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List of contents
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
About the author
Serges Djoyou Kamga is Associate Professor of Law at the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, based at the University of South Africa.
Carol C. Ngang is a Doctoral Researcher at the University of Pretoria, South Africa with research interests in the area of human rights and development, and humanitarian assistance.
Summary
This book shifts focus to policy and practical measures relating to implementing the right to development.
