Credit: Essay by: Olaoye Oluwaseyi Vessel. 1 www.poverty.com 2 www.wikipedia.com 3 United Nations World Food Program
Poverty law is the body of law,rules and regulations or statute that governs the rights of low income induviduals,the financially poor,the mentally incapacitated, the physically disabled,those affected by widespread epidemic,that languish in abysmal poverty,terror and shame,living in abject mysery in a certain geographical sphere to access special benefits from the government of the nation or state where they are domiciled and be free from the dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty and the major diseases that afflict humanity.
Poverty law spares no effort to vehemently create food schemes and health programs for the aforementioned category of people which includes their children and families.
In developed countries(for instance the United States),Food stamp programs and Medic-aid are federal government benefits whereas the developing and underdeveloped countries create effective 'food for work' programs for the aldults (where the aldults are paid with food to build schools,roads etc) and 'food for education' programs for the children (where the children are provided with food when they attend school) to escape hunger and global poverty through education.
From the legal point of view,every person has a right to life which must not be intentionally deprieved except in respect of criminal offences of which one has been found guilty.
Nevertheless,right to life does not expressly denote the right not to be killed alone,it also impliedly connote the right to the basic necessaries of life which makes life worth living. The basic necessaries of life includes food,clothing,shelter,freedom to co-mingle with fellow humans and so on. These are the subject matters encompassed in poverty law.
Although,to implement the schemes envisioned in poverty law (i.e to eradicate poverty and emancipate the people from dehumanizing living conditions) will require huge capital and resources for any government,yet,poverty law will remain an important focus for many scholars and the government of any people.
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