Dilemmas of human right to development and sustainable development: an overview

Today environment and development occupies an important place in any human rights discourse. The phenomenon of liberalization privatization and globalization have added an extra fuel into this controversial debate. The concept of ‘Right to Development’ and ‘Sustainable Development’ reflects the same dilemmas of human rights discourse. Many times it is depicted that both concepts are different and divergent but a deeper examination of both the concepts reveals that they are not mutually exclusive, rather booth the concepts grew around a central idea i.e. the welfare of human being. This article intends to unfold some of the above mentioned dilemmas and tries to bring that how both the concepts are important for the human being.