The Draft Convention on the Right to Development: A New Dawn to the Recognition of the Right to Development as a Human Right?

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Abstract

The draft Convention on the Right to Development is being negotiated under the auspices of the Human Rights Council. This article seeks to explore the merits and the added value of the draft in terms of its normative contents particularly compared with its soft law predecessor—the Declaration on the Right to Development. It argues that the draft is a momentous step in the recognition of the right to development as a human right not only because it is binding, if adopted, but also contains concrete, detailed and implementable norms. While it maintained the abstract and aspirational formulation of norms under the Declaration to a certain extent, the draft also addresses some of the prevailing gaps and limitations of the Declaration.
Original languageEnglish
Article numberngac001
Pages (from-to)1-24
JournalHuman Rights Law Review
Volume22
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2022
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • duty to cooperate
  • sustainable development
  • the Declaration on the Right to Development
  • the Draft Convention on the Right to Development
  • the right to development

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