Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and the right to non-discrimination in this context 2016, para. 13
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Deeply concerned that homelessness disproportionately affects women and persons with disabilities, and other persons who are marginalized and most vulnerable, each in different ways but with common structural causes, and that homelessness and tenure insecurity per se might result in discrimination, criminalization and further exclusion, particularly social and economic exclusion,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Persons with disabilities
Women
Year
2016
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PP
Reference
HRC resolution, Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and the right to non-discrimination in this context (2016), A/HRC/RES/31/9, PP 13.