In this report, the United Nations independent expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty focuses on non-contributory pensions or so-called social pensions. Social pensions consist of cash benefits received by persons above a given age that do not require prior compulsory...

The report highlights the importance of social protection measures in the Millennium Development Goals agenda. It also stresses that social protection measures designed, implemented and evaluated within the framework of a rights-based approach are more likely to ensure the achievement of the...

People living in extreme poverty are often neglected or overlooked by politicians, service providers and policy-makers due to their lack of political voice, financial and social capital and their chronic social exclusion. They are disproportionately affected by many human rights violations....

Cash transfer programmes (CTPs) have been identified as effective tools for poverty eradication due to their capacity to reduce economic inequalities and break the intergenerational transmission of poverty. Yet these programmes have seldom been discussed or analysed from a human rights...

Spanish Abstract: Este documento busca contribuir al desarrollo teórico conceptual de un enfoque de derechos en las políticas y programas de protección social y analiza las lecciones aprendidas en algunos programas emblemáticos de la región, que han buscado avanzar en un enfoque de...

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...

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...