This report examines a number of innovative projects that have been implemented in recent years, by civil society organizations, donors and international organizations (as well as some governments) to enhance access to justice by some of the poorest segments of society in the countries where...

Unpaid care work is a critical human rights issue, as well as a major obstacle to gender equality and poverty reduction. This article draws attention to the impact of heavy, intensive, and unequal burdens of unpaid care work on the human rights of women living in poverty, and analyses the...

This paper examines the links between unpaid care work, poverty and women's human rights, arguing that heavy and unequal unpaid care workloads not only keep women in poverty, but also affect their enjoyment of several human rights and stunts progress towards gender equality. It then makes some...

This report presents an overview of the activities of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona, during the term of her mandate 2008-2014. It summarizes the Special Rapporteur's country visits to Ecuador, Zambia, Bangladesh, Viet Nam,...

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights conducted an official visit to Mozambique from 8 to 16 April 2013. In the present report, she outlines the challenges facing Mozambique in implementing measures to tackle poverty and ensuring the human rights of those...

This paper is intended as a contribution to the theoretical and conceptual development of a human rights-based focus in social protection policies and programmes, and analyses the lessons learned in flagship programmes around the region that have sought to advance the rights-based approach.The...

This article analyzes the human rights instruments that have so far dealt with the issue of trade and investment at the UN level. The first part is devoted to exploring the different strategies used to scrutinize the relationship between human rights, trade and investment policies as well as the...

The present report addresses the impact of the current global financial crisis on people living in extreme poverty and the enjoyment of their human rights. It stresses that the crisis offers an opportunity to move beyond the restructuring of the global financial and monetary systems and to place...

At the invitation of the Government, the independent expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty, Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona, undertook a mission to Ireland from 10 to 15 January 2011. The independent expert focuses her report on the impact of the economic and financial crises...

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights conducted an official visit to Mongolia from 3 to 7 December 2012, during which she collected first-hand information on the situation of people living in extreme poverty and on the impact of key policies relating to...