From September 6-13, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Ms. Raquel Rolnik, will visit Kazakhstan. She will meet Government officials, local authorities and civil society organisations, to discuss the progress made and the difficulties encountered by Kazakhstan in the implementation of the right to adequate housing.
Ms. Rolnik will focus on the challenges that the transition to a market economy pose to the realisation of the right to adequate housing. Based on the information collected during the visit, she will prepare a report containing her findings and recommendations. It will be presented to the UN Human Rights Council in March, 2011.
To read the official press release, click here.
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