About the mandate

Through its resolutions 8/11 and 53/10, the Human Rights Council requests the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights to:

• Identify approaches for removing all obstacles, including institutional ones, to the full enjoyment of human rights for people living in extreme poverty.
• Identify, including in cooperation with international financial organizations, the most efficient measures taken at the national, regional and international levels to promote the full enjoyment of human rights of persons living in extreme poverty.
• Make recommendations on how persons living in extreme poverty can participate in the full enjoyment of their human rights and the sustainable improvement of their quality of life, including through empowerment and resource mobilization at all levels.
• Study the impact of discrimination, paying particular attention to the situation of women, children and other vulnerable groups, including persons with disabilities living in extreme poverty.
• Develop cooperation with United Nations bodies dealing with the same subject and to continue participating in relevant international conferences on extreme poverty.

In the fulfilment of the mandate, the Special Rapporteur:

• Undertakes country visits;
• Responds to information received concerning the human rights situation of people living in extreme poverty;
• Develops constructive dialogue with Governments, international organizations, civil society and other relevant actors with a view to identifying ways to remove all obstacles to the full enjoyment of human rights for people living in extreme poverty;
• Submits annual thematic reports to the Human Rights Council and to the General Assembly;
• Communicates with States and other concerned parties with regard to alleged cases of violations of the human rights of people living in poverty and social exclusion and other issues related to the mandate.

Relevant resolutions of the General Assembly

Resolutions of the Human Rights Council

Resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights on extreme poverty