The Unheard Truth: Poverty and Human Rights

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The Unheard Truth: Poverty and Human Rights is a non-fiction book by human rights advocate Irene Khan that argues poverty is a fundamental human rights issue and calls for rights-based approaches to ending it.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
non-fiction book
advocates rights-based approaches to ending poverty
arguesThat poverty is a fundamental human rights issue
author Irene Khan
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticizes purely economic approaches to poverty reduction
describes experiences of people living in poverty
emphasizes non-discrimination and equality
participation of poor people in decision-making
state obligations under human rights law
focusesOn accountability of states for poverty
discrimination and exclusion
role of international institutions in poverty
structural causes of poverty
genre non-fiction
hasAuthorRole Irene Khan as human rights advocate
hasForm e-book
print book
hasPerspective human rights-based approach to development
hasSubjectHeading human rights—economic aspects
poverty—moral and ethical aspects
social policy and poverty
hasTheme empowerment of marginalized communities
global inequality
intersection of law and development
responsibility of governments and corporations
intendedAudience development practitioners
general public
human rights advocates
policy makers
language English
linkedTo Millennium Development Goals
United Nations human rights framework
mainSubject human rights
poverty
social justice
notableFor framing poverty as a human rights violation
publicationYear 2009
publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Zed Books
relatedWork International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
timePeriodDiscussed early 21st century
late 20th century

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Irene Khan
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Irene Khan
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