Economic, social, and cultural rights
The subject of economic, social, and cultural rights has been greatly neglected. The evidence establishing customary legal norms in the area of economic, social, and cultural rights is very compelling and often as convincing, if not more so, as in the case of civil and political rights. Included in this category are the right to social security, to work, and the right to an adequate standard of living encompassing such necessities as food, clothing, housing, health and medical care, and water and sanitation. The right to education is also fundamental, with complex issues such as the role of parental choice in education. Education is not only an entitlement, it is also an obligation upon parents and children. Cultural rights are often associated with rights of minorities but their scope is much broader and more general, and includes the right to enjoy the arts and to benefit from scientific progress.