espanolEl presente articulo lleva una reflexion critica-propositiva de los derechos humanos y el derecho a la autodeterminacion. Como marco de interpretacion propongo que el derecho a la autodeterminacion ha generado diferentes interpretaciones y puede constituirse en un baluarte para los procesos de emancipacion social promovidos por distintos movimientos sociales. La metodologia desarrollada consistio en un analisis teorico, historico y bibliografico de los principales hitos de la legalizacion internacional a la autodeterminacion. En este sentido presento como ejemplo el caso del movimiento indigena global, el cual reinterpreto la nocion de autodeterminacion a traves del concepto de la constitucion boliviana Sumak Kawsay. EnglishThis article proposes several reflections on the development of human rights, in particular the right to self-determination. As a framework of interpretation, I claim that self-determination has had drastic perspectives and it can constitute an important instrument to support the emancipation process promoted by social movements. The methodology developed was grounded on a theoretical, historical and bibliographic analysis, taken into account the main milestones of the legalization of the right to self-determination. In that sense is illustrated the case of the global indigenous movement, which reinterpreted the notion of self-determination through the Bolivian Constitution and the concept of Sumak Kawsay