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| Title: | Human rights, democracy and development aid to Africa |
| Author: | Acheampong, Kenneth Asamoa |
| Year: | 1992 |
| Periodical: | Lesotho Law Journal: A Journal of Law and Development (ISSN 0255-6472) |
| Volume: | 8 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 17-32 |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | biblio. refs. |
| Geographic term: | Africa |
| Subjects: | democracy development cooperation human rights law Development aid |
| Abstract: | Whatever controversy surrounds the concepts of human rights and democracy, it is apparent, from the author's analysis, that there is a general universal consensus as to what constitutes human rights, that certain norms are largely deemed democratic principles, and that the concepts of human rights and democracy relate, substantially, to one another. Since the right to development is a human right which is rooted in the concept of developmental democracy, a necessary constituent of which is participatory democracy, one can assert unequivocally that the right to development is intertwined with the concepts of human rights and democracy. Any development aid must, therefore, be seen as having as one of its intrinsic aims that of furthering respect for, protection and promotion of human rights and democratic principles. The incorporation of human rights and democracy criteria in the development aid or cooperation agenda of any donor country should be seen by aid recipient States in Africa, or elsewhere, as an acknowledgement by these donor countries of the fact that human rights and democracy are inherent in the concept of developmental democracy, and not as a violation of their sovereignty. Notes, ref. |