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The enforcement of socio-economic rights against local governments in South Africa
(International Development Law Organization (IDLO), 2015)
Poverty and underdevelopment are South Africa’s greatest challenges. These
are inextricably linked to uneven access to adequate public services. By all
accounts, South Africa has made impressive progress in extending ...
Poverty, women and the human right to water to grow food
(ESR Review, 2014)
The global community is united in its commitment to remove the scourge of world poverty. One core factor to achieve this is access to water
from which poor people, especially women, draw multiple benefits. Such benefits ...
When poverty is not a sin: an assessment of the Human Rights Council's guiding principles on poverty and human rights
(African Journal of International and Comparative Law, 2014)
There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we have the resources to get rid of it ... In the final analysis, the rich must not ignore the poor because both rich and poor are tied in a single garment ...