The right to adequate housing of persons with disabilities 2017, para. 59
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The significant potential of the disability human rights paradigm to advance the realization of the right to housing has not yet been fully tested in courts. Courts and human rights bodies have been reluctant to engage with the positive obligation of States to address systemic violations of the right to adequate housing experienced by persons with disabilities.
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
Person(s) affected
Persons with disabilities
Year
2017
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Other
Paragraph focus
Claiming the right to housing of persons with disabilities