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. 25
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Access to justice in cities to claim and enforce the right to adequate housing is also critical, not simply to ensure meaningful accountability but also as a means to identify and remedy barriers that need to be addressed in order to maximize efficiency and effectiveness of programmes. Recent studies suggest, for example, that there are often cost savings for governments if the structural causes of homelessness are addressed and remedied rather than continuing to incur greater costs of policing, emergency services, health care and loss of productivity associated with homelessness. In this regard, accessible mechanisms for implementing and adjudicating the right to adequate housing in cities are important, including human rights institutions working at the city level, civil society and non-governmental organizations that advocate for rights, ombudspersons, mediation officers, administrative tribunals and courts.
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)
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2015
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Housing, Report to the UNGA (2015), A/70/270, para. 25.