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UN Independent Expert Foreign Debt

Attiya Waris is the current (2021-2024) Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights.
The mandate was initially established as a Special Rapporteur position by the UN Commission on Human Rights in 1998 and is over 25 years old.
The Independent Expert sets out to examine:

the problem of the debt burden of developing countries, in particular of the least developed countries,

Go4Health

‘Go4Health’ stands for goals for global health and for governance for global health. Goals and governance are the essential elements of a social contract, which is a political philosophy concept explaining the relationship between citizens and governments: together, citizens agree on a set of goals, and accept an authority empowered to take the necessary measures to achieve those goals.

Blog: Fiscal Law and Development in Africa

Prof Waris has had a blog since 2017 which discusses issues surrounding fiscal systems. Focus is on taxation and state revenues that finance a state and its activities. No matter what you need in the development of a state and its poverty alleviation you need to locate resources for it.

Committee on Fiscal Studies

The Committee on Fiscal Studies was founded by Prof Waris is a multidisciplinary team of academic staff from law, business, development studies that share similar interests in the field of fiscal systems and taxation. They actively mentor young researchers. Fiscal law is a field that links the collection of revenue to its spending.

Professor Attiya Waris

Assoc. Professor of Fiscal Law and Policy

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UN Independent Expert Foreign Debt

Go4Health

Blog: Fiscal Law and Development in Africa

Committee on Fiscal Studies

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