Financial crisis : “Iceland managed better than others, but no one should be left behind” – UN rights expert
REYKJAVIK / GENEVA (15 December 2014) – Other countries can learn from Iceland’s management of its financial crisis, the United Nations Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, said today at the conclusion of his first official fact-finding visit* to the country. “The adjustment policies implemented in Iceland were largely implemented in a manner that ensured respect for core social and economic rights,” Mr. Bohoslavsky noted. “However, access to social security benefits of last resort…
