Q&A: A Human Rights Expert Hopes the Crises of Covid-19, Climate Change and Racial Injustice Are a ‘Wake-Up Call’

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By Ilana CohenJun 10, 2020, 5:00 am365 pts
But Philip Alston, a New York University law professor and former U.N. Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, fears “a sort of crisis fatigue.” By Ilana Cohen Philip Alston spent years at the United Nations confronting the vast societal injustices that have brought millions of demonstrators…

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