Tag: Koen De Feyter
Global Geopolitics, International Law Uncertainties and Koen de Feyter’s Commitment to Making the Right to Development a Universal Reality
Introduction The world’s political leaders have in the decades gone by, frequently reiterated the conviction to make the right to development a reality for everyone.[1] Making the right to development a reality conveys the promise that livelihood would become sustainably better for the billions of impoverished peoples around the world whose right to development…
Revisiting Koen De Feyter’s thought through the Congolese lens
In 2013 I learned of Professor Koen De Feyter’s work almost by chance. Then a young Congolese researcher in human rights, I was invited to join De Feyter’s inter-university project on “the localization of human rights”. Although my background was in political studies rather than law, I applied and was soon introduced to De Feyter…