Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights
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Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights
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2012Üst Veri
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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. Discrimination
against people living in poverty is widespread and widely tolerated.
The Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights are the first
global policy guidelines focused specifically on the human rights of people
living in poverty. They are intended for use by governments to ensure that public
policies, including poverty eradication efforts, reach the poorest members of
society, respect and uphold their rights, and take into account the significant
social, cultural, economic and structural obstacles to human rights enjoyment
faced by persons living in poverty.
The Human Rights Council adopted the Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty
and Human Rights by consensus through its resolution 21/11, in September
2012. The development of the Guiding Principles was initiated by the former
Commission on Human Rights in 2001, and their content was discussed and
refined over more than a decade of consultations with States, civil society
organisations, United Nations agencies and communities living in poverty. The
final draft was prepared by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme
poverty and human rights, Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona, and presented in
her report to the Human Rights Council’s 21st session (A/HRC/21/39).