The Guatemalan state systematically violates people's economic and social rights, a new CESR report says. The human rights study on health, education and food says fiscal and tax policy is largely responsible.

Poverty is not natural or inevitable, but an injustice fueled by human rights violations. The current global economic crisis has shown how politics and flawed policies exacerbate poverty, inequality and deprivation.

Millions of children never go to school or drop out early, leaving them illiterate and innumerate, condemned to a life of poverty and insecurity. Ensuring their right to education helps give these children a chance.