UN Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights Complaint Tool

The article announces that the UN has issued a tool enabling individual complaints on social, cultural, and economic rights. This "human rights" instrument will allow victims to file their claims on the international level. Within these violations are inadequate access to food, work, and housing. The idea behind the project is that those most affected by these economic problems are usually those that are most isolated and powerless in making the world aware of their situation. The article states that the entry of information and complaints into the Protocol will allow for a better understanding of the scope of economic problems and remedies. It also makes a statement of the UN's recognition of the need to strengthen the protection of economic rights. However, the article does not explain exactly how the protocol is to work, or how the complaints will be organized and formed into responses. Personally, it seems unlikely that this information will be formed into economic reforms; however, it's existence can only help.

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