Subject(s): Public welfare -- Law and legislation -- Poverty -- Poor -- Human Rights -- Child labour -- Poverty as legally constructed : Right to development as a basic human right, cross border reflections on poverty- lessons from the united states and Mexico, poverty as a violation of human rights- Pinochet case and emergence of a new paradigm -- Politics of child support, state, law and NGOs in Bangladesh, exclusion and rights -- Establishment of legal entitlements : Judicial review, social antagonism and use of litigation as a tool for combating poverty, poverty and property- human rights and social security, effects of legal mechanisms on selective welfare strategies for needy persons- Greek experience -- Legal initiatives to address specific aspects of poverty : Gender mainstraming as an instrument for combating poverty, does alcohol and tobacco legislation help reduce poverty- evidance from Sri Lanka, child labor- threat to survival of civilization, labor organization and labor relations law in India- implications for poverty alleviation