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A/HRC/20/25 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 5 April 2012 Original: English Human Rights Council Twentieth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona Summary During the first three years of her mandate, the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights submitted reports on her country visits to Ecuador, Zambia, Bangladesh, Viet Nam and Ireland. In the present report, she provides a critical assessment of developments relevant to the recommendations she made in those reports, and also analyses the challenges confronted by special procedure mandate holders in follow-up efforts. GE.12-12699

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Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona

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Right to adequate housing
Right to education
Right to health
Right to social security
Rights of indigenous peoples
Rights of persons with disabilities
Rights of the child
Rights of women and girls

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Non-retrogression
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Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights

Date: Apr 5, 2012

Summary: During the first three years of her mandate, the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights submitted reports on her country visits to Ecuador, Zambia, Bangladesh, Viet Nam and Ireland. In the present report, she provides a critical assessment of developments relevant to the recommendations she made in those reports, and also analyses the challenges confronted by special procedure mandate holders in follow-up efforts. One of the Special Rapporteur’s overarching recommendations was that the State re-evaluate the proposed budgetary adjustments and adopt, in particular, taxation policies that adequately reflect the need to harness all available resources towards the fulfilment of its economic, social and cultural rights obligations, while avoiding measures that might further endanger the enjoyment of human rights by those most at risk.

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