ABSTRACT
The analysis in Parts I and II has demonstrated that firstly, jurisprudentially, the RTD at the national level is less problematic and, secondly, the Declaration as a soft law influences domestic laws. The Declaration emphasizes that the state has the prime responsibility to create conditions both at the national and international levels that are favourable to the realization of the RTD.1
The Declaration further proclaims that ‘States should undertake, at the national level, all necessary measures for the realisation of the RTD’.2 Moreover, it also enjoins the ‘State to take steps to eliminate obstacles to development resulting from failure to observe civil and political rights, as well as economic, social and cultural rights’.3
