Documents
Here you find publications, articles, legislation and other kinds of documents related to the right to adequate housing.
Published in Tuesday March 5th, 2013
Read Algeria’s statement regarding the presentation given by the Special Rapporteur about her thematic and mission reports on March 4th, during the 22nd session of the Human Rights Council.
Published in Friday March 1st, 2013
This research paper was submmited to the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing by Geoffrey Payne and Alain Durand-Lasserve to inform her study on security of tenure. This paper does not necessarily reflect the views of the Special Rapporteur.
Published in Friday March 1st, 2013
This research paper was submmited to the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing by Bret Thiele (Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) to inform her study on security of tenure. This paper does not necessarily reflect the views of the Special Rapporteur.
Published in Thursday February 28th, 2013
This document was sent to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing in November 2012 by Defend Council Housing (DCH), from the United Kingdom, as a contribution to the study on security of tenure which is being developed by the Rapporteur.
Published in Wednesday February 27th, 2013
Older women face tenure insecurity when inheritance laws do not protect them, andwhen their land is grabbed. Both threats occur frequently and systematically around the world. States have an obligation to ensure tenure security for their population, and in particular for the most disadvantaged.
Published in Monday February 25th, 2013
In 2011, The City is for All launched a participatory action research project about discrimination experienced by homeless people in Budapest. The study has been a groundbreaking effort in Hungary to involve people who are directly affected by harassment, exclusion and discrimination in scientific research. Click here to read the report.
Security of tenure is a central component of the right to adequate housing. The lack of security of tenure – in law and practice – makes protection against forced eviction very difficult, leaving the most vulnerable at risk of a range of human rights violations.
Published in Monday January 14th, 2013
In the October edition of the Northeastern University Law Journal, Eric S. Tars, Julia Lum and E. Kieran Paul wrote an article about the right to housing in France and its lessons that can be applied at the United States of America. Nowadays, the US faces a serious homelessness crisis and the authors emphasize the need to address this issue.
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.
Published in Wednesday October 31st, 2012
The Socio Economic Rights Institute (SERI) has published a resource guide, providing an overview to housing in South Africa. Written by Kate Tissington, the guide is an adaptation of a paper on housing policy and development since 1994, prepared for the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII) as part of a larger research project […]
