The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty & #humanrights @DeSchutterO led a fact-finding mission to #Lebanon to assess the Government’s response to the multiple crises affecting the country & an in-depth investigation into the root causes & impacts. #ChangeCourseLebanon

It was our honor to have taken part in this with @srpoverty! You can read the final publication below #ChangeCourseLebanon

#Lebanon is already one of the most unequal countries in the world. Unless the government can offer a credible recovery plan guided by accountability, transparency and human rights, it risks becoming a failed state #ChangeCourseLebanon 10/10

Accountability and transparency must be sought. All public institutions must be opened up to scrutiny. The Lebanese Gov, wider political establishment, Banque du Liban, and the banking sector must held accountable for the devastation they have caused #ChangeCourseLebanon 9/10

Public money was squandered over decades of mismanagement and misplaced investments by the Government and Banque du Liban. 👉The result: collapse of the currency and Lebanese banking sector, wiping out people's savings and impoverishing millions #ChangeCourseLebanon 3/10

🇱🇧 Today I release my #Lebanon report. It finds that the economic crisis - which has plunged millions into poverty - is the responsibility of the country's elite & was entirely avoidable. 👉Read our press release : bit.ly/SREP-Leb #ChangeCourseLebanon 1/10

The [Lebanese] government, political establishment, and central bank are responsible for human rights violations, including the unnecessary immiseration of millions in Lebanon.. Hear that 🇱🇧 officials?!! More ⬇️ #ChangeCourseLebanon today.lorientlejour.com/arti…

People in #Lebanon are tired of being “resilient” – they just want a clean-hands alternative to the current political establishment, functioning public services, and the ability to live their lives in dignity. #ChangeCourseLebanon ENDS

The monetary policies of Banque du Liban have contributed to a downward spiral of the currency, the devastation of the economy, the wiping out of people’s lifetime savings and, ultimately, to plunging the population into poverty. #ChangeCourseLebanon 9/

#Lebanon has many anti-corruption laws, but ranks 154 of 180 in the 2021 @anticorruption index. Laws clearly aren't everything. Conflicts of interest between banks and politicians must be prohibited and all public institutions opened up to scrutiny. #ChangeCourseLebanon 5/

Today we publish our final report on #Lebanon from the UN Special Rapporteur on poverty and human rights @srpoverty @DeSchutterO 📖 Read the full report here: undocs.org/A/HRC/50/38/ADD.1 #ChangeCourseLebanon Thread summarizing key points 👇

UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty & human rights released a report on 🇱🇧 There is one way to #ChangeCourseLebanon : Accountability. & until we can hold them accountable in a court, hold them accountable in a ballot! Link: undocs.org/A/HRC/50/38/Add.1

The Lebanese political & financial elites have condemned an entire generation to destitution. 👉👉👉Read my final report on #Lebanon, out today: bit.ly/LebReport #ChangeCourseLebanon

The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty & human rights has released its findings on Lebanon. It highlights multiple levels of political oversight failure & may be the first time central bank policies are directly implicated in human rights violations. #ChangeCourseLebanon

The Lebanese population will have an opportunity to change the course of its history with #lebanonelections2022 15/05 👉Read my new op-Ed : A message to Lebanon’s next government: recover stolen wealth, build accountability bit.ly/ODS-OLJ #ChangeCourseLebanon