This document will explain why social rights should be human rights. Poverty, capitalism and government will be the grounds used to explain why social rights should be considered human rights and enforceable in court. Although the costs of social rights would result in higher taxes, the benefits would far outweigh the costs. This would significantly reduce the majority of poverty and crime and improve the overall health within our society. Various aspects of social rights will be examined, including the rights to food, health care, child care, post-secondary education, housing and basic income. This paper will begin by examining poverty and the role that social rights could play. This will be followed by an examination of capitalism and its effects on society. By identifying the negative impact of capitalism on society and how social rights can mitigate some of its socially destructive aspects. Finally, the impact of government and its policies that contributed to the disappearance of social rights and social programs and why social policy should become a human right like civil rights and political rights. PovertyPoverty increases when basic income is not a human right. RIGHT. In Canada, social assistance is considered a last resort; meaning that to qualify, you must have no assets or savings. This sends individuals into a downward spiral, making it almost impossible to escape poverty. Social assistance benefits provide very low payments to claimants, payments that cover only the individual's basic needs. Growing evidence supports the idea that welfare does little to improve or maintain the claimant's quality of life, in fact it can have the opposite effect, with claimants often feeling worse. .. middle of paper. ....the citizen occupies a place among the world leaders in the field of human rights.ReferencesBhatia, V. (2010). Social rights, civil rights and health reform in Canada. Governance, 23(1), 37-58. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0491.2009.01466.xChong, D. (2009). Five challenges for legalizing economic and social rights. Human Rights Review, 10(2), 183-204. doi:10.1007/s12142-008-0094-yClapman, A. (2007). Human rights: a very brief introduction. New York: Oxford University Press. McNally, D. (2006). Another world is possible: globalization and anti-capitalism. Winnipeg, Canada: Arbeiter Ring PublishingRaphael, D. (2007). Poverty and policies in Canada: implications for health and quality of life. Toronto: Canadian Scholars PressZweig, M. (2000). The majority of the working class: the best kept secret in the Americas. New York: Cornell University Press