I investigate the effect of ratification of different human rights treaties adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on Official Development Assistance (ODA) by donors of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC). On average the ratification of an additional human rights treaty...

This Article advances an account of the right to development as a legal instrument that holds the international legal order accountable for its role in the production and reproduction of global poverty. It first distinguishes moral conceptions of human rights, as instruments that protect...

How can foreign direct investment contribute to fulfil the right to development and realize some of the UN Sustainable Development Goals? The chapter consider this question by focusing on the role of international law and intergovernmental institutions that deal with three aspects of foreign...

A review of the scope, legality and enforceability This article aims to provide the reader with a critical analysis of the scope, legality and enforceability of The Right to Development the (RTD), more precisely of “the right to a process of development in which all rights and fundamental...

Considering a wide variety of international instruments and literature, this article will attempt to provide a comprehensive and consistent definition of the human right to development and its relationship to the human right to health and intellectual property. This article will also provide an...

The article addresses the function human rights instruments can have in the context of the fight against (extreme) poverty. Human rights law is no panacea for the intractable problem of poverty, but it can serve as a basis for, and complement to, social mobilization. The article deals with...