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Rapporteur’s message after the UK Mission

Published in Wednesday September 18th, 2013 In News on the Rapporteurs

I have just completed a two-week official mission to the UK to look into the housing situation in the UK – an issue which is at the heart of many UK residents. The visit has generated some questions that I try to answer here.

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Media statement by the Special Rapporteur on her mission to the UK

Published in Wednesday September 11th, 2013 In Collection

Read the press statement made by Special Rapporteur at the end of her mission to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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Egypt: “an escalating and deeply worrying human rights crisis” – UN experts urge restraint and dialogue

Published in Monday August 19th, 2013 In News on the Rapporteurs

A group of United Nations human rights experts today called for restraint and an immediate end to violent confrontations that have seen hundreds killed and thousands injured in Cairo in recent days

Special Rapporteur discusses right to housing with the European Investment Bank

Published in Monday July 29th, 2013 In News

Read about the Special Rapporteur’s visit to the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg.

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Special Rapporteur participates in debates on social housing in Belgium

Published in Saturday July 27th, 2013 In News

The Special Rapporteur attended events on social housing in Europe on June. Find out more about it here.

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Land rights and secure tenure fundamental to humanitarian shelter operations

Published in Monday July 15th, 2013 In News on the Rapporteurs

Shelter is one of the first priorities in any humanitarian intervention. Yet humanitarian organizations often struggle to provide shelter to communities affected by conflict or disasters without secure land tenure. Raquel Rolnik, the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, is developing guidelines on security of tenure for the urban poor, which will be presented to the Human Rights Council in March 2014.

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Water and Sanitation: UN special rapporteur’s visit to Brazil cancelled by the Government

Published in Wednesday July 10th, 2013 In News on the Rapporteurs

The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to water and sanitation, Catarina de Albuquerque informs that her visit to Brazil, originally planned to take place from 09 to 19 July was cancelled yesterday by the Brazilian Government.

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Rapporteur holds activities on security of tenure and humanitarian aid

Published in Friday June 28th, 2013 In Collection

(Português) Nos dias 27 e 28 de junho, a Relatora Raquel Rolnik participa de atividades sobre segurança da posse no âmbito das questões de ajuda humanitária.

Report on the São Paulo Consultation on Security of Tenure

Published in Wednesday June 26th, 2013 In News on the Rapporteurs

The event organized in São Paulo on June 17th, 2013, was attended by 28 people from different regions of the country, including representatives from government, academia, NGOs that work with technical and legal support to urban communities, and social movements.

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Rapporteur hosts roundtable on security of tenure in Europe

Published in Wednesday June 26th, 2013 In Collection

On June 26th, Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik, in Geneva, an informal consultation on security of tenure with representatives of civil society organizations from several European countries.

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