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PRESS RELEASE – UN Expert on Adequate Housing concludes visit to South Africa
Geneva, 7 May: From 12 to 24 April 2007, the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, Miloon Kothari, conducted a mission to South Africa to examine the status of the realization of the human right to adequate housing, paying particular attention to aspects of gender equality and non-discrimination.
Pictures Mission to South Africa (April 2007)
Pictures of the mission to Argentina held between 2007 April 12th to 24th. To access our flickr to see all photos of the mission, click here. To get more information about this country, click here to access this page on our site.
Communications Report (2007)
This report has the summary of communications sent and replies received from following Governments: Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Guinea Equatorial, India, Indonesia, Israel, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Russian Federation, The Sudan, Turkey, Zimbabwe, and other actors like United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo. In the context of his mandate, the […]
Communications Report (2006)
This report has the summary of communications sent and replies received from following Governments: Australia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Israel, Philippines, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Zimbabwe, Other actors: United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo In the context of his mandate, the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing receives a large number of communications […]
Communications Report (2005)
This report has the summary of communications sent and replies received from following Governments: Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Greece, India, Israel, Mexico, Nigeria, Philippines, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Turkey, United States of America. In the context of his mandate, the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing receives a large number of communications alleging violations of the […]