Pós-desastres e pós-conflitos

Photos of the Special Rapporteur, Raquel Rolnik, working visit to Chile

Published in Wednesday May 16th, 2012 In News on the Rapporteurs

Check the photos of the working visit the Special Raporteur to the Right to Housing, Raquel Rolnik, to Chile, between April 26th and May 3rd.

UN official criticizes Chile’s housing reconstruction process

Published in Monday May 7th, 2012 In In the media

During a weeklong visit to Chile prompted by several local organizations, Raquel Rolnik, the special rapporteur on housing with the United Nations, criticized the role of subsidies in Chile’s reconstruction process after the 2010 earthquake. “The reconstruction following the 2010 earthquake has been an efficient and notable process, but it ought to rely upon a mechanism apart from subsidies,” Rolnik told the press.

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Housing solution for the next natural disaster? (USA)

Published in Wednesday April 25th, 2012 In In the media

April 21st, 2012 In one of the neighborhoods hit hardest by flooding in Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath, developers have built a prototype house that’s aimed at providing a quick housing solution for areas blown away by hurricanes and tornadoes or knocked down by earthquakes. The dwelling in the Lakeview section of New Orleans is somewhat box-like, […]

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Turkish law on transformation of areas under disaster risk

Published in Tuesday April 24th, 2012 In Social movement news

April 24th, 2012 Members of the Turkish civil society contacted the Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing to inform about a draft law currently under discussion in the Parliament that is generating some discussion and polemics in the country. The draft deals with transformation of areas under disaster risks. What concerns the civil society is that […]

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UN Human Rights Council resolution on adequate housing on the context of post disaster settings

Published in Thursday March 22nd, 2012

The UN Human Rights Council adopted on March 21st, 2012, during its 19th regular session, a resolution regarding adequate housing in the context of post disaster settings. Among the many issues comprised in the text, the importance of the participation of the affected people in the elaboration and execution of housing assistance was stressed. The […]

The Human Rights Council adopts resolution on adequate housing in the context of disasters

Published in Thursday March 22nd, 2012 In News

The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted today, during its 19th regular session, a resolution regarding adequate housing in the context of disaster settings.

Reports 2011

Published in Wednesday February 1st, 2012 In Reports

Thematic reports: Post conflict and post disaster reconstruction

Mission reports: Kazakhstan, Croatia, Preliminary Note World Bank Group

Comunications report

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Reconstruction after natural disasters: developments

Published in Sunday November 20th, 2011 In News

The presentation of the report on post-disaster reconstruction to the UN General Assembly on October 19 in New York and the performing of a parallel event on the theme – with participation of delegations from various countries, international NGOs and multilateral organisations – created an intense debate and some interesting developments.

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Newsletter #16

Published in Friday November 11th, 2011


Last month, presentation to the UN General Assembly of the report on housing reconstruction after natural disasters and the right to housing and the parallel event promoted by the Rapporteur created an intense debate and a few developments. Agencies and UN programs working with the reconstruction of countries have been discussing the recommendations made by Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik and looking for ways of implementing them.

Newsletter #15

Published in Tuesday October 11th, 2011

Every year, the United Nations celebrates the World Habitat Day on October 3rd. This year the focus is “Climate Change and the Cities”. Making use of the date, the Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, Raquel Rolnik, and the Rapporteur on Internally Displaced Persons, Chaloka Beyani, issued a joint statement on the matter. The official agenda of Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik this month also includes meetings at the UN-Habitat, in Nairobi, Kenya, on the 10th and 11th, and the presentation of a report on reconstruction after disasters to he UN General Assembly, on the 21st, in New York, where there will also be a side event on the matter.