The Netherlands and the Right to Development

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Abstract

The report on the netherlands discussed the right to development as a human rights norm and as a policy objective in the external policies of the netherlands. It provides a description and critical analysis of recent dutch human rights and development cooperation policies. It is concluded that the right to development as a human right does not play a self-standing role in dutch human rights and development cooperation policy. More in general, economic, social and cultural rights are not seen as the normative framework for development cooperation and only play a marginal role in dutch human rights foreign policy. Although some promising initiatives have been taken recently, development issues are treated as a policy matter and not grounded in human rights obligations of the netherlands.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Fight Against Poverty and the Right to Development
EditorsMads Andenas, Jeremy Perelman, Christian Scharling
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer Nature
Chapter8
Pages233-252
Number of pages20
ISBN (Electronic)9783030573249
ISBN (Print)9783030573232
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jan 2021

Publication series

SeriesIus Comparatum, Global Studies in Comparative Law
Volume52

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