This Article advances an account of the right to development as a legal instrument that holds the international legal order accountable for its role in the production and reproduction of global poverty. It first distinguishes moral conceptions of human rights, as instruments that protect...

Does International Law have anything to offer to the 'poorest of the poor'? The short answer to this question is: yes, potentially. So far, however, it has offered very little. Indeed, international law is unlikely to offer very much at all if we continue to approach the question of poverty in...

Poverty is a problem of international human rights law. Poverty degrades human dignity which is the main precept of human rights. Human rights exist to protect the human from any deprivation with a legal context. Therefore, poverty under international human rights law, can be seen as violation...