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International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights — Article 2(1)

The core obligation of progressive realization: states must use the maximum of available resources to advance economic, social, and cultural rights. Retrogressive measures are presumptively impermissible unless fully justified.

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Systematic Dismantlement of USAID and Global Humanitarian Consequences

Systematic destruction of the US Agency for International Development resulted in termination of lifesaving programs across the developing world, with The Lancet projecting 9.4 million additional …

  • The Lancet projects 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030 as a direct result of the USAID dismantlement, making this potentially the single …
  • 23 million children lost access to education and 95 million people lost access to basic healthcare when USAID programs were terminated.