Human rights and neo-liberalism in small-scale fisheries: Conjoined priorities and processes

► Facile human rights approach advocacy damages advocacy and beneficiaries. ► Advocacy avoids the main material conditions determining poverty and powerlessness. ► Human rights advocacy requires thorough research before being championed. ► Human rights approach interwoven with neo-liberal economic development agendas. ► Human rights approach incompatible with UN Declaration on Indigenous Rights.