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

A Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Report to the UN General Assembly on “Welfare and Control: The paternalism of support” (Deadline 15 February 2025)

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Visit to Rwanda (Deadline 31 March 2025)

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17 January 2025

Financing Social Protection Floors: Contribution of the Special Rapporteur to FfD4 (30 June – 3 July 2025)

12 January 2025

Podcast: Greenletter Club: Why is poverty humiliating?

27 December 2024

Syre: UN poverty expert on basic income: ‘We need to have much more imagination’

19 December 2024

Podcast: Asian Insider: Mountains of debt deepening human and environmental crises

13 December 2024

Event: Eradicating poverty without growth is possible! – Olivier De Schutter

11 December 2024

Event: The role of human rights in the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4)

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17 January 2025

Financing Social Protection Floors: Contribution of the Special Rapporteur to FfD4 (30 June – 3 July 2025)

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

Latest reports

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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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May 2025

August 2024

August 2023

May 2023

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