La pobreza extrema como mal radical: ¿un callejón sin salida?

Abstract

In this paper we will examine the problem of extreme poverty and famine using the category of «radical evil» and the way in which this has been incorpo- rated in certain rules of international law. We maintain that poverty and famine are a clear case of radical evil that is not covered in any of the legal figures that have recepted it (such as genocide or crimes against humanity). Their inclusion in the scope of the law could take out creating new criminal types from concepts such as «eliminationism» proposed by Goldhagen. Ultimately, we will show that the exclusion of the extermination generated by the implementation of economic policies of international instruments is due to political, not moral, reasons, so qua- lify such acts as evil seems to provide very little to the solution of the underlying problem