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UN Committee finds government austerity measures “may further worsen inequalities”

PRESS RELEASE For immediate release 18 October 2018 – Johannesburg United Nations Committee finds government austerity measures in health, education and other public services “may further worsen inequalities” and calls for policy to be reassessed Following its first review of South Africa, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Continue Reading

By Section27, 8 years ago

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Civil society organisations test government’s commitment to human rights

South Africa risks continued failures to fulfil its human rights obligations to people if the government’s austerity policy is maintained, civil society organisations have warned at the United Nations Committee on Economic

By Section27, 8 years ago

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Civil Society Organisations call on SA government to end austerity measures

Johannesburg / New York, 10/01/2018— SECTION27, the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ), and the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) argue in a submission to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights…

By Section27, 8 years ago