Documents

Here you find publications, articles, legislation and other kinds of documents related to the right to adequate housing.

CEDAW: General recommendation No. 30 on women in conflict prevention, conflict and post-conflict situations

Published in Monday November 4th, 2013

The primary aim and purpose of the general recommendation is to provide authoritative guidance to States parties on legislative, policy and other appropriate measures to ensure full compliance with their obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women to protect, respect and fulfil women’s human rights. It also builds upon principles articulated in previously adopted general recommendations.

Housing density and housing preference in Bangkok’s low-income settlements

Published in Wednesday October 30th, 2013

This paper investigates whether this high density is observed in practice, and whether it is perpetuated in other forms of low-income housing, both community-developed (in settlements upgraded through participatory processes) and public housing. This is done through spatial analysis of housing and settlement form and function, household surveys of socio-economic characteristics and satisfaction with living conditions, and in-depth interviews with residents.

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UN women’s rights committee adopts landmark document on women and conflict

Published in Wednesday October 23rd, 2013

States that have ratified the UN Women’s Rights Convention are obliged to uphold women’s rights before, during and after conflict when they are directly involved in fighting.

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Forced evictions in Nairobi

Published in Tuesday October 8th, 2013

Amnesty International issued a report regarding the situation of Nairobi residents under the threat of forced evictions, focusing on two informal settlements. ity Carton was demolished in May 2013 and some 400 families were forcibly evicted: many remain homeless. Around 3,000 families living in the other settlement, Deep Sea, fear eviction as the Kenya Urban Road Authority plans to construct a road through the settlement.

Security of Tenure: send your contributions to the report until November 17th

Published in Thursday October 3rd, 2013

The first version of the final report on tenure security, containing recommendations on this subject, is already available for public consultation.

Media statement by the Special Rapporteur on her mission to the UK

Published in Wednesday September 11th, 2013 In Collection

Read the press statement made by Special Rapporteur at the end of her mission to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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Check the responses received from countries for the security of tenure questionnaire

Published in Monday August 19th, 2013

Read the responses sent by governments to the Questionnaire on Security of Tenure. They will inform the Special Rapporteur’s final report to the HRC and other related guidance.

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If you love your life, move out! Forced eviction in Badia East, Lagos State, Nigeria

Published in Tuesday August 13th, 2013

In February 2013, hundreds of homes and business premises in the informal settlement of Badia East were demolished, devastating the lives of 9,000 people. Residents maintain they were given no notice of the eviction. Nearly six months on, there has been no government support following the loss of their homes and livelihoods, and the overwhelming majority are unable to rent or obtain alternative housing.

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The Price of Steel: Human Rights and Forced Evictions in the POSCO-India Project

Published in Tuesday July 30th, 2013

The Price of Steel: Human Rights and Forced Evictions in the POSCO-India Project documents the human rights abuses being carried out to facilitate the establishment of the POSCO-India project, and the associated illegal seizures of land which threaten to forcibly displace as many as 22,000 people in India’s eastern state of Odisha.

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Reaffirming Justiciability: Judgements on the Human Right to Adequate Housing from the High Court of Delhi

Published in Saturday July 6th, 2013

In the year 2010, the High Court of Delhi passed two significant judgements — Sudama Singh and Others vs. Government of Delhi and Anr., and PK Koul vs. Estate Officer and Anr. and Ors. — upholding the human right to adequate housing, and the right to resettlement and rehabilitation. Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN) considers both these judgements to be very important precedents in Indian case law. They hold great relevance in protecting the human right to adequate housing in India as well as internationally. The judgements, therefore, need to be widely disseminated, read, understood, cited and implemented.

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