Eradicating Poverty
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The SPLC works to ensure that people living in poverty in the Deep South – especially people of color – are not punished or exploited because of their economic status. Injustices such as predatory lending, court debt, imprisonment for fines and fees, and the staggering costs of mass incarceration make the burdens of poverty even worse. We are calling them to the attention of international human rights organizations.
- Submission to U.N. Human Rights Call for Input: Decriminalize Homelessness and Extreme Poverty — Sept. 12, 2023
- Submission to the U.N. Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent (Jackson, Mississippi) — May 15, 2023
- Testimony before the U.N. Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent — May 2, 2023
- Submission to the U.N. Permanent Forum on People of African Descent
- SPLC Report to the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination — July 15, 2022
- Submission to the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent — May 16, 2022
Click on any of our other core areas of work to find the SPLC’s submissions to international human rights bodies.
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Thu, 06/23/2022
Decarceration and Decriminalization
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Thu, 06/23/2022
Protecting Democracy
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Thu, 06/23/2022
Protecting Voting Rights
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Other Human Rights Issues
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Fri, 09/09/2022
News About Our Work
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