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Newsletter #12

Published in Monday July 11th, 2011


The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing has just concluded another mission. This time, Raquel Rolnik was in Algeria, where she met with national government representatives, local authorities, civil society organizations and ordinary citizens in field visits in several cities. Her next mission will be in Israel and OPT. Meanwhile, the project “Women and Housing Rights” is being developed through the virtual platform launched last month by the Rapporteur. More than a hundred people worldwide have already registered to participate in discussions. You can contribute too!

Newsletter #11

Published in Saturday June 11th, 2011 In In the media

The virtual platform of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing is already running. This new tool will be used initially for developing the project “Women and the Right to Land and Housing.” People worldwide can now register and contribute to the thematic report and the guide and leaflet which will be produced on the subject. See also news and pictures of the working visit of the Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik to Haiti earlier this month and her agenda to the next period.

Newsletter # 8

Published in Friday March 11th, 2011

 

March 8 – International Women’s Day

Celebrating the International Women’s Day, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing wants to announce the launching of the project “Connecting People to Promote, Monitor and Implement Women’s Rights to Housing and Land”. Supported by a grant from the German government, the project aims to disseminate conceptual, legal and practical dimensions of women’s rights to housing and land. This will be the thematic focus of the housing mandate in 2011.

PRESS RELEASE – UN Special Rapporteurs call on States to invest in women and girls to ensure gender equality and prevent violence against women

Published in Friday March 7th, 2008 In News

(07 March 2008) On the occasion of International Women’s Day (8 March), the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Violence against Women, its Causes and Consequences, Yakin Ertürk, the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Miloon Kothari, and the Independent Expert on the effects of economic reform policies and foreign debt on the full enjoyment of human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights, Bernards A.N. Mudho, issued the following statement

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Reports 2006

Published in Wednesday February 1st, 2006 In Reports

Thematic reports: Women

Mission reports: Lebanon and Israel, Iran and Cambodia

Comunications report

Questionnaire on women and adequate housing

Published in Thursday January 20th, 2005

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Reports 2003

Published in Saturday February 1st, 2003 In Reports

Thematic reports: Forced Evictions

Mission reports: Mexico, Romania and Occupied Palestinian Territories