Social Protection and Human Rights is Hosting a Side Event on Economic Inequality, Financial Crises and Human Rights
On 9 March, UNRISD, along with FES (Geneva), OHCHR, ILO and the UN Independent Expert on Foreign Debt and Human Rights will host an official side event of the 31st Human Rights Council in Geneva.
The event aims to contribute to current debates on the development and rights implications of inequality by exploring the linkages between wealth and income inequality, human rights and social protection with a particular focus on economic and financial crises.
It will discuss how policies and institutions that are grounded in a human rights framework can contribute to reducing inequalities and strengthening resilience. The event aims to forge stronger linkages between analytical work on economic inequality, financial crisis and human rights, and the work of UN human rights monitoring bodies.
The report of the UN Independent Expert on Foreign Debt and Human Rights, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, submitted to the Human Rights Council at its 31st session, will constitute a basis for the discussion (A/HRC/31/60).
Participants who do not have a badge to enter the Palais des Nations, please register here.