Centrality of the right to adequate housing for the development and implementation of the New Urban Agenda to be adopted at Habitat III in October 2016 2015, para. 64
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Inadequate housing, homelessness and the informal settlements in cities must be addressed not only as a failure of housing and upgrading programmes but primarily as a failure of existing laws to ensure human rights. Residents of informal settlements lack both housing structures and basic legal protections, such as security of tenure, health and safety protections and entitlements to services. They are deprived not only of housing but of the protections afforded by the rule of law, which in turn makes them vulnerable to further deprivations.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Social & Cultural Rights
Year
2015
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Housing, Report to the UNGA (2015), A/70/270, para. 64.