Social And Economic Rights Analysis

In recent years there has been a surge of interest in social and economic rights and more generally in the intersection of abuses of these entitlements and forced displacement of people. Majorly ignored during the Cold War period and thereafter, today social and economic rights have acquired heightened significance in light of the persistence of systemic poverty in the worldwide economy often leading to violation of other civil and political rights, and consequent displacement of people both within and across the borders. In this context it becomes imperative to examine the current relevance of social and economic rights.
In the year 2015, the World Bank defined poverty as living on less than $2 a day and extreme poverty as living on less
Poverty and exclusion lie behind many of the security threats that we continue to face both within and across borders and can thus place at risk the promotion and protection of all human rights. Even in the most prosperous economies, poverty and gross inequalities persist and many individuals and groups live under conditions that amount to a denial of economic, social, civil, political and cultural human rights. Social and economic inequalities affect access to public life and to justice. Such fundamental challenges to human security require action at home as well as international cooperation.”
The importance of social and economic rights lies in the fact that the denial of these entitlements can entail serious consequences. For instance:
a) Gross denial of social and economic rights means that affected population has no or limited access to adequate food, nutrition, safe drinking water or to health services and has no adequate housing. Further deprivation of these entitlements often has wider impact over large proportion of population. For example, diarrhoeal, dehydration which is caused by a lack of access to safe drinking water claims the lives of nearly 2 million children every