Mounting economic and social inequalities, fuelled by human rights-blind economic models and entrenched underfunding of public services, underscore the urgent need to curb discrimination and expand fiscal space to increase investment in essential social services. In our work, we advocate for human rights to be at the centre of economic policymaking and we focus on protecting and increasing the meaningful participation of marginalized groups, including minorities, strengthening the fulfilment of economic and social rights, and creating conditions in which inequalities can be reduced. The Secretary-General’s report “Our Common Agenda” stresses that destabilizing inequalities must be overcome to realize humanity’s hopes of breaking through to a greener, better, safer future. Our economies must also deliver better for human rights, including for the rights of vulnerable groups, such as minorities. This is why the High Commissioner for Human Rights earlier this year launched the vision of a human rights economy which will also be one of the priorities for discussion at the HumanRights75 high-level event in Geneva on 11-12 December 2023. Economic policies are not neutral in their effect on population groups. States’ human rights obligations should inform these policies, guiding considerations of trade-offs. It is time to ground economic choices in human rights principles, norms and obligations and work together towards human rights economies. Essentially, a human rights economy centres on people and the planet. In a human rights economy, all economic and social decision-making and policies are guided by and invest in human rights. It intentionally aims at eliminating discrimination and dismantling structural barriers and other impediments to equality, justice, well-being, sustainable growth, and shared prosperity. It fosters active, free, and meaningful participation and empowers groups subject to discrimination. Human rights economies measure success not by the size or annual growth of the GDP, but by the well-being of all people. In a human rights economy, the socio-economic inclusion of minorities is not an afterthought but a “raison d’être” of the economy. 2