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The right to adequate housing in disaster relief efforts 2011, para. 6
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- However, existing guidance with respect to disaster situations has given little attention to the right to adequate housing. When reference to the right is made it is limited, with the right narrowed down to the need to provide shelter, housing or to aspects related to protection. The few attempts to discuss the right in a more comprehensive manner have remained at the level of an individual organization's guidance and not in the form of authoritative policies of broad application. Equally, United Nations human rights mechanisms have, with notable exceptions, not addressed the specificities of disaster situations and their impacts on the enjoyment of the right to adequate housing or other human rights, remaining at the level of generalities.
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
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- Special Procedures' report
- Medio de adopción
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Personas afectadas
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- 2011
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Analysis of two alternative housing policies: rental and collective housing 2013, para. 27
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- The access of poor households to rental housing is currently impeded by costs, mainly as a result of rising rent prices and a shortage of affordable rental housing. More and more households in Europe are facing difficulties in paying the rent (3.8 per cent of Europeans, and 8.6 per cent of those with income below 60 per cent of the median national income). Rent affordability issues are more widespread in developing countries where rental housing is even less available. The rent-to-income ratio for African cities is more than twice that of cities in high-income countries at 39.5 per cent of income.
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- 2013
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Analysis of two alternative housing policies: rental and collective housing 2013, para. 20
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- Housing finance policies based on credit for homeownership are inherently discriminatory against lower-income households and, at their best, promote affordable access for upper- and middle-income groups. Housing finance policies often "redline" the poor, who are required to pay much higher prices for financial services, exposing them to financial risks and indebtedness. At the same time, housing finance policies tend to focus solely on access to a roof while failing to effectively and comprehensively address the various elements of the right to adequate housing: location, access to infrastructure and services, habitability, cultural adequacy and security of tenure. At the macro level, the disproportionate use of such policies has contributed to price volatility and to the ongoing housing affordability and availability crises.
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Economic Rights
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- Poverty
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- 2013
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Reflection on work undertaken in first 14 years of the mandate; outline of opportunities and priorities 2014, para. 75
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- The Special Rapporteur wishes to learn more about how the right to adequate housing can be made the subject of effective complaints procedures in domestic law and can be better integrated into housing policies and programmes through rights-based approaches. She is committed to working collaboratively with groups advocating for rights claimants, and with government officials, advocates, national human rights institutions, courts, housing policy decision makers and other stakeholders, to assist in meeting the challenges of access to justice and enhanced accountability in relation to all aspects of the right to adequate housing.
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- Social & Cultural Rights
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- 2014
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Guiding Principles on security of tenure for the urban poor 2014, para. 42
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- Policies that promote the social function of property aim to ensure that land is allocated, used and regulated in a manner that serves both individual and collective needs. Limitations are placed on private property rights for the purpose of promoting social interests and the general welfare. States inherently recognize the social function of land through, inter alia, the collection of property taxes, the exercise of expropriation powers for the public good, adverse possession laws, and urban planning that designates spaces for public use and environmental protection. States should take further measures to ensure both private and public land is used optimally to give effect to its social function, including adequate housing of the urban poor.
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Social & Cultural Rights
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- 2014
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Guiding Principles on security of tenure for the urban poor 2014, para. 52
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- Access to basic services and facilities. People without an officially recognized tenure status are often denied access to basic services and facilities. In some situations, public and private service providers, including of water, sanitation and electricity, require the presentation of title as a prerequisite for connection or delivery. In other situations, access to social facilities, such as school enrolment, is conditional on a registered address. States should take measures to ensure that access to basic services and facilities, whether publicly or privately provided, is not dependent on tenure status, official registration of residence, or the presentation of title.
