Conflict, poverty and human rights violations

Zafer Kizilkaya

Chapter 30 in Research Handbook on Human Rights and Poverty, 2026, pp 516-529 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Much has been written on the roles of poverty and human rights violations in causing conflicts. This chapter looks at the other side of the coin. It explores how conflict affects poverty and the infringements on human rights. It delves into current initiatives that aim to incorporate human rights norms and poverty reduction in transcending conflict. The findings indicate the positive trend in prioritizing early warning and conflict prevention in fragile settings. This is facilitated by advances in remote data collection, but more research is necessary to shed light on household-level poverty. In building peace, resilience-based strategies in fragile and conflict-affected countries are promising. Nevertheless, more effort is required to empower individuals by guaranteeing their fundamental human rights independent of their communal identities. The chapter concludes by stressing the need to develop conflict resolution policies that are informed about conflict's reciprocal relationship with poverty and human rights norms.

Keywords: Conflict resolution; Poverty; Human rights violations; Early warning; Fragility; Resilience (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035350506
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