The UN Human Rights Council, during its 15th session in late September, decided to extend for a period of three years the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing. Concerning my permanency as Special Rapporteur, initially stablished to end up on April 2011, it will be appreciated by the Council in March 2011, who will decide if the mandate should be extended for an additional period of three years.
Meanwhile, next October 21 in New York, I will present to the UN General Assembly a thematic report concerning international migrants and right to housing. In the same occasion, I will have an official mission to the World Bank to research and dialogue with its representatives about the institution’s policies on right to housing.
* Special Rapporteur Mandate’s Extension:
Read the Resolution that extended the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing. Click here.
* International Migrants and Right to Housing:
The report analyzes the international legislation, different policies implemented at local and national levels, as well as the obstacles faced by the international migrants to access an adequate housing. Click here to read the full report.
* World Bank:
If you have any information about local impacts of World Bank’s policies concerning the right to housing, send us and collaborate with the work of the Special Rapporteur.
* To find more:
It is already available, in the Mutimedia section of our website, the photo album of Special Rapporteur’s mission to Kazakhstan. Click here.
This newsletter is a project of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing and it does not contain official information. Rapporteur (from May 2008): Raquel Rolnik
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