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
- Personas afectadas
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- 2014
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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. 12
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- The right to adequate housing and other related rights must sit at the centre of an agenda for cities. Housing is a cornerstone right, indivisible from all other rights and fundamental to an approach that begins with the dignity, equality and security of the human person. Narrow interpretations that focus on housing as a commodity or housing that provides a roof over one's head have been rejected under international human rights law. Rather, the right to housing has long been understood as the right to live somewhere in peace, security and dignity. The right to adequate housing and to non-discrimination are themselves transformational, creating not only goals for which to strive but also a framework of action and accountability through which the goals can be realized.
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- 2015
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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. 22
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- The right to housing is beneficial for its clarity as to who bears the duty to ensure rights for whom. While national Governments ratify international human rights treaties, local and subnational governments are also responsible for implementing international human rights obligations (see A/HRC/28/64). An urban rights agenda must clarify responsibilities with respect to the right to housing and ensure effective coordination and accountability among various levels of government, from national to local. Policies and programmes of different ministries must be informed by and consistent with the right to housing and monitored and assessed regularly.
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- 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.
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Personas afectadas
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- 2015
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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. 42
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- A rights-based approach to contested public space does not resolve every dispute in favour of those who are required to use public space as their home for lack of any alternative. It does, however, reject the stigmatization and criminalization of homeless people frequently invoked to reserve public space for the more advantaged. Those who are forced to use public space as their homes must be treated with respect and dignity and afforded protection from arbitrary or unreasonable eviction. The solution to homelessness is not further displacement or discriminatory treatment, but rather ensuring access to viable, long-term housing as a matter of choice.
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
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- Special Procedures' report
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- 2015
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Guiding Principles on security of tenure for the urban poor 2014, para. 57
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- Police procedures. Residents of urban settlements and homeless persons face disproportionate levels of police intervention and use of force without due process. In many countries, police enter homes in poor settlements, sometimes in major operations, without a court order, violating residents' rights to protection against arbitrary interference with their privacy, family and home. Homeless persons, who have no choice but to sleep, eat and conduct other life-sustaining activities in publics spaces are commonly harassed, fined and detained for doing so. Police must follow due process and respect human rights in conducting law enforcement activities, including in urban settlements, and ensure that any use of force is strictly necessary and proportional to lawful objectives. States should decriminalize homelessness and ensure full respect by police of human rights of homeless persons.
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
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- Special Procedures' report
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- N.A.
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
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- Families
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- 2014
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Guiding Principles on security of tenure for the urban poor 2014, para. 17
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- Freehold ownership. Individual ownership confers full control over housing and land, subject to law and local regulations, as well as adverse possession rights and the State's expropriation powers. This quality makes it a desirable form of tenure for many households. Since ownership rights are generally expensive to acquire, housing finance is often necessary. Tenure security is jeopardized when owner-occupiers are unable to cope with loan repayments and default on their mortgages. Foreclosures by banks and other credit institutions pose a serious threat to the enjoyment of the right to adequate housing, with the poorest disproportionately affected. States should take all measures to protect security of tenure of owner-occupiers and prevent the loss of homes and homelessness as a result of foreclosures.
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- 2014
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Responsibilities of local and other subnational governments in relation to the right to adequate housing 2015, para. 26
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- As noted by the former Special Rapporteur on adequate housing in the report on her mission to Indonesia (A/HRC/25/54/Add.1), as a result of decentralization, significant powers have been partially devolved to the provinces, districts and municipalities. However, the decentralization of planning and land administration did not appear supported by institutional capacity, resources or organizational tools (paras. 10-11). During her mission she identified many of the obstacles to the implementation of the right to adequate housing associated with decentralization when it is not properly informed by human rights, such as "the fragmentation of programmes between various agencies and the inefficiencies of existing coordinating mechanisms" (para. 25) and the limited capacity of local governments to provide alternative housing to people who had been evicted from their homes (para. 51).
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
- Tipo de documento
- Special Procedures' report
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- N.A.
