The Subject, Object, Addressee and Source Analysis of The Right to Development (RTD) | 2011 | By Giday Meles | |

The Right to Development

The Declaration on the Right to Development which clearly stated that the right to development (hereafter RTD) as a human right was adopted by the United Nations in 1986 by an overwhelming majority, with the US casting the single nonconforming vote. The concept of the RTD attracted much attention after it was incorporated in the Declaration on the Right to Development. In spite of such incorporation, however, it is far from clearly establishing the source, content, subject and addressee under the realm of international law and as result it has been subject of contention. By taking what has been stated above as a background, this paper examines the narratives on such issues as ‘the right to development’; ‘the source of right to development’; ‘subject of the right to development’; the object of the right to development’ and ‘the addressee analysis’. In terms of methodology, the paper uses information that will be gathered from books, articles, declarations and covenants as well as official legal documents, and others. The first article of the Declaration on the Right to Development puts the concept of the right to development as ‘an inalienable human right by virtue of which every human person and all peoples are entitled to participate in and contribute to and enjoy economic, social, cultural and political development in which all human rights and fundamental freedoms can be fully realized.’ The idea is that every person anywhere in the world has the right to development which is both inalienable and a process in which ‘all human rights and fundamental freedoms can be fully realized’.
The RTD is based on the presumption of inequalities of global trade, adverse effects