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Olivier De Schutter UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
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Olivier De Schutter 

UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights

Next country visit

Morocco

(Postponed)

Latest report

Banning discrimination on grounds of socioeconomic status

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8 December 2022
Media advisory: Morocco: Visit by UN expert postponed
29 November 2022
Media advisory: UN expert to visit Morocco to assess the impact of poverty on human rights
15 November 2022
Le Monde: Discriminating against job applicants because they live in poverty is illegal
8 November 2022
Daily Maverick: Povertyism is discrimination, pure and simple, and must be banned
7 November 2022
Video: Non-take-up: The gap between social benefits on paper and in practice
28 October 2022
Press release: Ban “povertyism” in the same way as racism and sexism: UN expert
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October 2022
Banning discrimination on grounds of socioeconomic disadvantage: an essential tool in the fight against poverty ​
June 2022
Non-take-up of rights in the context of social protection​
October 2021
The persistence of poverty: how real equality can break the vicious cycles
June 2021
Global Fund for Social Protection: international solidarity in the service of poverty eradication.​

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December 2022
Morocco
May 2022
Kyrgyzstan
November 2021
Nepal
November 2021
Lebanon
Olivier De Schutter UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
  • About the mandate
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  • About the mandate
    • Olivier De Schutter
    • Role of the Special Rapporteur
    • Priorities of the mandate
    • Team
    • Vacancies
    • Contact
  • Reports
  • Country visits
  • Exposing human rights violations
  • News
    • All news
    • Press releases