Where entrenched, directly justiciable socio-economic rights are expressly protected in the constitution.

Some 2.5 billion human beings live in severe poverty, deprived of such essentials as adequate nutrition, safe drinking water, basic sanitation, adequate shelter

Collected here are fifteen essays about the severe poverty that today afflicts billions of human lives. The essays seek to explain why freedom from poverty is a

Annotation We are at a point in history where economic inequalities are more widespread each day. The situation of extreme poverty experienced by the majority o

Poverty violates fundamental human values through its impact on individuals and human environments. Poverty also goes against the core values of democratic soci