Insights into Policies and Practices on the Right to Development

This book shifts focus to policy and practical measures relating to implementing 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.

Foreword Acronyms and Abbreviations 1. Introduction - Policy and Practical Dimensions of the Right to Development, Carol Chi Ngang and Serges Djoyou Kamga Part I: Relating to Implementing the Right to Development at National Level 2. 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 Munene 5. Making the Right to Development a Reality in Nigeria: Policies, Priorities and Challenges, Eric Ojo Part II: Relating to Specific Vulnerable Groups 6. 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 Njieassam 8. 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 Atuhaire Part III: Relating to Particular Aspects of Development 10. Developing Narrative on the Right to Development in Africa, Robert K Home 11. Contemporary International Law and the Realisation of the Right to Development, Serges Djoyou Kamga 12. 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 Ngang 13. Development as Freedom: An Analysis of the Freedoms in the Implementation of the Right to Water in Zimbabwe, Paidamwoyo Mukumbiri Part IV: Relating to the Sustainable Development Goals 14. 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 Durojaye 16. Right to Development Critique of the Sustainable Development Goals, Yuri Ramkissoon About the Contributors Bibliography Index