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. 52
Párrafo
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Under international human rights law, policies and programmes must be designed in ways that take into account the experiences and realities of marginalized groups so that their disadvantage is addressed in real terms. This is because equality is understood "substantively" and not just "formally". Even where laws and policies appear to be "fair" by treating everyone the same, the experience or effect of laws and policies can be discriminatory owing, for example, to a person's socioeconomic status, housing status or gender. States and subnational governments are obliged to address the needs of those in the most desperate housing situations as a matter of priority and urgency. Positive measures must be taken to reduce stigmatization and address the needs of homeless women and men, residents of informal settlements, low-income households and other groups lacking access to adequate housing.
Condicón jurídica
Non-negotiated soft law
Organismo
Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
Tipo de documento
Special Procedures' report
Medio de adopción
N.A.
Temas
Equality & Inclusion
Social & Cultural Rights
Personas afectadas
Men
Women
Año
2015
Tipo de párrafo
Other
Reference
SR Housing, Report to the UNGA (2015), A/70/270, para. 52.