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Website of the UN Special Rapporteur
on Extreme Poverty & Human Rights
FINAL DRAFT OF THE GUIDING
PRINCIPLES ON EXTREME POVERTY & HUMAN RIGHTS
Official Text in 6 UN Languages
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A/HRC/21/39 |
Final
draft of the guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights,
submitted by the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights,
Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona |
Statement of the UN Special
Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty & Human Rights on the Draft Guilding
Principles on Extreme Poverty
Excerpts from Draft Guiding
Principles on Extreme Poverty & Human Rights:
I - 8. Although persons living in
extreme poverty cannot simply be reduced to a list of vulnerable groups,
discrimination and exclusion are among the major causes and consequences of
poverty. Persons living in poverty often experience disadvantage and
discrimination based on race, gender, age, ethnicity, religion, language or
other status. Women frequently encounter greater challenges in accessing
income, assets and services and are particularly vulnerable to extreme poverty,
as are such groups as children, older persons, persons with disabilities,
migrants, refugees, asylum seekers internally displaced persons, minorities,
persons living with HIV/AIDS and indigenous peoples.
II. 11. .....The fruit of many years
of consultations with States and other stakeholders, including persons living
in poverty, the objective of the Guiding Principles is to provide guidance on
how to apply human rights standards in efforts to combat poverty. The Guiding
Principles are intended as a tool for designing and implementing poverty
reduction and eradication policies, and as a guide to how to respect, protect
and fulfil the rights of persons living in extreme poverty in all areas of
public policy.
III - A. 15. Human dignity is at the
very foundation of human rights. It is inextricably linked to the principles of
equality and non-discrimination......
III - C. 23. Women are
disproportionately represented among the poor owing to the multifaceted and
cumulative forms of discrimination that they endure. States are obliged to
eliminate both de jure and de facto discrimination against women and put in
place measures to achieve equality between men and women.
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