In the current context of right-wing states, we see politicians like Donald Trump or Javier Milei attacking, in the name of economic efficiency, the social rights of the so-called “welfare state”, such as the welfare system. assistance or retirement. It is ironic that this dismantling is being carried out by two men who are not really young (Milei is already over 50 and Trump is in his seventies) and who, sooner or later, will be more dependent and need care. And there is no one on the planet who does not need care: from our birth, when we fall ill, until our old age… What is certain is that at some point in our lives, we all need support or care. .
Until now invisible, the right to care is strengthening with the advancement of the feminist agenda, and both the United Nations and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights are studying its imminent nature? recognition as a new human right. Yes, a new right which serves as a lever for State action, to move towards collective co-responsibility for care. And there is nothing more important for the dignity and reproduction of life, and this is the basis of human rights.