Rapporteur debates security of tenure and humanitarian aid in Geneva

On June 28, Special Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik delivered the keynote address in the roundtable entitled ‘Security of Tenure in Humanitarian Shelter, Programming for the Most Vulnerable’, organized by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), with the support of the UK Department for International Development (DFID), Conflict, Humanitarian and Security Department (CHASE) and the UK Mission to the UN in Geneva. The event was held at the Permanent Mission of the European Union to the WTO, in Geneva.

The aim of the roundtable was to seek a common understanding of security of tenure amongst humanitarian organizations and donors, with the intention of progressing towards an operational definition applicable for humanitarian settings. It is hoped that this event will facilitate progress towards a more equitable provision of humanitarian shelter assistance to disaster and conflict-affected populations – reaching beyond those with documented title. Participants included operational humanitarian organizations and several of the most active donors involved in shelter response. Find out more about it here.

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