University of Oxford, Centre for the Study of Social Justice: David Miller's "Human Rights, Basic Needs, & Scarcity"
Read this article. Miller explores the conundrum that emerges when resource scarcities appear to make impossible the equal protection of human rights for all. In such circumstances, some favor the limitation of human rights, while others consider the just distribution of available resources. Miller shows the fallacies of these approaches by employing a human needs framework. A complicated picture of human rights protection and promotion in situations of resource scarcity emerges.