Invited by the Government of Kazakhstan, the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, Raquel Rolnik, visited the country from September 6th to 13th. During the mission, the Rapporteur testified the effects of housing and financial crisis, which caused a number of people the loss of their homes, as well as heard testimonials of forced evictions due to the construction of equipment for the Asian Games.
Moreover, in the imminence of 2010 World Habitat Day, which is annually celebrated in early October by the UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme), the Rapporteur prepared a statement emphasizing the importance of thinking housing policies under the perspective of human rights and social justice.
* Mission to Kazakhstan:
Read the Rapporteur’s statement concerning her mission. Click here.
* World Habitat Day:
This October 4th, the UN-Habitat will celebrate one more World Habitat Day, discussing the theme “Better City, Better Life”. To read the Rapporteur’s statement, click here.
* Migrations:
The Rapporteur’s next thematic report will focus on “International Migration and Right to Housing”. It will be presented on October 22, during the UN General Assembly in New York. More info in the next newsletter.
* To learn more:
Help Tools – this website’ section includes materials that can be used as guidelines by individuals and governments, like the guide and leaflet about forced evictions and the woman’s rights and housing questionnaires. 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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