Olivier De Schutter

UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights

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Morocco

(6-19 December 2022)

Latest report

Banning discrimination on grounds of socioeconomic status

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Media advisory

29 November 2022

Media advisory: UN expert to visit Morocco to assess the impact of poverty on human rights

Op-ed

15 November 2022

Op-ed – Discriminating against job applicants because they live in poverty is illegal

Op-ed

8 November 2022

Op-Ed – Povertyism is discrimination, pure and simple, and must be banned

Video

7 November 2022

New video – Non-take-up: The gap between social benefits on paper and in practice

Press release

28 October 2022

Press release – Ban “povertyism” in the same way as racism and sexism: UN expert

News

26 October 2022

The Guardian: Make poverty discrimination illegal like racism or sexism, official to tell UN

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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

May 2022

November 2021

November 2021

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