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When Poverty Is Not a Sin: An Assessment of the Human Rights Council's Guiding Principles on Poverty and Human Rights

When Poverty Is Not a Sin: An Assessment of the Human Rights Council's Guiding Principles on... EBENEZER DUROJAYE 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 of destiny. All life is interrelated, and all men are interdependent. The agony of the poor diminishes the rich, and the salvation of the poor enlarges the rich. We are inevitably our brothers' keeper because of the interrelated structure of reality.1 I. INTRODUCTION Poverty remains one of the greatest challenges facing humanity in this century. Despite the fact that the world is blessed with natural and human resources, a significant number of people, particularly in developing countries, still live in abject poverty. Recent developments show that efforts at combating poverty across the globe are yielding positive results as there seems to be a slight decrease in the number of people living in absolute poverty in poor regions. The picture is not all rosy, however, as there remains great cause for concern because the world's poorest people still live in developing countries. An estimated 1.4 billion people worldwide ­ the majority http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png African Journal of International and Comparative Law Edinburgh University Press

When Poverty Is Not a Sin: An Assessment of the Human Rights Council's Guiding Principles on Poverty and Human Rights

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Edinburgh University Press
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EBENEZER DUROJAYE 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 of destiny. All life is interrelated, and all men are interdependent. The agony of the poor diminishes the rich, and the salvation of the poor enlarges the rich. We are inevitably our brothers' keeper because of the interrelated structure of reality.1 I. INTRODUCTION Poverty remains one of the greatest challenges facing humanity in this century. Despite the fact that the world is blessed with natural and human resources, a significant number of people, particularly in developing countries, still live in abject poverty. Recent developments show that efforts at combating poverty across the globe are yielding positive results as there seems to be a slight decrease in the number of people living in absolute poverty in poor regions. The picture is not all rosy, however, as there remains great cause for concern because the world's poorest people still live in developing countries. An estimated 1.4 billion people worldwide ­ the majority

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African Journal of International and Comparative Law – Edinburgh University Press

Published: Oct 1, 2014

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