Documents
Here you find publications, articles, legislation and other kinds of documents related to the right to adequate housing.
Published in Wednesday March 6th, 2013
Read Burkina Faso’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 Wednesday March 6th, 2013
Read Brazil’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 Wednesday March 6th, 2013
Read Botswana’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 Wednesday March 6th, 2013
Read Venezuela’s statement (on behalf of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas – ALBA) 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 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.
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.
