DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS AND CORRUPTION

Authors

  • Analissa Barros Pinheiro Universidade federal do Maranhão
  • Fernanda Cristina de Oliveira Franco Centro Universitário de João Pessoa (UNIPÊ)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21527/2317-5389.2020.16.194-208

Keywords:

Corruption; HDI; PCI; Right to Development; Human rights.

Abstract

The exercise of development as a right is a political and normative platform that has been discussed for decades in the international arena. The global eruption of anti-corruption measures did not fail to touch this debate. The result is the recognition by various international instruments of the adverse effects of corruption on development, and the emergence of human rights approaches to corruption that reaffirm it as a practice that violates human rights and undermines the exercise of the right to development. The present study high lights the relationship among development, human rights and corruption, breaking down this correlation based on the joint analysis between the HDI and the CPI. The recent Brazilian context is taken as a parameter to investigate to what extent anti-corruption actions can effectively guarantee better development and human rights effectiveness and vice versa.

Author Biographies

Analissa Barros Pinheiro, Universidade federal do Maranhão

Mestranda em Direito e Instituições do Sistema de Justiça pela Universidade Federal do Maranhão. Advogada. Bacharel em Direito pela UFMA.

Fernanda Cristina de Oliveira Franco, Centro Universitário de João Pessoa (UNIPÊ)

Bolsista do PNPD/CAPES perante o Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito do UNIPÊ. Doutora em Direitos Humanos e Desenvolvimento pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Jurídicas da UFPB. Mestre em Ciências Jurídicas pelo mesmo programa. Bacharel em Direito pela Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo.

Published

2020-12-15

How to Cite

Pinheiro, A. B., & de Oliveira Franco, F. C. (2020). DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS AND CORRUPTION. Human Rights and Democracy Journal, 8(16), 194–208. https://doi.org/10.21527/2317-5389.2020.16.194-208