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The right to development is an inalienable human right, ensuring that every individual and all communities have the opportunity to participate in, contribute to, and benefit from economic, social, cultural, and political development, where all human rights and fundamental freedoms can be fully realised. Article 1 of the United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development affirms this right, but further efforts are needed to achieve its full realisation. This is one of the primary goals of the international conference series on the right to development.

The Free State Centre for Human Rights, University of the Free State, in partnership with the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa; the University of Dayton Human Rights Center, USA; Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, Portugal; the Department of Law and Political Science, University of Siena, Italy; and the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, will host the seventh International Conference on the Right to Development. Under the theme 'Development, Sustainability, Law, and Human Rights,' the conference will be held at Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa in Portugal, from 6 to 8 November 2024.