The right to development : the importance and application of the principle of equity, at both the national and international levels : report / submitted by the High Commissioner for Human Rights pursuant to Commission resolution 2002/69

Discusses the ways in which "equity" is used and referred to in public international law and development economics, in human rights treaties and the work of the treaty bodies, in international declarations and world conferences, and in decisions of the Commission on Human Rights and its subsidiary mechanisms; gives an account of replies received from Member States, UNCTAD, WTO and other relevant international organizations.

18 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 17-18).