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Personas afectadas
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- Año
- 2015
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Guiding Principles on security of tenure for the urban poor 2014, para. 66
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- Tenure security of the urban poor is affected by the activities of a diverse range of business actors, including property developers, construction companies, speculators, real-estate agencies, landlords, mega-event organizers and banks. While States must protect all individuals against violations of human rights, business enterprises also have human rights responsibilities. The responsibility to respect the right to adequate housing requires that business enterprises avoid causing or contributing to infringements of the right, and address adverse impacts when they occur. It requires that business enterprises seek to prevent adverse impacts on, inter alia, security of tenure that are directly linked to their operations, products or services by their business relationships, even if they have not contributed to those impacts.
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Poverty
- Personas afectadas
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- 2014
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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. 53
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- While cities are, for some, places of opportunity and the engines of economic development, for many others they are sites of poverty, inequality and exclusion. The drive for economic growth, to create "world-class cities" and to attract international and domestic investment, has too often occurred at the expense of social inclusion and protection. Increased economic opportunities in cities should provide a lever for greater inclusion and socioeconomic equality, yet urban economies have generally tended to deepen inequality. This tension, between cities as economic drivers and cities as generators of inequality, plays out distinctly with respect to land.
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
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- Special Procedures' report
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- N.A.
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Personas afectadas
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- 2015
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Responsibilities of local and other subnational governments in relation to the right to adequate housing 2015, para. 64
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- Human rights city initiatives are complementary to, but distinguishable from, the "right to the city" as laid down in the 2005 World Charter on the Right to the City. Rather than being based on existing international human rights law, that movement was born of the idea that the freedom to make and remake our cities and ourselves is one of the most precious yet most neglected of our human rights. The Right to the City project is therefore more extensive than human rights city initiatives and includes values such as the social production of housing/habitat and the rights to "sustainable and equitable urban development", the right to transport and public mobility, and the right to the environment. At the same time, the World Charter on the Right to the City includes an explicit provision on the right to adequate housing which is generally in keeping with the right as articulated in international human rights law.
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- 2015
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Responsibilities of local and other subnational governments in relation to the right to adequate housing 2015, para. 40
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- While enhanced international accountability of local and other subnational governments is important, international mechanisms can only be supplementary to effective domestic procedures and remedies. The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has emphasized the importance of ensuring effective domestic remedies for Covenant rights. It has recognized that, while the method by which rights are given effect in national law is a matter for each State party to decide, "the means used should be appropriate in the sense of producing results which are consistent with the full discharge of its obligations by the State party".
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2015
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Responsibilities of local and other subnational governments in relation to the right to adequate housing 2015, para. 62
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- In November 2012, the Province of Buenos Aires adopted a law on fair access to habitat (Ley de acceso justo al habitat) which guarantees the right to housing and to a dignified and sustainable habitat, along the lines of the provincial and national constitutions and several international human rights treaties. The law establishes a link between the public policy on housing and the way in which different public and private stakeholders are involved, including real estate companies. It requires steps to be taken to address the lack of adequate housing for people living in poverty or with special needs, and creates mechanisms to regulate speculation around land prices. It articulates both the right to adequate housing and the "right to the city" as core principles alongside the social function of land and property, democratic decision-making in the city and the importance of equitable distribution of benefits and costs of city growth, including in relation to infrastructure.
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- 2015
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Responsibilities of local and other subnational governments in relation to the right to adequate housing 2015, para. 50
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- In Cairo, the courts have recently enforced the right to adequate housing so as to limit the power of the City Governor to seize land for "public benefit". A coalition of civil society organizations had some success in relying on the right to housing in article 67 of the 2012 Egyptian Constitution in both political action and litigation. In a recent case, the organizations challenged a decree issued by the Governor of Cairo announcing a seizure of land for development, and succeeded in securing a court order repealing the order of evacuation.
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2015
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The right to adequate housing in disaster relief efforts 2011, para. 46
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- In cases where public security and safety concerns are legitimate and compelling, decisions over land use or housing regulations must nonetheless be subject to human rights standards - in particular the strict procedural requirements relating to the conduct of evictions, the right to redress and remedy and an opportunity for judicial review, and the economic, social and cultural rights of affected communities. Evictions should not result in individuals being rendered homeless. Where those affected are unable to provide for themselves, the State must take measures to ensure that alternative housing, resettlement or access to productive land is available.
