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Balance of the Special Rapporteur’s work in 2012 – Newsletter #30

Published in Friday January 18th, 2013

The Rapporteur begins 2013 at a fast pace: on March 4th, rapporteur Raquel Rolnik will present to the UN Human Rights Council her reports on Israel and Rwanda missions, which took place last year, and also on the official visit to the World Bank, undertaken in 2010. At the time, the rapporteur will also present a preliminary version of the thematic report on security of tenure.

Guides and leaflets on forced evictions are reprinted for distribution. Also learn more about the Rio +20 – Newsletter # 22

Published in Monday June 18th, 2012


From June 13th to June 22nd, Rio de Janeiro will host the Rio +20, a United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. At the occasion, Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik will take part in some debates and events. Still in the same month, the Rapporteur will attend the international colloquium “Cities are us” in Coimbra University, Portugal. In addition, next month, the Rapporteur will make available leaflets and guides on forced evictions, which have been reprinted. Also in July, from 5th to 13th, the Rapporteur will go on a mission to Rwanda.

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Housing Finance for the poor is the subject of the next thematic report – Newsletter #21

Published in Monday May 21st, 2012


From July 5th to 13th, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing Raquel Rolnik will have an official visit to Rwanda. Currently, the Rapporteur is working on the elaboration of a new thematic report, which will focus the ways the finance system has been linked to the housing market in order to provide housing to low-income families.

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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.

Newsletter # 9

Published in Monday April 11th, 2011 In In the media

The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing Raquel Rolnik has just completed her mission to Argentina, where she has been between April 13th and 21st. After visiting the country, where she met with representatives of the government, civil society organizations and citizens, she presented her preliminary findings. The final report will be presented to the UN Human Rights Council in March 2012.

Newsletter # 4

Published in Thursday November 11th, 2010

 

Early this month, the Seminar “Mega-events: Urban Impacts and Human Rights Violations” was promoted by the mandate of the Special Rapporteur in São Paulo. Representatives of civil society organizations of the World Cup 2014 future host cities in Brazil as well as researchers from Greece, South Africa and the United Kingdom were present. A filme specially released for the event by Miloon Kothari (former Rapporteur until 2008) and Shivani Chaudhry – both from the Housing and Land Rights Network – on the Commonwealth Games 2010 in New Delhi, India, was also screened. A workshop was held at the end of the event with representatives of organizations and social movements of World Cup 2014 host cities. We formed a network to monitor, mobilize and promote a human rights agenda in the context of the World Cup and Olympic Games in Brazil.