Projections Of The Right To Development In The International Convention About The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities

Abstract

This article presents the main projections of the right to development in the International Convention about the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, approved by the United Nations in 2007. Through a bibliographic and documentary review, the current conception of the right to development was identified, defined normatively from the thought of Amartya Sem; and notes that, currently, deficiencies must be understood in the light of the social model, which recognizes the social, political, cultural and historical barriers that prevent the full development of these people. In this sense, the right to development was related to the social model of approach. However, based on such theoretical premises, through a qualitative survey of development in the Convention, the clearest expressions and variations of such value were captured. It was concluded that the right to development was not taken into consideration by the United Nations when making this document, but it also integrates, implicitly and explicitly, a series of provisions, measures and obligations, with expressions that, after all, consign the right of persons with disabilities to the expansion of their qualities and freedoms.