Human rights are ‘key’ for economic policymaking says UN expert

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Calling on governments to take human rights obligations into account when designing economic reforms, an independent United Nations rights expert said on Monday that “human rights impact assessments are key to the process”.

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January 21, 2019 at 11:45AM
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