Actualising the right to development in Africa : options and prospects

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dc.contributor.author Kamga, Serges Djoyou
dc.contributor.author Fombad, Charles Manga
dc.date.accessioned 2019-02-28T12:08:02Z
dc.date.available 2019-02-28T12:08:02Z
dc.date.issued 2017-12
dc.description.abstract This article aims to assess the possible options and prospects for actualising the right to development (RTD) in Africa. Mindful of the controversy surrounding the legal status of the RTD, the article starts by problematising this by concisely looking at its legal attribute, its socio-economic and political dimensions and the polemics of defining its nature and scope. It then proceeds to discuss the progress made towards recognising the RTD. After establishing that the RTD is broadly recognised at the global level and is a binding human right in the African human rights system, the article examines the options and prospects for its actualisation. We contend that progress in entrenchment constitutionalism and the effective involvement of the people in the constitutional building and legislative processes provide some scope for transforming the RTD from the realms of a rhetorical and abstract legal concept into a practical reality. The article concludes that to actualise the RTD in African states, there is a need to lay down a solid constitutional framework, to make people’s participation central to all development initiatives and to rely on international and regional cooperation. en_ZA
dc.description.department Centre for Human Rights en_ZA
dc.description.librarian am2019 en_ZA
dc.description.uri http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ai en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Kamga, S.D. & Fombad, C.M. 2017, 'Actualising the right to development in Africa : options and prospects', Africa Insight, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 6-26. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 0256-2804
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/68521
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Africa Institute of South Africa en_ZA
dc.rights © Africa Institute of South Africa en_ZA
dc.subject Africa en_ZA
dc.subject African human rights system en_ZA
dc.subject Actualisation en_ZA
dc.subject Right to development (RTD) en_ZA
dc.title Actualising the right to development in Africa : options and prospects en_ZA
dc.type Article en_ZA


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