Shared Goals podcast: Extreme Poverty and Human Rights

Ending poverty is not only a matter of income, but it also involves dignity, justice, and human rights. In this episode, released for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (17 October), NIHRC staff talk with Professor Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, about the different definitions of poverty and how it engages human rights.

The wide-ranging discussion touches on what a human rights-based approach to tackling poverty looks like; examines the effectiveness of anti-poverty strategies; explores the criminalisation of homelessness and how poverty interacts with the criminal justice system; and highlights the need to include people with lived experience of poverty in designing anti-poverty policies and strategies.

Join us for an interesting conversation that makes us rethink the way we understand poverty and learn more about effective strategies to tackle this global issue.

First released on 17 October 2025. Listen on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.