Newsletter # 7

Next March 8th, the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing Raquel Rolnik will present her annual report to the United Nations Human Rights Council, in Geneve, including missions, thematic research and communications reports.
Right to adequate housing in the context of post-disasters and post-conflicts reconstruction processes is the focus of the thematic report. The Special Rapporteur will also present her reports of the missions to Croatia and Kazakhstan. Furthermore, she will present the preliminary report on the World Bank mission and a list of all communications that have been sent to countries in December 2010.

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* Mission Reports:
Last year, the Special Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik visited Croatia and Kazakhstan to research the situation of housing rights and collaborate with its implementation in those countries. She also visited the World Bank in order to open a dialogue with the Bank on the right of adequate housing in the institution´s policies. Click here to know more.

* Thematic Report:
To know more about the right to adequate housing in the context of post disaster and post conflict reconstruction processes, click here.

* Roma and Housing Rights:
Earlier this month, the Special Rapporteur attended the conference “Improving Access to Housing for Roma: Local Good Practices, Funding and Legislation”, in Prague, Czech Republic. Click here to read the oral statement made by the Rapporteur at the event.

* Learn More:
Check out the other thematic reports presented by the right to housing mandate since its creation in 2000 in the “Focus Area” section of our website. Click here.