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
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- Special Procedures' report
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- 2011
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The impact of housing finance policies on the right to adequate housing of those living in poverty 2012, para. 18
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- The obligation to ensure the realization of the right to adequate housing does not oblige Governments to provide publicly built housing for all. Although the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights expressed the view that in some cases the State is obliged to provide social housing or low-rental units for low-income households, States are encouraged to employ a variety of housing policies, provided that "measures being taken are sufficient to realize the right for every individual in the shortest possible time in accordance with the maximum of available resources".
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Economic Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Año
- 2012
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Reflection on work undertaken in first 14 years of the mandate; outline of opportunities and priorities 2014, para. 17
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- Widespread homelessness and inadequate housing are not restricted to States with struggling economies. As pointed out by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in its general comment No. 4, significant problems of homelessness and inadequate housing also exist in some of the most economically developed societies, an observation mirrored by Miloon Kothari in his 2005 report on homelessness (E/CN.4/2005/48). The Special Rapporteur is concerned that the spectre of widespread and, in many cases, increasing homelessness in the most developed countries and countries suffering from grossly unequal distribution of wealth suggests a serious dissonance between prevailing models of economic development and the realization of the right to adequate housing that is global in scope.
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- 2014
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Reflection on work undertaken in first 14 years of the mandate; outline of opportunities and priorities 2014, para. 14
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- The right to adequate housing has been the focus of extensive commentary. It was the subject of two general comments (Nos. 4 and 7) by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights before any other Covenant rights were similarly interpreted, and it is now one of the most considered economic, social and cultural rights. At the same time, as we move into the fifteenth year of the mandate and despite considerable efforts by civil society to ensure its realization, the well-elaborated norms and commentary on this right have not necessarily been translated into substantive progress.
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2014
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Mapping and framing security of tenure 2013, para. 69
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- Finally, while the full elaboration of the scope of "security of tenure" as recognized in the framework of international human rights law presents a range of challenges that have yet to be adequately met, the Special Rapporteur nonetheless underscores that security of tenure should be understood as encompassing, at a minimum: (a) legal protection from forced eviction, harassment or other threats; (b) recognition-legally, by authorities, but also by private actors-of the right to live in a secure place in peace and dignity; this recognition includes receiving support from authorities and equal access to and availability of all public services; (c) justiciability-in other words, security of tenure must be enforceable; to make this criterion truly effective may require the provision of legal aid to facilitate access to effective remedies; and (d) any other aspect required as a step towards the enjoyment of other components of the right to adequate housing, on an equal basis with others.
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
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- Special Procedures' report
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- 2013
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Reflection on work undertaken in first 14 years of the mandate; outline of opportunities and priorities 2014, para. 16
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- The evidence that is available suggests that widespread homelessness and inadequate housing persist and may in fact be on the rise. The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) has documented that the number of people living in slums has steadily increased over the past few decades, from approximately 650 million in 1990 to 863 million in 2012. According to this information, slums are characterized by severe overcrowding, a lack of basic services, including water and sanitation, and housing units that fail to protect against inclement weather and otherwise preventable diseases. The proportion of people living in such conditions is considerably higher in such regions as sub Saharan Africa (62 per cent) and South Asia (35 per cent), compared with Latin America and the Caribbean (24 per cent) and North Africa (13 per cent).
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Social & Cultural Rights
- Water & Sanitation
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- 2014
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Guiding Principles on security of tenure for the urban poor 2014, para. 32
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- Settlement land information systems should be simple, affordable, accessible and transparent. People should have opportunities to contest, clarify or query recorded tenure arrangements through an appropriate process including public display of maps. Unlike conventional cadastres, settlement land information systems should reflect varied and overlapping tenure rights - not only freehold - and the spatial realities that exist in urban settlements. For example, the Social Tenure Domain Model, developed by the Global Land Tenure Network (GLTN), enables the recording of multiple forms of individual and collective tenure, overlapping rights, and irregular spatial units in urban settlements.
