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Press release : Lebanon – UN poverty expert says Government fails population

-------------In Arabic here------------- Watch online here BEIRUT (12 November 2021) – The Lebanese authorities’ destruction of the national currency, political...
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Media advisory: UN human rights expert to visit Lebanon to assess poverty

In Arabic ---- click here ---- More information about the visit ---- click here ---- The UN Special Rapporteur on...
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Experts send pharma companies, States, EU and WTO letters calling for urgent action on COVID-19 vaccines

Letters published on Tuesday, 19 October 2021, and available now on Special Procedures database. Background: On 14 October 2021, six...
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Op-ed: To end poverty, invest in children

Social Europe ‘Poor children are deprived of their childhoods,’ said a woman from a marginalised neighbourhood in the Democratic Republic...
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Op-ed: Inclusive education to break the cycles of poverty

IPS/ by Olivier De Schutter and Donald Lee In September 2021, children in the northern hemisphere returned to school after...
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Press release: Entrenched inequality condemns the poor for generations, UN expert says

Watch live presentation on 20 October at 10 am EST here. "Poverty and privilege continue to reproduce themselves in vicious...
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The importance of cities and local governments in the implementation of economic and social rights

Cities and local governments have a crucial role to play in the implementation of economic and social rights — the...
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Watch livestreamed report’s presentation on the persistence of poverty at the UN General Assembly

Entrenched inequality condemns the poor for generations Read press release Poverty and privilege continue to reproduce themselves in vicious cycles,...
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New film on line: Don’t say where you’re from

--- A new film about discrimination experienced by people in poverty Although prohibited by international law, people living in poverty...
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Interview: How Can Basic Income and Health Care Prevent the Next Crisis?

“Social protection is not about charity.” Global Citizen - By Joe McCarthy Poverty has skyrocketed worldwide because of the economic...
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The Guardian – UK: ‘Unconscionable’ universal credit cut breaks human rights law, says UN envoy

Poverty rapporteur says removal of £20 a week uplift based on ‘very ill-informed understanding’ of impact Read the official letter...
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Two UN experts offer a way out of hunger strike deadlock in Belgium

Read the open letter here After their attention was brought to the critical situation of 430 undocumented migrants on hunger...
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Olivier De Schutter UN special rapporteur on extreme
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    • Monitoring key issues
    • Exposing human rights abuses
  • Defend your rights
    • Submit a complaint
    • World video tour for social protection