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In resolution 35/19, as in previous ones, the Human Rights Council requested the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights to submit annual thematic reports to the General Assembly and Human Rights Council.

YearSymbolThemeAdditional information
2024A/HRC/56/61Eradicating poverty beyond growth 
 A/HRC/56/61/Add.3Breaking the cycle: ending the criminalization of homelessness and poverty 
2023A/78/175The working poor: a human rights approach to wages 
2023A/HRC/53/33The employment guarantee as a tool in the fight against poverty ​Oral statement at the Human Rights Council
2022A/77/157Banning discrimination on grounds of socioeconomic disadvantage: an essential tool in the fight against poverty ​View report page
2022A/HRC/50/38Non-take-up of rights in the context of social protection​

Oral statement at the Human Rights Council

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2021A/76/177Ending the vicious cycles of poverty​

Oral statement at the General Assembly

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2021A/HRC/47/36Global Fund for Social Protection: international solidarity in the service of poverty eradication.​

Oral statement at the Human Rights Council

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2020A/75/181/REV.1The “just transition” in the economic recovery: Eradicating poverty within planetary boundaries​View report page​
2020A/HRC/44/40The parlous state of poverty eradication

Oral statement at the Human Rights Council

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2019A/74/493Digital welfare states and human rightsOral statement at the General Assembly

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 A/HRC/41/39Climate change and povertyOral statement at the Human Rights Council

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2018A/73/396Privatization and human rightsOral statement at the General Assembly

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 A/HRC/38/33The role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in relation to social protectionOral statement at the Human Rights Council

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2017A/72/502The enjoyment of civil and political rights by persons living in povertyOral statement at the General Assembly

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 A/HRC/35/26Universal basic incomeOral statement at the Human Rights Council

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2016A/71/367UN responsibility for the cholera outbreak in HaitiOral statement at the General Assembly

Video of the interactive dialogue (English | French)

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 A/HRC/32/31Marginalization of economic and social rightsOral statement at the Human Rights Council

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2015A/70/274The World Bank and human rightsOral statement at the General Assembly 

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 A/HRC/29/31Extreme inequality and human rightsOral statement at the Human Rights Council
2014A/69/297The implementation of the right to social protection through the adoption of social protection floorsOral statement at the General Assembly

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Reports by the previous Special Rapporteur and Independent Experts on extreme poverty and human rights, 1999-2014.

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