Homelessness as a global human rights crisis that demands an urgent global response 2016, para. 17b
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[In light of these considerations, the Special Rapporteur proposes the following three-dimensional approach anchored in human rights:] The second dimension considers homelessness as a form of systemic discrimination and social exclusion, recognizing that being deprived of a home gives rise to a social identity through which "the homeless" is constituted as a social group subject to discrimination and stigmatization;
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
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Special Procedures' report
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Equality & Inclusion
Social & Cultural Rights
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Year
2016
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Other
Reference
SR Housing, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/31/54, para. 17b.