Homelessness as a global human rights crisis that demands an urgent global response 2016, para. 23
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National and local laws often make homeless people into lawbreakers, rather than protecting their rights. Laws are created to render homeless people invisible, to displace them from land or housing and destroy their makeshift shelters. In many places punitive measures such as fines or incarceration are imposed for activities linked to basic survival, including constructing any kind of shelter out of cardboard. Laws enable authorities to "rescue" street-connected children, depriving them of their liberty without due process or respect for the social networks upon which they rely.
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
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Children
Year
2016
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Other
Reference
SR Housing, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/31/54, para. 23.