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PRESS RELEASE – Most of two hundred million migrants denied basic right to housing

Published in Friday October 22nd, 2010 In News

NEW YORK/GENEVA (22 October 2010) – “The inadequate and often appalling housing conditions faced by millions of international migrants around the world are mainly the result of discriminatory practices. This situation can be redressed only through the adoption of a truly human rights-based approach,” said the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, during the presentation of her annual report* to the General Assembly in New York today.

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Brazil: Mega Events and Forced Evictions

Published in Wednesday October 20th, 2010 In News

  By Priscila Néri | November 23rd, 2010
 
  Posted from Brazil, where WITNESS attended the Seminar

“Megaevents: Urban Impacts and Human Rights Violations” as a part of our global campaign on Forced Evictions in the name of Development.

 For the past 20 years, the roughly 1000 families that live in Vila Autódromo, a low-income community in western Rio de Janeiro, have been fighting off eviction.

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Human Rights Council Extends the Mandate of the Special Rapporteur

Published in Tuesday October 19th, 2010 In News

The UN Human Rights Council, during its 15th session in late September, decided to extend for a period of three years the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing. Concerning the permanency of Raquel Rolnik as Special Rapporteur, initially stablished to end up on April 2011, it will be appreciated by the Council in March 2011, who will decide if her mandate should be extended for an additional period of three years.

PRESS RELEASE – Better city and better life for whom? UN Expert asks on World Habitat Day

Published in Monday October 4th, 2010 In News

GENEVA, Sept 4 (KUNA) — The Special Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council on the Right to Adequate Housing, Raquel Rolnik emphasized on Saturday Better city, better life “must be translated into policies that respect and promote the enjoyment of human rights”.

UN extends mandate of Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing

Published in Monday October 4th, 2010 In News

1 October 2010 Reacting to the decision by the UN Human Rights Council currently meeting in Geneva, Switzerland to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, COHRE today welcomed the move, saying that it demonstrated a commitment on the part of the international community to acknowledge the challenges the world still faces in terms of realizing the right to adequate housing for the worlds poorest.

The mandate of the Special Rapporteur has been extended for a period of three years, with a brief to promote the full realization of the right to adequate housing worldwide.

PRESSE RELEASE – Human Rights Council extends mandates on Housing, Indigenous People, Protecting Human Rights while Countering Terrorism and Mercenaries

Published in Thursday September 30th, 2010 In News

The Human Rights Council this morning adopted 12 texts in which it, among other things extended for three years the mandates of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living; the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples; the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism; and the Working Group on the use of mercenaries.

Kazakhstan: challenges and ways forward

Published in Friday September 17th, 2010 In News

From September 6th to 13th, the UN Special Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik visited Kazakhstan. After eigth days, she presented a statement to the Government and the press of the country.

PRESS RELEASE – Right to adequate housing in Kazakhstan: challenges and ways forward

Published in Monday September 13th, 2010 In News

ASTANA (13 September 2010) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, warned about the high rate of forced evictions carried out in Kazakhstan to give way to large-scale development projects aimed at promoting economic and social development.

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Statement by Special Rapporteur about visit to Kazakhstan

Published in Monday September 13th, 2010 In News

Statement by Mrs. Raquel Rolnik, Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on adequate housing Astana, 13 September 2010   Mrs. Raquel Rolnik, Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on adequate housing as a component of the right to adequate standard of living, issued this statement today:   Ladies and Gentlemen, […]

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Mission to Kazakhstan

Published in Wednesday September 8th, 2010 In News

From September 6-13, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Ms. Raquel Rolnik, will visit Kazakhstan. She will meet Government officials, local authorities and civil society organisations, to discuss the progress made and the difficulties encountered by Kazakhstan in the implementation of the right to adequate housing. 

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