Follow up report on country missions

The forthcoming report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Ms. Magdalena Sepulveda Carmona, to the twentieth session of the Human Rights Council will take stock of the role and impact of the mandate on extreme poverty since the Special Rapporteur’s appointment in 2008. The report will assess the progress made by and the challenges remaining in the countries that the Special Rapporteur has visited since her appointment: Ecuador (November 2008), Zambia (August 2009), Bangladesh (December 2009), Viet Nam (August 2010) and Ireland (January 2011).

To read the respective country mission reports click here: Ecuador, Zambia, Bangladesh, Viet Nam, and Ireland.

Both governmental actors and civil society organizations are invited to provide information relevant to assess the compliance with the recommendations made in the mission reports and the remaining challenges related to poverty and human rights issues in the respective country. To facilitate the assessment, theses questionnaires were sent to the respective Governments: Ecuador, Zambia, Bangladesh, Viet Nam, and Ireland.

The Special Rapporteur would be most grateful to receive information on the issues and questions detailed in the attached questionnaires as well as any additional relevant information to assess the extent to which her recommendations in the missions reports have been implemented, and to determine the remaining challenges related to poverty and human rights issues in the above mentioned countries.

Please send all relevant information by 1 November 2011 to the mandate email: srextremepoverty@ohchr.org.