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

Olivier De Schutter

UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights

Latest country visit

Colombia (26 August – 4 September 2024)

Latest report

The burnout economy: poverty and mental health (October 2024)

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25 November 2024

UNDP report: Urban Development Beyond Growth

21 November 2024

Video: Democratizing Work to Fight Against Poverty

20 November 2024

Socialter: “The belief that progress in GDP coincides with an improvement in people’s lives is simply not true”

15 November 2024

Press release: G20: Leaders must show courage to tax the super-rich to rescue 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, say experts

13 November 2024

UN Web TV: Growth obsessed societies are fueling anxiety and depression

11 November 2024

Agência Brasil: Pobreza eleva em 3 vezes risco de surgimento de ansiedade e depressão

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24 October 2024

Statement on the Second World Summit for Social Development (November 2025)

15 October 2024

Statement on the future EU Anti-Poverty Strategy

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October 2024

The burnout economy: poverty and mental health

July 2024

Eradicating poverty beyond growth

June 2024

Breaking the cycle: Ending the criminalization of homelessness and poverty

October 2023

The working poor: a human rights approach to wages

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August 2024

August 2023

May 2023

December 2022

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