International Covenant on the Right to Development

Carol Chi Ngang is Associate Professor of Laws at National University of Lesotho, Research Fellow at University of the Free State, Guest Lecturer at University of Pretoria, UNDP Human Rights Chair for Lesotho and National Research Foundation of South Africa Category C2-Rated Researcher. He has published extensively including The Right to Development in Africa (2021).

• ContentsForeword ixMihir KanadeIn Memoriam xivAcknowledgements xviList of Tables and Figures xviiAbbreviations and Acronyms xviiiNotes on Contributors xxi1 Introduction: Trajectory to the International Covenant on theRight to Development 1Carol Chi NgangPart 1: Nature of the Right to Development2 Self-Determination and the Collective Rights of Peoples in the Right toDevelopment Agenda 21Amal Jawad and Bonny Ibhawoh3 The Holders of the Right to Development 58Koen de Feyter4 Realising Sustainable Development through a Binding Right toDevelopment 86Clement AgyemangPart 2: Global Framework for Development and the Matrix of Power5 Power Asymmetries in the Politics of International DevelopmentCooperation and the Quest for Global Balance 113Pratyush Sharma6 Third States’ Extraterritorial Obligations on the Right toDevelopment 149Carol Chi Ngang7 Right to Development Obligations for International Organisations 178Elisabeth Achancho Etagha8 Development Financing in the Global South: an Analysis of Governanceat the IMF and the World Bank 204Daniel M. WalyemeraPart 3: Perspectives on Right to Development Justice9 Operationalising the Right to Development within the Contextof the African Continental Free Trade Area: Some GenderConsiderations 235Rita Nkiruka Ozoemena10 Bridging the Divide: the Impact of Digital Technological Advancementson the Right to Development in Africa 260Dorcas Basimanyane11 South Africa’s Constitutional Remedies in the Practice of the Right toDevelopment 290Mofihli Teleki12 Advancing Youth Right to Development: Challenges and Prospects 314Bamisaye OlutolaPart 4: Systemic Impediments to Realising the Right to Development13 African Responses to the Crisis of Illicit Financial Flows and the DraftCovenant on the Right to Development 333Serges Djoyou Kamga14 International Trade Restrictions for Developing Countries: a Critique ofTrade Policies 356Denis Nfor Yuni15 The Impact of Corruption on Social and Redistributive Justice and theRight to Development in Africa 383Munyai Anzanilufuno16 An Assessment of Armed Conflicts and Insurgencies as a Hindrance tothe Right to Development in Africa 410Linda Mushoriwa17 Conclusion: Envisaging Actualisation of the International Covenant onthe Right to Development 445Carol Chi NgangIndex 461