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Brazil: championing football… but what about housing rights?

Published in Friday June 14th, 2013

Just as the world will be watching the football champion, the international human rights community will also be watching how well the housing rights of all are protected in these coming weeks and years.

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PRESS RELEASE – Brazil off-course for World Cup and Olympics

Published in Tuesday April 26th, 2011 In News

GENEVA (26 April 2011) – As Brazil prepares to host the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games, the Special Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council on the right to adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, said Tuesday she has received many allegations concerning displacement and evictions potentially leading to violations of human rights.

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PRESS RELEASE – Olympic Games/World Cup: the impact of mega-events on the right to adequate housing

Published in Monday March 8th, 2010 In News

GENEVA – “Olympic Games, World Cup, Winter Games and other events of this nature offer great opportunities to reorganize the urban space,” said the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, this Monday 8 March, during the presentation of her annual report* to the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

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PRESS RELEASE – Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing assesses impact of “Mega Events” on right to housing

Published in Thursday March 4th, 2010 In News

GENEVA – The UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, will share with the press her report on the impact of “mega-events” in the realization of the right to adequate housing on Monday 8 March at a press conference at the UN Headquarters in Geneva.

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