Right To Development: Economic, Legal And Ethical Challenges In Coronavirus Times (Covid-19)

Abstract

 The objective is to understand the economic, legal and ethical challenges faced by the right to develop in the scenario of the global crises triggered by the new coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). This article applies the hypothetical-deductive method, together with bibliographic research. The first part focus at identifying the lines of economic thoughts incorporated into the legal discourse at the end of the 20th century (neoliberal, sustainable and human) and its framework as a fundamental human right in the context of a global economy information society; the second part aims at describing economic and legal challenges for developing countries and the deepening of the economic and financial crisis; the third part presents ethical reflections on the relationship between States and the integration of other social actors in tackling the pandemic. It is possible to conclude that the international community, despite the difficulties, is moving towards an understanding  of the State, the company and the civil society as co-participants in the development process, based on multilaterality and shared responsibility, together with the use of more precise instruments to measure development, internalization of these commitments based on common efforts, as well as the importance of this reality as a precondition for the creation of new regulatory frameworks.