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Personas afectadas
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- 2014
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Guiding Principles on security of tenure for the urban poor 2014, para. 55
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- Land administration programmes, housing policies and urban planning. Discrimination on the basis of tenure status is prevalent in land, housing and urban policies. Land administration programmes typically only register freehold rights, while ignoring the multiple other existing tenure forms. Housing policies commonly also promote freehold, with benefits and support, such as access to finance, made conditional on homeownership. Meanwhile, many urban planning processes aim to benefit only those with registered tenure rights and fail to take into account the circumstances of urban poor communities whose arrangements are not legally recognized. These exclusions impair the enjoyment of human rights by those without freehold or other legally recognized tenure rights vis-a-vis other sectors of the population. States should ensure that land administration, housing policies and urban plans protect and secure a variety of tenure arrangements, prioritizing the most vulnerable and marginalized. For example, the Mexico City Housing Improvement Programme offers credit regardless of tenure status.
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
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- Special Procedures' report
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- 2014
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Guiding Principles on security of tenure for the urban poor 2014, para. 56
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- Land acquisition. Land occupied by urban poor households with an ambiguous tenure status is disproportionately acquired by States for "public purpose" projects, such as infrastructure development, requiring the eviction of residents. This situation may amount to discrimination in the enjoyment of the right to adequate housing on the basis of tenure and economic status. In selecting sites for public purpose projects, States should ensure that the urban poor are not disproportionately affected, and that all alternatives have been considered.
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- Social & Cultural Rights
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- 2014
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Guiding Principles on security of tenure for the urban poor 2014, para. 53
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- Access to social security. Social security is critical to guaranteeing human dignity and the enjoyment of human rights when people are faced with circumstances that deprive them of their capacity to otherwise realize them. Sometimes homeless persons or individuals without a registered address are unable to access social security either owing to eligibility criteria or indirect bureaucratic obstacles. These obstacles amount to discrimination on the basis of tenure status. States should take all necessary steps to remove barriers faced by persons who are homeless or have an ambiguous tenure status in receiving social security, including by ensuring that a registered address and other residence requirements are not a de jure or de facto prerequisite to receiving benefits.
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
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- Special Procedures' report
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- 2014
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Guiding Principles on security of tenure for the urban poor 2014, para. 80
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- The urban poor face significant barriers in accessing justice, owing to, inter alia, political influence and corruption in courts and administrative bodies; prohibitive costs of legal representation; absence of legal information; and lack of legal recognition of persons without official identity documentation, including a registered address. States should take all measures to remove these barriers and ensure that the urban poor can access effective remedies through a range of judicial and administrative mechanisms. As an alternative to the courts, land dispute and grievance mechanisms that are inexpensive, accessible, socially legitimate and rule-bound should be established. States should establish, fund and enable legal aid and assistance for the urban poor, in order to address power asymmetries that pervade conflicts over land and obstruct access to justice.
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- Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
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- Special Procedures' report
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- Economic Rights
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- Poverty
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- Año
- 2014
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Guiding Principles on security of tenure for the urban poor 2014, para. 72
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- Banks and other credit institutions should act with due diligence in relation to the impact on security of tenure of their private lending and asset-based securitization operations. Banks should pay special attention to individuals or groups at heightened risk of losing their home as a result of the loan. Lending programmes that may undermine tenure security should be abandoned or safeguards put in place, such as measures to ensure applicants fully understand the terms of the loan, including the implications of default; flexible repayment options in cases of financial hardship; and policy and contractual commitments not to apply for an eviction from a foreclosed home until alternative adequate housing has been arranged. Predatory lending practices are incompatible with the responsibility of business to respect human rights and should be banned by banks and credit institutions.
- 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
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personas afectadas
- All
- Año
- 2014
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