GENEVA (30 November 2023) – As COP28 begins, UN human rights experts urged States to accelerate the just and equitable phase out of fossil fuels, warning about the immense magnitude of their negative...

GENEVA (16 November 2023) – Grave violations committed by Israel against Palestinians in the aftermath of 7 October, particularly in Gaza, point to a genocide in the making, UN experts said today...

GENEVA (31 October 2023) – A UN poverty expert today called on the CEOs of Amazon, DoorDash and Walmart to address allegations that wages at the US-based corporations are trapping workers in poverty...

NEW YORK (20 October 2023) – Workers’ pay should reflect their contribution to society, a UN poverty expert said today, calling for wage increases for essential workers and pay caps for those in...

QUITO (8 September 2023) –Poverty is a root cause of the surging violence and insecurity in Ecuador, the UN’s poverty expert said today at the end of his two-week visit to the country, as he urged...

GENEVA (24 August 2023) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, will conduct an official visit to Ecuador from 28 August to 8 September to...

Summary In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, observes that more than one in five workers in the world live in poverty. Productivity...

MORNING 30 June 2023 Human Rights Council Concludes Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Opinion and of Expression, Starts Interactive Dialogue with the Special...

GENEVA (30 JUNE 2023) – Job guarantee programmes – whereby the government guarantees a job to anyone willing and able to work – can protect workers from the biggest global employment challenges of our...

The Special Rapporteur highlights the benefits of the introduction of the job guarantee both to the individual and to the community, and addresses a number of objections to the idea. He sees the introduction of a job guarantee as an essential component of the “just transition” and of the new eco-social contract needed for the post-crisis recovery.