This factsheet examines the enjoyment of economic and social rights in Spain. The data presented in this factsheet cover the period from 2007 and 2010 onwards, specifically to focus attention on the human rights impact of the economic crisis and the austerity measures taken in response to it. The analysis concludes that over the past four years poverty in Spain has increased and inequality has widened as a result of austerity policies. Evidence shown in this factsheet makes clear that the effect of these measures on the economic and social rights of the most vulnerable has been devastating.

This article argues that since fulfilment of social rights is dependent on the availability of resources we must look beyond the field of international human rights, to economics, to provide a stylised way of thinking about measuring compliance. Using conditional rights as a starting point, the article argues that there are certain normative and practical factors that limit social rights and it is in allowing for these factors that gives rise to the maximum resources dilemma: how can the content of social rights be determined if it is allowed to differ across resource contexts, and how can compliance be measured if the content is not determinate? It argues further that the empirical tools of microeconomics offer a systematic way to deal with the dilemma and outlines a methodological sketch for measuring compliance.

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