A/HRC/25/54
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
30 December 2013
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-fifth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate
housing as a component of the right to an
adequate standard of living, and on the right to
non-discrimination in this context, Raquel Rolnik
Summary
The Special Rapporteur on adequate housing has been mandated to provide practical
guidance for the implementation of the right to adequate housing. In the present report, she
recommends a set of guiding principles to assist States and other relevant actors in
addressing the current tenure insecurity crisis faced by the urban poor in an increasingly
urbanized world.
GE.13-19186
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