Human Rights
Extreme poverty is a violation of Human Rights. Fighting poverty means fighting for Human Rights, which are indivisible.
A potential step forward for those who are furthest from claiming their rights
Over 100 representatives from Members States, United Nations’ bodies 2011 discuss ways in which to take forward the work on Draft Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights. The basis for the meeting’s discussion was the progress report produced by the Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights. The meeting represented an opportunity for stakeholders to take part in a formal consultation exercise to feed into the drafting process of the Guiding Principles.Moving towards Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed by all UN Member States in 1948 but, more than 60 years later, human rights still remain an empty pledge for people living in extreme poverty across the world - in both developed and (…)The UN Human Rights Council adopts a resolution on the draft Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights
Press release Tuesday 6 October 2009
At the end of its 12th session, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on the draft Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights (A/HRC/12/L.30/Rev.1).
In this resolution, the Council recognizes that there is “a widespread commitment to advancing the project of elaborating guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights,” and invites the independent expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty, Magdalena Sepulveda, to “submit a progress report presenting her recommendations on how to improve the draft guiding principles … no later than its fifteenth session” (September 2010). The Council will then “take a decision on the way forward with a view to a possible adoption of guiding principles on the rights of persons living in extreme poverty by 2012.”
