In the 2026 edition of their annual report, the UNDP and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative research center ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights’ thematic report on “Welfare and Control: The Paternalism of Support,” ...

There is some disagreement among legal practitioners and scholars about whether corporations have duties under international law. I argue that international law can no longer exempt corporations from ...

An Iraqi woman requests more rice from a window of a soup kitchen used to feed Iraqis in need. An estimated 23% of Iraqis live below the poverty line. © Spencer ...

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Measuring poverty is the first step to delivering support, but it has long been a costly, time-intensive and contentious endeavour. Beginning in late 2020, with the COVID-19 pandemic in full swing, ...

A chief international human rights watchdog has said the level of poverty he witnessed in Scotland is “very disturbing”.

Nancy Economou, has an unusual yet highly effective approach to combatting human trafficking. Her charity, Watts of Love, uses solar-powered lights to create economic empowerment. Increased economic ...