are obliged to live off from their earliest years (child labour, prostitution), when they must use up their bodies, extract from them more strength than they possess (conditions of work and enforced idleness of the poorest men and women) in order to produce the necessary means of providing shelter and food and bringing up their families. 165. Can this violence done to the poor be identified as a violation of fundamental rights for which remedy can be obtained through the courts? Different answers must be given here. 166. The road down to the depths of poverty is paved with human rights violations that are recognized and protected by international and national instruments. The paving of this road is constituted by discrimination against persons in a situation of inferiority, and particularly economic inferiority, in the exercise of human rights or lack of access to means of monitoring the implementation of guaranteed fundamental rights. 167. One might wish to describe impoverishment - i.e., the road from relative poverty to extreme poverty, and thus towards extreme dependence on the goodwill of others in economic, social, political and cultural matters - as a succession of passive discriminations, or discriminatory omissions in respect of recognized fundamental rights, and the impossibility of securing justice. 168. At the end of the road, however, the discrimination becomes more active. A person in a situation of extreme poverty is liable to lose his rights and become an "outlaw". The collective memory of the very poor is familiar with this phenomenon. "I don't have such rights" is their first reaction to texts such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The right to protection of family life, to freedom of opinion and association and to adequate social services has been "lost".
**Analysis**
The text discusses the relationship between poverty and human rights, highlighting the ways in which poverty can lead to violations of fundamental rights. It emphasizes the discriminatory nature of poverty, which can lead to a loss of rights and a sense of being "outlawed". The text does not specifically address economic development, natural resources, or industry, but rather the human impact of poverty.

**Category**
Employment, Humanitarian aid and relief