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Communications report already available in our website – Newsletter #25


In September, all the communications sent by Special Rapporteurs to countries during the last months were publicized and presented to the UN Human Rights Council. The document is already available on our website. In October, on the 29th, Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik will present to the UN General Assembly her report on housing finance and its impact on the right to adequate housing . The report will be presented and discussed publicly at the City University of New York (CUNY) on October 26th.

Newsletter #16


Last month, presentation to the UN General Assembly of the report on housing reconstruction after natural disasters and the right to housing and the parallel event promoted by the Rapporteur created an intense debate and a few developments. Agencies and UN programs working with the reconstruction of countries have been discussing the recommendations made by Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik and looking for ways of implementing them.

Newsletter #15

Every year, the United Nations celebrates the World Habitat Day on October 3rd. This year the focus is “Climate Change and the Cities”. Making use of the date, the Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, Raquel Rolnik, and the Rapporteur on Internally Displaced Persons, Chaloka Beyani, issued a joint statement on the matter. The official agenda of Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik this month also includes meetings at the UN-Habitat, in Nairobi, Kenya, on the 10th and 11th, and the presentation of a report on reconstruction after disasters to he UN General Assembly, on the 21st, in New York, where there will also be a side event on the matter.

Newsletter # 14

Next month, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Raquel Rolnik, will present to the United Nations General Assembly, in New York, the second version of her report on housing reconstruction after natural disasters and the right to housing. Taking advantage of the occasion, the Rapporteur will also promote as a side event the debate “More than Housing Reconstruction: The Right to Adequate Housing in Disaster Relief and Recovery”, to take place in the side lines of the presentation of the report. The debate will bring together government representatives, human rights specialists, non-governmental organizations and representatives of donors agencies. The event is open to all.

Newsletter # 9

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 # 7

Next March 8th, the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing Raquel Rolnik will present her annual report to the United Nations Human Rights Council, in Geneve, including missions, thematic research and communications reports.
Right to adequate housing in the context of post-disasters and post-conflicts reconstruction processes is the focus of the thematic report. The Special Rapporteur will also present her reports of the missions to Croatia and Kazakhstan. Furthermore, she will present the preliminary report on the World Bank mission and a list of all communications that have been sent to countries in December 2010.