Human rights and global justice are linked interactively and must be treated as mutually reinforcing. It is untenable to conceive of justice in relation to a specific community, given the increasing levels of interconnectedness and interdependency that characterizes today's global economy. The shortcomings of the neoliberal globalization have alerted us to the necessity of harnessing the ill effects of economic integration. Several concerns merit attention. For many people in the developing world, neoliberal globalization poses serious impediments to the realization of economic and social rights, weakening the capacity of the state to secure these rights. This explains why globalization has spurred a fruitful debate about economic, social, and cultural rights in poor countries. It is necessary to examine reasons for why support for neoliberal economic freedoms and minimal government, as evident in the trend toward the social disempowerment of the state, hold severe welfare implications for the poor.