Right to Development and National Sovereignty. A difficult relation

Abstract

Contemporary documents and analysis about Human Rights, and particularly about the Right to Development, refer continuously to State responsibility in the realization of said Right, calling also to a necessary international cooperation, leaded by the States themselves and their derivative intergovernmental organizations, to reach the desired goals. However, the Right to Development, due to its own essence, has certain characteristics which convert state participation, and the characteristics of this participation, into an additional difficulty instead of into a determinant to reach a full development both individuals and the collectivities of the State. In this article, I desire to underline such a contradiction with the aim to find a possible solution in regional integration.