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This text considers the issues of world poverty and global justice, addressing the ability of people in poor or developing countries to have enough food, or clean water, or access to basic healthcare. It draws on international law aimed at the protection and promotion of human rights

Margot E. Salomon has a PhD in International Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science (Great Britain), where she is Associate Professor in the Law Department and directs the multidisciplinary laboratory (Laboratory for Advanced Research on the Global Economy) of Human Rights of the LSE. Her research focuses on international political economy and the legal dimensions of poverty, global, and human rights and economic governance. In 2019, Dr. Salomon was awarded the European Society of International Law Book Prize for The Misery of International Law (written with Linarelli and Sornarajah) and in 2018 she was awarded a prestigious Belgian (European) Francqui Chair. She has been a consultant to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on extreme poverty and human rights (2009) and to the Nordic Trust Fund of the World Bank on human rights and the economy (2011); Advisor to the United Nations High Level Working Group on the Right to Development (2004-2009); and member of the Committee of the International Law Association on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2008-2012). ; Margot E. Salomon es doctora en Derecho Internacional por la London School of Economics and Political Science (Gran Bretaña), donde es pro- fesora asociada del Departamento de Derecho y dirige el laboratorio multidisciplinar (Laboratory for Advanced Research on the Global Economy) de Derechos Humanos de la LSE. Su investi- gación se centra en la economía política inter- nacional y las dimensiones legales de la pobreza mundial, y los derechos humanos y la gobernanza económica. En 2019, la Dra. Salomon fue galardonada con el Premio del Libro de la Sociedad Europea de Derecho Internacional por The Misery of International Law (escrito con Linarelli y Sornarajah) y en 2018 fue galardonada con una prestigiosa Cátedra belga (europea) Francqui. Ha sido consultora de la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos sobre la extrema pobreza y los derechos humanos (2009) y del Fondo Fiduciario Nórdico del Banco Mundial sobre derechos humanos y economía (2011); asesora del Grupo de Trabajo de Alto Nivel de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho al Desarrollo (2004-2009); y miembro del Comité de la Asociación de Derecho Internacional sobre los Dere- chos de los Pueblos Indígenas (2008-2012).

AbstractWhy have attempts to bring development aspirations to bear on international law over a period of 50 years come to far less than any reasonable person would hope? The early claims for a New International Economic Order and permanent sovereignty by developing countries over their natural resources, efforts to delineate a body of international development law, followed by the affirmation of a human right to development, were all attempts to have economic justice reflected in international law. Figures on world poverty and inequality suggest that international law accommodated no such restructuring. This article explores why it is international law has failed the poor of the world, and what interests it has served in their stead.

AbstractA concern with ensuring minimum standards of dignity for all and a doctrine based on the need to secure for everyone basic levels of rights have traditionally shaped the way in which international human rights law addresses poverty. Whether this minimalist, non-relational approach befits international law objectives in the area ofworldpoverty begs consideration. This article offers three justifications as to why global material inequality – and not just poverty – should matter to international human rights law. The article then situates requirements regarding the improvement of living conditions, a system of equitable distribution in the case of hunger, and in particular obligations of international cooperation, within the post-1945 international effort at people-centred development. The contextual consideration of relevant tenets serves to demonstrate that positive international human rights law can be applied beyond efforts at poverty alleviation to accommodate a doctrine of fair global distribution.