A/71/358 lecture on the theme “The right to education: contemporary issues and challenges for emerging and developing countries” at the Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities, also in New Delhi. 8. On 8 September, he participated in a high-level panel organized as part of the International Literacy Day celebrations at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) headquarters in Paris. In his address, he elaborated on literacy as a right as part of lifelong learning, with special focus on conceptual issues in view of the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. 9. From 30 September to 2 October, the Special Rapporteur was invited to address the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, where he gave a series of lectures on the right to education in its interface with international law. On 1 October, he gave the opening address at a conference on educational legislation at the Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation, in Moscow, and on 4 October, he gave a lecture at Kutafin Moscow State Law University on the right to education. 10. On 12 and 13 October, he participated in the international seminar on human rights education convened by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Government of Indonesia in Jakarta. His address focused on the need to promote human rights education through public education policies. 11. On 26 October, he addressed the opening session of the fourth International Scientific Congress on Global Studies, organized on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the United Nations at Lomonosov Moscow State University. He highlighted the challenges of globalization, underlining the importance of upholding the ideals and principles of the United Nations, and the central role of education. 12. On 27 and 28 October, the Special Rapporteur addressed the plenary session of the BRICS Global University Summit: Education as a Source of Global Development, organized in Moscow on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the United Nations by the Moscow State Institute of International Relations and th e consortium of leading Russian universities. He spoke on the right to education, including skills development, the need to regulate privatization, especially in higher education institutions, and safeguarding the humanistic mission of education. 13. On 4 November, the Special Rapporteur gave the closing address at the Education 2030 high-level meeting organized by UNESCO during the thirty-eighth session of the UNESCO General Conference in Paris. He addressed key challenges, including declining public investment and privatization in education, and emphasized the need for concrete measures to progressively advance towards the Education 2030 agenda. 14. On 17 November, he gave a speech as a special guest at a meeting of senior officials of Brazil, China, India, the Russian Federation and South Africa (the BRICS countries) on education, organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. The meeting aimed to create a BRICS university network. He expounded on the right to higher education and proposed public policy responses for those countries to make education a global force. 15. On 23 November, he addressed the opening session of the regional consultation and dialogue on Education 2030 Framework for Action for West and 16-14910 5/26