Global DevelopmentHuman RightsPostcolonialism
April - June 2026
Heloise Weber
Politics of the ‘Declaration on the Right to Development’
My project examines the politics and political economy implications of a key international development and human rights framework: the 1986 United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development (RtD). More recently the Rtd has been aligned with the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda, conceived as a central pillar for ‘implementation’ of the RtD. I examine the RtD in relation to (global) structural injustice.
Biography
Dr. Heloise Weber is Associate Professor at the School of Political Science and International Studies, The University of Queensland, Australia.
Publications
Politics of "Leaving No One Behind": Contesting the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals
The political significance of Bandung for development: challenges, contradictions and struggles for justice
Colonialism, genocide and International Relations: The Namibian-German case and struggles for restorative relations
European Journal of International Relations – 25 Anniversary Special Issue 26 (S1): 91-115, 2020