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Newsletter # 3

Published in Monday October 11th, 2010

The UN Human Rights Council, during its 15th session in late September, decided to extend for a period of three years the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing. Concerning my permanency as Special Rapporteur, initially stablished to end up on April 2011, it will be appreciated by the Council in March 2011, who will decide if the mandate should be extended for an additional period of three years.

Meanwhile, next October 21 in New York, I will present to the UN General Assembly a thematic report concerning international migrants and right to housing. In the same occasion, I will have an official mission to the World Bank to research and dialogue with its representatives about the institution’s policies on right to housing.

Newsletter # 2

Published in Saturday September 11th, 2010

Invited by the Government of Kazakhstan, the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, Raquel Rolnik, visited the country from September 6th to 13th. During the mission, the Rapporteur testified the effects of housing and financial crisis, which caused a number of people the loss of their homes, as well as heard testimonials of forced evictions due to the construction of equipment for the Asian Games.
Moreover, in the imminence of 2010 World Habitat Day, which is annually celebrated in early October by the UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme), the Rapporteur prepared a statement emphasizing the importance of thinking housing policies under the perspective of human rights and social justice.