The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, intends to dedicate his report to the 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council, to be presented in June 2022, to the gap between legal coverage and effective coverage in the area of social protection as well as to situation of informal workers. The report will seek to identify the obstacles individuals and households face in seeking to access social protection and to propose recommendations for how to overcome them.
The Special Rapporteur invites all interested governments, civil society organizations, academics, international organizations, activists, corporations and others, to provide written input for his thematic report. Respondents are requested to limit their comments to a maximum of 2,500 words. Additional supporting materials, such as reports, academic studies, and other types of background materials may be annexed to the submission.
Submissions can be sent to OHCHR-srextremepoverty@un.org until 20 December 2021 (6pm Geneva time).
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