It is important that rights remain not just articles on paper, but also have various mechanisms in place to ensure they are upheld in the real world. On that point, we remind that the European Convention of Human Rights, and all the rights contained therein, as a rule is secured the majority of its safety via the European Court of Human Rights. As such, it becomes crucial and clear that such violations of (social) rights be recognized as worthy of being brought to court. However, it is also a fact that social rights have not yet been granted their full recognition as worthy of full security as is granted to other types of human rights. Although discussion usually revolves around the actual origin of social rights as a concept, it is claimed that, as social rights cannot be clearly defined, that they therefore cannot be valid as a subject of a court case. Additionally, this would also require that that the state itself have a systemic responsibility for matters such as housing, just as it does for healthcare. On the other hand, it is argued that social rights hold in court, due to the indivisibility of human rights as a whole and encompassing article. In this essay we shall examine in detail these differing views on social rights as applicable in court, alongside explaining the need for and importance of such rights within society.