The Special Rapporteur submits one report to the Human Rights Council in June and one report to the General Assembly in October every year. Professor Alston’s reports explore how poverty is a political choice rather than an inevitable outcome, current economic developments and debates, and how relevant players such as the human rights community and development finance institutions can improve their approaches to combating poverty and human rights violations around the world.
2018
The role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in relation to social protection
2017
The enjoyment of civil and political rights by persons living in poverty
2016
UN responsibility for the cholera outbreak in Haiti
Marginalization of economic and social rights
2015
The World Bank and human rights
Extreme inequality and human rights
2014
Implementation of the right to social protection through the adoption of social protection floors
