Many would agree with me that extreme poverty is a violation of human rights. More specifically, it is in violation of socio-economic rights. But I do not like using the word 'socio-economic' in lieu of 'human' because I think the first sounds more trivial than the latter... No matter how we understand these labels, rights to food, shelter, basic livelihood are fundamental, inalienable and unquestionable... The only problem is how to find the avenue of enforcing them in the world of greed, corruption, selfishness and unequal distribution of wealth... Hence the strong need for workable international law mechanisms... Poverty, as well as a host of other problems, is something that needs global, truly international attention, struggle and solution...
See the publication by David Bilchitz on 'Poverty and Fundamental Rights' here.
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