European Parliament Roundtable: Towards the first-ever EU Anti-Poverty Strategy
15 October 2025.
Intervention by Christina Meinecke, Regional Representative for Europe, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (checked against delivery).
Event facilitated by the European Social Network.
A. Why should the new EU Anti-Poverty Strategy be grounded in human rights?
There are three reasons: (1) poverty is a human rights concern in itself, (2) the legal and moral obligations to treat it as a human rights issue already exist, and (3) applying a human rights-based approach will bring to the new Strategy a universal and non-discriminatory foundation, strengthen democratic accountability and legitimacy and trust.
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