The Right to an Adequate Standard of Living

The right to an adequate standard of living is an internationally recognized human right, appearing in the form of welfare rights as early as the Constitution of the Weimar Republic. This right is enshrined in several international legal instruments, most prominently in Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and Article 27 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.