A/HRC/29/31
Contents
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Paragraphs
Page
I.
Introduction .............................................................................................................
1–4
3
II.
Defining and measuring inequality .........................................................................
5–32
3
A.
Definition and recent figures ..........................................................................
5–11
3
B.
Economic inequalities and equal opportunity .................................................
12–16
5
C.
Inequality and political power ........................................................................
17–23
7
D.
Discrimination and inequalities ......................................................................
24–25
10
E.
Detrimental effects of economic inequalities on the enjoyment
of human rights ...............................................................................................
26–32
10
III.
International community’s response to inequality...................................................
33–39
12
IV.
United Nations human rights bodies and inequality ................................................
40–46
14
V.
An agenda for the future for tackling inequality .....................................................
47–56
16
A.
Rejecting extreme inequality ..........................................................................
48
16
B.
Committing to reduce extreme inequality .......................................................
49
16
C.
Making economic, social and cultural rights central ......................................
50
16
D.
Ensuring social protection floors ....................................................................
51
16
E.
Implementing fiscal policies to reduce inequality ..........................................
52–53
17
F.
Revitalizing the equality norm ........................................................................
54–55
18
G.
Putting questions of resources and redistribution back into
human rights equation .....................................................................................
56
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