Human Rights

Poverty and human rights intersect in interesting ways. Many advocates argue that the experience of severe poverty is a human rights violation. The human rights violation argument is particularly the case when people do not have their basic needs met. However, there is no consensus on whether access to basic needs is a human right. For the time being, the debate remains to which degree, if any, all human beings have the right to a certain living standard. This is further explored in this section.