]

🔴 NOW at #HRC63

Interactive dialogues with @UN_SPExperts on
• contemporary forms of slavery and trafficking in persons @KLMSchwarz (part 2)
• the right to development @UNSRdevelopment @ProfSuryaDeva

Watch live⤵️
https://t.co/W8oBFmmswy

[UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development @UNSRdevelopment]

If in Geneva today, join this side event today at 2pm that I am co-organising with @IndiaUNGeneva, @MisionMexOI & @ETMissionGVA

The event will highlight the importance of participation in development and how to achieve it. See my #HRC63 report here: https://t.co/dTNFOgVMBx

[UKWELITIMES WORLD @UKWELINEWSWORLD]

🛑UPDATE: Rwanda’s Ambassador to Geneva @urujeniB received @ProfSuryaDeva, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development.

The discussions centered on Rwanda’s development experience, inclusive participation and local ownership, as well as the Special Rapporteur’s report on meaningful participation in development, to be presented to #HRC63 on Friday.

@RwandaInGeneva @RwandaMFA @UNSRdevelopment #UkweliNews

✍️@Uwayezu_Alodie

[UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development @UNSRdevelopment]

It was a pleasure to meet today the Ambassador of @RwandaInGeneva H.E. Urujeni Bakuramutsa @urujeniB. We discussed a number of collaboration pathways to realise the #Right2Development in Rwanda and in Africa generally

[Rwanda in Geneva @RwandaInGeneva]

Today at the Embassy, Amb. @urujeniB received @ProfSuryaDeva, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development @UNSRdevelopment.

Discussions covered Rwanda’s development experience, inclusive participation and local ownership, as well as the Special Rapporteur’s report on meaningful participation in development, to be presented to #HRC63 on Friday.

[GENeva Environment Network @GENetwork]

With #HRC63 starting on 7 September in #GENeva, consult our page dedicated to #environment at @UN_HRC, as it tackles:
🔹 #Toxics & #PFAS
🔹 #Water & #Sanitation
🔹 #ClimateChange
🔹 Rights of #IndigenousPeoples
🔹 #RightToDevelopment
🔹 & more!

▶️ https://t.co/s4P4pXB9GA

[Ernesto Soberón @SoberonGuzman]

We thank the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development, @UNSRdevelopment, for his clear and courageous assessment of the devastating impact of the intensified U.S. blockade and the cruel energy siege on the Cuban people's enjoyment of the rights to development, health and education.

These unilateral coercive measures violate international law and undermine the UN Charter. #Cuba will continue defending the right to development and building a more just and inclusive society, leaving no one behind.

[UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development @UNSRdevelopment]

Grateful to H.E. Ambassador Lok Bhadur Thapa for providing insightful opening remarks at this side event that I co-organised with @Cubaonu

[UN ECOSOC President @UNECOSOC]

I participated today in the event “Right to Development at 40: Catalysing Global Partnerships for Inclusive and Sustainable Development” at UN Headquarters. I stressed that sustainable development is not only a policy objective - it is a human right. With only 18% of the SDG targets on track and just four years remaining to achieve the #2030Agenda, we must translate global commitments into concrete action.

I stressed that the right to development must be mainstreamed across financing, trade, debt relief and development cooperation, that participation must be genuine, and that accountability must be strengthened. We must ensure that those furthest behind - including LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS - are not treated as recipients of charity, but as holders of rights the international community has pledged to uphold. #SDGs #RightToDevelopment #GlobalGoals

[UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development @UNSRdevelopment]

@SDGBenchmarks @temenov @Cfuentesjulio @CastoutSlavery Co-organised with @CUBAONU a side event to #HLPF2026 in the right to development at 40. The event was co-sponsored by Brazil and Viet Nam.

Grateful to @UNECOSOC for providing opening remarks.

[UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development @UNSRdevelopment]

It was a productive visit to New York for the #HLPF2026

Organised 2 side events and had several meetings with (in addition to finishing writing my report, #Peace4Development).

A thread 🧵

[UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development @UNSRdevelopment]

@SDGBenchmarks @temenov @Cfuentesjulio I also met delegates of @CastoutSlavery at the #HLPF2026. We explored collaboration opportunities around the 40th anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development