Grounding the EU Anti-Poverty Strategy in human rights: Updated contribution to the consultation on the EU Anti-Poverty Strategy

Grounding the EU Anti-Poverty Strategy in human rights 

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Based on the conclusions from his 2020 mission to the European Union, his thematic reports on the eradication of poverty, and ongoing conversations with European governments, policy-makers and people in poverty, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, has updated his initial contribution to the first-ever EU Anti-Poverty Strategy, submitted on 15 October 2024, to emphasise the added value of grounding the EU Anti-Poverty Strategy in a human rights framework.

He submits recommendations on the following six areas:

1. Effective participation of people in poverty as an opportunity to co-design solutions
2. Access to social services
3. Funding of social services
4. The future of the Child Guarantee
5. Social mainstreaming: assessing impacts on poverty and inequalities across all EU policies
6. The role of national anti-poverty strategies