In bringing together a range of experts, including our ED, working on issues related to poverty, economic policy and human rights, The Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) event on ‘Human Rights and the Cost of Living Crisis.’ took place on 2 November 2022. It explored key questions, including:

• What are the human rights impacts of the cost of living crisis?

• How can human rights be used to inform and (re)calibrate national and international responses to the cost of living crisis?

• How can human rights standards, mechanisms and advocacy strategies be used to challenge the human rights harms caused by the crisis?

Speakers were:

• Meghna Abraham - Executive Director of the Center for Economic and Social Rights

• Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona - Executive Director of The Global Initiative for Economic and Social Rights / UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights (2008-2014)

• Aoife Nolan - Vice-President of the Council of Europe European Committee of Social Rights / School of Law, University of Nottingham

• Thamil Ananthavinayagan - School of Law, University of Nottingham