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PRESS RELEASE – It’s time to democratize housing policies in Algeria, urges UN expert

Published in Tuesday July 19th, 2011 In News

ALGIERS / GENEVA (19 July 2011) – “I commend the strong commitment of the Algerian government in the housing field as reflected in the huge state production of social housing in the last decade and the very important budgetary inversion devoted to this area,” said the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, at the end of her mission to Algeria from 9 to 19 July 2011*. “These efforts are particularly relevant in an international context characterized by the disengagement of the States from the housing sector.”

ESCR-Net members submit legal intervention in Kenyan evictions case

Published in Friday July 8th, 2011 In News

Members of ESCR-Net (the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) working through the Adjudication Working Group have been given leave to intervene in a High Court case involving forced evictions in Medina Location, Municipal Council of Garissa, Kenya.

PRESS RELEASE – UN expert to assess rights implications of housing policies in Algeria

Published in Thursday July 7th, 2011 In News

GENEVA (7 July 2011) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, will visit Algeria from 9 to 19 July 2011 to study the effect of the country’s housing policies and programmes on the human rights of its people.

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Press release – Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Haiti

Published in Wednesday June 22nd, 2011 In News

OHCHR is deeply concerned by the situation of respect for the right to adequate housing in Haiti, most especially for people living in post-earthquake camps and in urban informal settlements – sometimes referred to as slums. With implications for affordability and access to sanitation and clean water, the right to adequate housing is inextricably linked to other human rights – to health, water, employment, education and physical integrity. OHCHR believes the successful reconstruction and long-term security and stability of Haiti depend in part upon realization of the right to adequate housing.

End Forced Evictions in Haiti

Published in Tuesday June 21st, 2011 In News

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, has made an urgent plea to put an immediate stop to all forced evictions of earthquake survivors in the Caribbean Nation.
During a visit to Haiti 8-11 June during which she toured camps now home to survivors of the earthquake, Ms. Rolnick, condemned what she called every eviction of persons without the provision of an adequate housing alternative as “a grave human rights violation”.

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Special Rapporteur participates in a meeting in Geneva and conducts new mission during June and July

Published in Monday June 20th, 2011 In News

From June 27th to1st July, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing
Raquel Rolnik will participate in Geneva in the Special Rapporteurs’ Annual Meeting.

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See the pictures and read the press releases and news from the visit to Haiti

Published in Monday June 20th, 2011 In News

From June 8th to 11th, the Special Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik visited Haiti, where she participated in a workshop on the reconstruction of the country and visited some informal settelments and camps of displaced people.

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Advocacy for “decent housing” in Haiti

Published in Saturday June 18th, 2011 In News

New available only in French. La crise du logement dans le pays ne date pas d’hier. Mais, avec le tremblement de terre, la dimension du problème s’est amplifiée. Dans le cadre de la reconstruction, le défi n’est pas seulement de reloger les personnes déplacées mais également d’offrir un « logement décent » aux personnes vivant […]

Newsletter #11

Published in Saturday June 11th, 2011 In In the media

The virtual platform of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing is already running. This new tool will be used initially for developing the project “Women and the Right to Land and Housing.” People worldwide can now register and contribute to the thematic report and the guide and leaflet which will be produced on the subject. See also news and pictures of the working visit of the Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik to Haiti earlier this month and her agenda to the next period.

Mission to Argentina: watch the videos and see the photos

Published in Tuesday May 24th, 2011 In News

Watch below three videos (in Spanish) from the mission to Argentina, which was held from April 13th to 21st.