Olivier De Schutter - UN Special Rapporteur on extreme povery
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UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Co-chair IPES-Food Member of the Council of Europe’s European Committee of Social Rights Professor UCLouvain & Sciences Po > srpoverty.org

Olivier De Schutter is a Belgian legal scholar specialising in economic and social rights, with a specific focus on the role of social rights in the fight against poverty and their status in European integration: he coined the term "the Social Constitution of Europe" to describe the role of the European Social Charter on the European continent. He served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food from 2008 to 2014. He is a professor of international human rights law, European Union law and legal theory at the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, as well as at the College of Europe and at Sciences Po in Paris. He was a regular visiting professor at Columbia University between 2008 and 2012 and has regularly contributed to the American University Washington College of Law's Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. He is the first chair of the Belgian Advisory Council on Policy Coherence for Development and he co-chairs the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food), a group of experts from various disciplines and regions who work together towards developing proposals for food systems reform. A Member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights between 2015 and 2020, he was appointed the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, and took up his functions on May 1, 2020. .. more

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"Wir sind weit davon entfernt, Kinderarbeit zu beenden." – @deschuttero.bsky.social, UN-Sonderberichterstatter

Event: „Toward ending child labour“ organisiert von @oefse.at & Dreikönigsaktion.

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Olivier de Schutter on progress and challenges in eradicating child labour within SDG 8.7
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La Cour constitutionnelle belge rejette le recours contre l’ordonnance de la région bruxelles qui organise la transition vers le numérique dans les administrations mais elle confirme en même temps l’interdiction du tout-numérique. C’est une victoire dans la défaite:

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Arrêt n° 126/2025 | Olivier De Schutter
Dans son arrêt de ce jeudi 25 septembre, la Cour constitutionnelle belge rejette le recours contre l’ordonnance de la région bruxelles qui organise la transition vers le numérique dans les administrat...
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🗣️@deschuttero.bsky.social, relator especial de la ONU sobre pobreza y DDHH, en el I Simposio Europeo sobre #Aporofobia:
"La lucha contra la #pobreza en empleo, educación o protección social no tendrá éxito si no abordamos la aporofobia. Es clave incluirla en los debates". @eapnrm.bsky.social

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In July, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food @michaelfakhri.bsky.social l and I wrote to the #USGovernment on the severe #HumanRights and #Poverty related impacts from decisions to cut foreign development assistance.

That letter is now public: spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBas...
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One year after #UNGA resolution on ICJ ruling, UN experts urge States to comply with the Advisory Opinion and cut ties with #Israel's unlawful occupation of #Palestine. "This means that sanctions cannot be avoided," they explain:

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I'm joining #BackToTheFuture backtothefuturemarch.org

No company doing business in the #EU should profit from poverty wages, child labour or outsourcing to places with weak environmental rules

#March4Rights #HoldBizAccountable @foeeurope.bsky.social @eccjorg.bsky.social @etuc-ces.bsky.social

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This month UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities Heba Hagrass and I wrote to the #UKGovernment expressing our concerns over the reform
process related to health and disability benefits in the UK #UniversalCreditBill #UCBill #PIP

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ÖFSE @oefse.at · Sep 3
Wo stehen wir im Kampf gegen Kinderarbeit? Dem gehen wir in einer Diskussion mit Olivier de Schutter (@deschuttero.bsky.social) & Sr. Regina Ignatia Aflah bei der Veranstaltung "Towards ending child labour" nach, wo auch eine neue Studie zum Thema präsentiert wird.

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ÖFSE @oefse.at · Aug 11
📣 Save the date! 📆

🍫 Towards ending child labour - where do we stand? 🤔
❓ Study presentation & panel discussion
📆 16.09.2025 - 18.00
📌 C3 - Sensengasse 3
🗣️ UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty @deschuttero.bsky.social & Sister Regina Ignatia Aflah (HDR Accra)
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UN experts call for dismantling of the #Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, condemning the exploitation of humanitarian relief for covert military & geopolitical aims: “Palestinians are paying the ultimate price for failures of the international community” #GHF

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US foreign aid suspension fuelling global humanitarian catastrophe, derailing decades of progress in poverty eradication & leaving the world’s poorest people to die - warn UN experts, urging US to restore funding & recommit to the intl human rights system.
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New @hrw.org report dropping next week on labor rights abuses in the US platform economy.

📅Join us for the launch event on
Tuesday, May 13 at 11:30am ET / 3:30pm UTC
Featuring @deschuttero.bsky.social @amostoh.bsky.social @ituc.bsky.social & others!

📌 Register here: hrworg.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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🔍 ☂️ Dive into our special July #BlogOfTheMonth: ‘Financing social protection in a post-aid world’ tinyurl.com/3kjdpkme ✍️ A powerful reflection by Olivier De Schutter (#UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights) in his latest blog post for socialprotection.org

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Attacks on world order & global aid are derailing decades of progress on poverty, UN expert @deschuttero.bsky.social warns of terrifying domino effect of cuts to global aid, in his report to #HRC59.

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🚨 Today at 17:00 CEST...my presentation to #UN #HumanRights Council #HRC59 on how to protect people in #poverty from #ClimateChange in an environment of cuts to global #aid and attacks on multilateralism.

Follow live: bit.ly/HRC59_SR

Read the report: bit.ly/HRC59_SR

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Tomorrow at 5.15pm CEST I'll be @ #UN #HumanRights Council urging governments to reject attempts to undermine global cooperation by financing #SocialProtection – the most effective way to protect people in #poverty from #ClimateChange

Report & details of how to follow @ bit.ly/HRC59_SR
Weathering the storm: poverty, climate change and social protection - Olivier De Schutter
June 2025 Report: EN/FR/ES/RU/AR/ZH Watch the Special Rapporteur’s presentation of the report to the 59th session of the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday 25 June 2025 (time TBC but likely 17:15 CE...
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The recent EU regulatory package on sustainability (Omnibus I) - aimed at boosting the competitiveness of the European economy - risks dismantling the regulatory framework on sustainability that has been carefully built over the years.

Our statement: www.we-support-the-csddd.eu/wp-content/u...

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I'm in Geneva to present my new report to #UN #HumanRights Council.

One week ahead of #FFD4 & amid devastating cuts to #aid, the report offers a roadmap for financing #SocialProtection – our best hope at protecting people in #poverty from #ClimateChange.

More information here: bit.ly/HRC59_SR

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UN experts welcome #UK's decision to repeal the Vagrancy Act, a law that has long criminalised homelessness and rough sleeping in England and Wales.

Nobody should be penalised for not having access to a home.

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A ground-level photo of a homeless person sleeping on a flattened cardboard box beneath a graffiti-covered concrete wall. The person is wrapped in a worn blanket, with their face hidden from view. Above them, graffiti reads “Being homeless is not a crime.”
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The final draft of the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development #FFD4 outcome document has been published & makes important references to investing in #SocialProtection - the most effective tool we have for fighting #poverty

My full reaction here: www.srpoverty.org/2025/06/17/s...