Panel on Development and Human Rights
The Human Rights and Sustainable Development Working Group, of which the Human Rights Trust Fund is a member, hosted the panel Development and Human Rights: Innovative Approaches in a Challenging Landscape during Law, Justice and Development Week 2025. Drawing on the report Integrating Human Rights into Development, the session examined how integrating human rights into development policy and practice can strengthen development programming.
Panelists include Wendyam Conombo (Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, France), Paola Fajardo‑Heyward (Human Rights Umbrella Trust Fund, WBG), Carole Excell (Waverley Street Foundation), Siobhán McInerney‑Lankford (EU Fundamental Rights Agency), Rylin Rodgers (Microsoft), and Jan Wouters (KU Leuven). The discussion was moderated by Duygu Cicek, Counsel, World Bank Legal Vice Presidency.
