@article{2020:kahombo:the_promis,
title = {The promises and realization of the right to development in the Democratic Republic of the Congo},
year = {2020},
note = {This paper examines, from a legal and socio-economic perspective, how
the right to development materializes its promises and realization in
the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In this regards, it
analyzes its incorporation in the Congolese legal order, defines its
constituent elements, and the measures which have been adopted to
implement the constitutional framework. It also identifies challenges
to the right to development in the DRC and permissive conditions for
its effective enjoyment. The main conclusion is that the right to
development enshrined in the Congolese law remains more a matter of
claims and aspirations than a tangible reality reflecting an increase
in the quality of life of the Congolese people. Obstacles to the
realization and enjoyment of the right to development include the
adverse effects of capitalist liberalism, the extraversion of
Congolese development policies, and the culture of predation which
dates back to the colonial period. The Congolese leadership has a
historic responsibility to trigger or impose the much needed change.
This will require not only the integration of the DRC’s
international commitments in its domestic development policies based
on an internal dynamic putting Congolese at the center of every
socio-economic initiative, but also a state which has effective
authority over its territory to defend the rule of law, is more
interventionist so as to stop the current intentional destruction of
the country, and promotes ethical behaviours in public services.},
journal = {KAS African Law Study Library},
pages = {391--412},
author = {KAHOMBO, Balingene},
volume = {7},
number = {3}
}