Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights (A/HRC/38/33)
Author: Philip Alston
Year: 2018
Language: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish
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The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, prepared pursuant to Council resolution 35/19, focusing on the International Monetary Fund and its impact on social protection.
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