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Here you find publications, articles, legislation and other kinds of documents related to the right to adequate housing.

CEDAW: General recommendation No. 30 on women in conflict prevention, conflict and post-conflict situations

Published in Monday November 4th, 2013

The primary aim and purpose of the general recommendation is to provide authoritative guidance to States parties on legislative, policy and other appropriate measures to ensure full compliance with their obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women to protect, respect and fulfil women’s human rights. It also builds upon principles articulated in previously adopted general recommendations.

Rapporteur holds activities on security of tenure and humanitarian aid

Published in Friday June 28th, 2013 In Collection

(Português) Nos dias 27 e 28 de junho, a Relatora Raquel Rolnik participa de atividades sobre segurança da posse no âmbito das questões de ajuda humanitária.

Assessing the effectiveness of World Bank investments – The Gender Dimension

Published in Thursday March 14th, 2013

Today it is widely acknowledged that increasing the gender sensitivity of development aid increases its effectiveness. The report “Assessing the effectiveness of World Bank investments – The Gender Dimension” evaluates the extent to which the World Bank integrates gender concerns into its policies and investments, pointing out structural, financial and policy gaps that risk negatively impacting women in countries with Bank investments.

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Avoiding reality: Land, institutions and humanitarian action in post-earthquake Haiti

Published in Wednesday January 9th, 2013

The international aid response to the earthquake in Haiti is often spoken of as being unprecedented in its scale and in the nature of the challenges it faced. This paper in HPG’s “livelihoods and institutions” series suggests that most of the issues faced in Haiti were in fact common, if present to an unusual degree. This makes the aid response in Haiti a useful case study for understanding how aid agencies cope when emergency needs occur in the real, and highly imperfect, world.

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Red Cross and Red Crescent resolution on disaster laws

Published in Thursday September 13th, 2012

In 2011, Members States to the Geneva Conventions gave a clear mandate to the International Federation of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent to work on regulatory barriers to disaster response. In this context, the 31st Conference of the IFRC was held, addressing disaster laws and adopting a resolution on the topic.

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UN Human Rights Council resolution on adequate housing on the context of post disaster settings

Published in Thursday March 22nd, 2012

The UN Human Rights Council adopted on March 21st, 2012, during its 19th regular session, a resolution regarding adequate housing in the context of post disaster settings. Among the many issues comprised in the text, the importance of the participation of the affected people in the elaboration and execution of housing assistance was stressed. The […]