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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

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Ecuador (28 August – 8 September 2023)

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The employment guarantee as a tool in the fight against poverty

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15 September 2023
RTBF: The urgent need to build a post-growth society, with Olivier De Schutter
11 September 2023
Social Europe: Europe’s social-protection schemes are full of holes, affecting the most vulnerable most—but they can be fixed.
11 September 2023
El Universo: UN Special Rapporteur suggests three initial measures to finance fight against poverty in Ecuador
8 September 2023
La Hora: Crime fuels poverty by extorting business and taking over schools, says UN Rapporteur
8 September 2023
Reuters: Ecuador youth choosing gangs as route out of poverty, UN expert says
8 September 2023
Associated Press: UN report on Ecuador links crime with poverty, faults government for not ending bonded labor
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June 2023
The employment guarantee as a tool in the fight against poverty
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

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August 2023
Ecuador
May 2023
Bangladesh
December 2022
Morocco
May 2022
Kyrgyzstan
Olivier De Schutter UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
  • About the mandate
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  • Exposing human rights violations
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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