The right to development is an inalienable human right by virtue of which every human person and all peoples are entitled to participate in, contribute to, and enjoy economic, social, cultural and political development, in which all human beings and fundamental freedoms can be fully realised. The article expounds three principles: (a) The right to development as an inalienable human right; (b) all human rights and fundamental freedoms accomplished in the process of economic, social, cultural and political development; and (c) every human person and all peoples entitled to participate, contribute and enjoy that particular process of development. The first principle confirms the right to development as an inalienable human right and, as such, the right cannot be taken away. The second principle designates a process of development concerning the realisation of human rights, as set forth in the UDHR and other human rights instruments adopted by the UN and regional bodies. The third principle describes the rights to that development process with regard to entitlement of the right holders to be promoted and protected by the duty bearers.25 The states have the primary duty to create favourable national and international environment for development. Article 2(2) of the UN Declaration on the Right to Development states that [a]ll human beings have a responsibility for development, individually and collectively, taking into account the need for full respect for their human rights and fundamental freedom as well as their duties to the community, which alone can ensure the free and complete fulfilment of the human being, and they should, therefore, promote and protect the appropriate political, social and economic order for development. According to Article 2(3) of the UN Declaration, such a development process would be the goal of national development policies that states have the right and obligation to prepare. With regard to the state’s obligations carried out at the international level, the UN Declaration on the Right to Development directly draws attention to the determining significance of international cooperation. According to Article 3(3) of the UN Declaration, “States have the duty to cooperate with each other in ensuring development and eliminating obstacles to development” and should “fulfil their duties in such a manner as to promote a new international economic order based on sovereign equality, interdependence [and] mutual interest.” Further, Article 4 of the UN Declaration clearly stipulates that states have the responsibility, individually and collectively, to formulate international development policies to design accomplishment 25 8 Sengupta, Supra note 23, at 68. Journal of the National Human Rights Commission, Vol. 22, 2023