Economic Justice - A Human Right

Article VI of the Constitution defines treaties, ratified by the United States as "Supreme Law of the Land." One treaty ratified by the United States in 1945 is the United Nations Charter which obligates member nations to "promote: (A) Higher standards of living, full employment, and conditions of economic and social progress and development (Gil, 1998, p. 92).

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