Published in Wednesday May 11th, 2011
From June 8th to 11th, the United Nations Special Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik will participate in a workshop in Haiti promoted to discuss the country reconstruction strategy and the right to housing. Moreover, she continues to prepare her mission to Algeria, which will be held in July from 9th to 19th. There is still time to send contributions. Another important new is that the Rapporteur’s virtual platform, which will be used in the project “Women’s Land and Housing Rights”, will start early next month. Stay tuned!
Published in Tuesday May 3rd, 2011
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From the roof of his home in the Favela do Metrô, Eomar Freitas enjoys one of the best views in town. Look south and you see the Christ the Redeemer statue towering over Rio’s mountains. To the north stands the green and pink headquarters of Mangueira, the city’s best-loved samba school.
And in between, one of the world’s top sporting venues, the blue and grey Maracanã stadium, which will host the final of the 2014 football World Cup.
Published in Tuesday May 3rd, 2011
From the roof of his home in the Favela do Metrô, Eomar Freitas enjoys
one of the best views in town. Look south and you see the Christ the Redeemer
statue towering over Rio’s mountains. To the north stands the green and
pink headquarters of Mangueira, the city’s best-loved samba school.
And in between, one of the world’s top sporting venues, the blue and grey
Maracanã stadium, which will host the final of the 2014 football World
Cup.
Published in Tuesday April 26th, 2011
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GENEVA (26 April 2011) – As Brazil prepares to host the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games, the Special Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council on the right to adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, said Tuesday she has received many allegations concerning displacement and evictions potentially leading to violations of human rights.
Published in Thursday April 21st, 2011
Photos of the mission to Argentina held between 10th and 21th April 2011.
Published in Wednesday April 20th, 2011
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BUENOS AIRES-GENEVA: “I commend the Government’s decision of 2003 to consider housing a responsibility of the State, but I’m very concerned about violent evictions taking place in various regions of the country and the lack of more comprehensive promotion of adequate housing in Argentina, “said UN Special Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik, as she concluded her official mission to the country (13-21 April 2011).
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing Raquel Rolnik has just completed her mission to Argentina, where she has been between April 13th and 21st. After visiting the country, where she met with representatives of the government, civil society organizations and citizens, she presented her preliminary findings. The final report will be presented to the UN Human Rights Council in March 2012.
Published in Tuesday February 1st, 2011
In Reports
This report has the summary of communications sent and replies received from following Governments and other actors: Bangladesh, Brazil, China (People’s Republic of), Colombia, Egypt, France, Honduras, India, Italy, Kenya, México, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Serbia, Syrian Arab Republic, Tchad, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland In the context of his […]
Published in Tuesday January 11th, 2011
In the beginning of this year, the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing has already scheduled important activities. In February, Raquel Rolnik will participate in a conference on Access to housing for Roma communities in Prague, Czech Republic. In March, she will present her thematic report on Post Disaster/Post Conflict Reconstruction and right to housing at the Human Rights Council, in Geneve, together with the country mission reports of Kazakhstan and Croatia; then, in April, she will conduct her first country mission of 2011, in Argentina. And the year is just beginning!
Published in Tuesday December 21st, 2010
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December, 21st
Raquel Rolnik
Within the past week, the Olymipic plan for the city of Rio de Janeiro has revealed a strong ambiguity in the quality of large urban development
projects. Investments in public infrastructure, transport and sporting facilities arrive at the same pace as regrettable episodes of basic human rights violations and disrespect for the human condition.
In the West Zone of Rio, since December 15th, horror and tension have characterized the experience of countless families. Reports received from residents, on-lookers and the Public Defenders of Rio de Janeiro detail the abuse of power and state of exception which has been established along the edges of Av. das Américas, which cuts through the communities of Vila Recreio II, Vila Harmonia and Restinga do Recreio dos Bandeirantes.
