In an oral statement presented to the Human Rights Council (HRC) on 16 September 2020, GI-ESCR welcomed the report of UN Special Rapporteur on the right to development, Saad Alfarargi, addressing national financing for development.

The report called on States to strengthen existing public delivery of social services, in line with their obligation to deliver public services. GI-ESCR also echoes the Special Rapporteur’s concern regarding the privatisation and financialisation of social services, based on profits rather than on the universal enjoyment of human rights.