Extreme Poverty and Human Rights

Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to give high priority to the issue of extreme poverty and human rights, including by supporting efforts to combat poverty and reduce inequalities, inter alia, through the use of measures of progress that complement gross domestic product, aligned with obligations under international human rights law, and by promoting the adoption of rights-based national anti-poverty strategies to pursue further work in this area in full cooperation with the Special Rapporteur in the various activities, and to continue to provide the Special Rapporteur with all the human and budgetary assistance necessary for the effective fulfilment of the mandate;

Requests the Special Rapporteur to submit an annual report on the implementation of the present resolution to the Human Rights Council, and, on a biennial basis, to the General Assembly, as of its eighty-first session, and, in accordance with their programmes of work;

Also requests the Special Rapporteur to participate in relevant international dialogues and policy forums relating to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and to undertake thematic research with a view to advising States and relevant State institutions on the eradication of extreme poverty in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, including with reference to targets 1.1, 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5 of the Sustainable Development Goals and other goals and targets related to extreme poverty;

Calls upon all Governments to cooperate with and assist the Special Rapporteur in her task, to supply all necessary information requested by the mandate holder, and to respond favourably to the requests of the Special Rapporteur to visit their countries to enable the effective fulfilment of the mandate;

Calls upon States, in the design of their national strategies against poverty and in the development of measures of progress that complement gross domestic product, to ensure that they are consistent with applicable obligations under international human rights law, and also to take into consideration, as appropriate, the Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth presented by the Special Rapporteur at the current Human Rights Council session;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth and related reports are brought to the attention of relevant United Nations entities;

Invites relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, the treaty bodies, other relevant mandate holders, and civil society actors, including non-governmental organizations, as well as the private sector, to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur in the fulfilment of the mandate;