The Questionnaire on Security of Tenure is designed primarily to obtain information from Governments for the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing’s ongoing study on security of tenure. Specifically, it will inform the Special Rapporteur’s final report to the Human Rights Council (to be presented at the 25th session in March 2014) and related guidance.
The Special Rapporteur has dedicated her last thematic report to the Human Rights Council to mapping and framing issues of security of tenure. In 2013, she is continuing this study with a focus on security of tenure for urban poor and the most vulnerable, including questions related to informal settlements.
She will present specific guidance on these issues in her final report to the Council, based notably on responses to the present questionnaire and further consultations with member States. This questionnaire will also inform the Special Rapporteur’s report to the General Assembly’s 68th session, which will focus on policies and programmes aimed at promoting forms of tenure other than individual freehold. The Special Rapporteur is particularly interested in learning about practices that secure tenure for urban poor.
The questionnaire is available in English (click on the green button below), French and Spanish.
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