Insights into Policies and Practices on the Right to Development

Carol Chi Ngang is a Researcher at the Free State Centre for Human Rights, University of the Free State, South Africa.Serges Djoyou Kamga is a Professor of Law at the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs, University of South Africa.

• ForewordAcronyms and Abbreviations 1. Introduction – Policy and Practical Dimensions of the Right to Development, Carol Chi Ngang and Serges Djoyou KamgaPart I: Relating to Implementing the Right to Development at National Level2. Human Rights and Development in Ethiopia: Taking the Constitutional Right to Development Seriously, Yonas Tesfa Sisay 3. Polemics in Advancing the Right to Development Amidst a Complex Macro-Policy Framework: A South African Case Study, Mofihli Teleki 4. Implementing the Right to Development in Kenya Through Public Participation, Anthony Wambugu Munene5. Making the Right to Development a Reality in Nigeria: Policies, Priorities and Challenges, Eric Ojo Part II: Relating to Specific Vulnerable Groups6. Right to Development for Indigenous Peoples in Africa: A Quest for the Adoption of Resource Control Mechanisms for Effective Protection, Abiodun Jacob Osutongun 7. Access to Justice as a Right to Development Paradigm for Indigenous Peoples in Cameroon, Esther Effundem Njieassam8. Right to Development and Food Security in Africa: Why Women’s Access to Information is Crucial, Aaron Olaniyi Salau 9. Comparative Appraisal of Women’s Right to Cultural Development in Selected African Countries, Olayinka Adeniyi And Pearl AtuhairePart III: Relating to Particular Aspects of Development10. Developing Narrative on the Right to Development in Africa, Robert K Home11. Contemporary International Law and the Realisation of the Right to Development, Serges Djoyou Kamga12. Complexity in Balancing the Pursuit of FDI with the Obligation to Achieve the Right to Development in Africa: A Focus on China-Africa Relations, Carol Chi Ngang13. Development as Freedom: An Analysis of the Freedoms in the Implementation of the Right to Water in Zimbabwe, Paidamwoyo MukumbiriPart IV: Relating to the Sustainable Development Goals14. Gender Justice and Sustainable Development in Africa: Developing Appropriate Responses to SDG, Rita Nkiruka Ozoemena 15. Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Africa: A Key to Realising the Right to Sustainable Development, Ebenezer Durojaye16. Right to Development Critique of the Sustainable Development Goals, Yuri RamkissoonAbout the Contributors BibliographyIndex