Crise financeira

PRESS RELEASE – Human Rights Council discusses reports from experts on right to food, safe drinking water and adequate housing

The Human Rights Council this afternoon discussed reports presented by Olivier De Schutter, Special Rapporteur on the right to food; Catarina de Albuquerque, Independent Expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to safe drinking water and sanitation; and Raquel Rolnik, Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context. At the beginning of the meeting, the Council concluded its panel discussion on the right to food.

PRESS RELEASE – UN expert on housing issues report on the financial crisis

(09/03/2009) GENEVA — The UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, on Monday presented a report to the Human Rights Council on the financial crisis, its causes and its relation to the right to adequate housing.

Financial Crisis

Housing is not simply a commodity, but a right of every human being, a place to live with safety, peace and dignity. Despite that, people around the world are under the threat of eviction for being unable to pay rent or mortgages. The 2008 housing market crisis in the United States affected the common belief […]

Reports 2009

Thematic reports: Financial crisis, Climate changes

Mission reports: Canada and Preliminary Note Maldives

Comunications report

PRESS RELEASE – Markets alone cannot ensure housing for all, UN Expert says

23 October 2008 – The following statement was issued today in New York by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik “The belief that markets will provide adequate housing for all has failed. The current crisis is a stark reminder of this reality. A home is not a commodity – four walls and a roof. It is a place to live in security, peace and dignity, and a right for every human being…”