About this talk

The right to development, a human right rooted in the struggle for decolonisation, remains a distant dream for billions of people all over the world, especially in the Global South. As we prepare to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the 1986 Declaration on the Right to Development, this talk will focus on ongoing challenges to the realisation of this right posed by three Cs: colonialism, conflicts and climate change. Professor Deva will argue that the right to development is not merely a victim of these three Cs. Rather, it also offers transformative tools to overcome challenges of neo-colonialism, conflicts and climate change. Deva will rely on four illustrative tools – participation, disarmament, intergenerational equity and international cooperation – to achieve a course correction that the world urgently needs.

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