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We are pleased to present the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing website! There you will find reports and other documents prepared by the Rapporteur, as well as news on the topic. With this tool, we hope to facilitate access to information concerning the Rapporteur’s work, create a space of reference on the subject and a channel for direct communication with the public. For that purpose, we expect to receive contributions and news from all over the world. Welcome!

Shen Peilan (left), Mao Hengfeng (middle) and Jin Yuehua (right)

Al tiempo que comienza en Shangai la Expo 2010, la exposición sobre tecnología e innovación, muchos activistas locales del derecho a la vivienda son silenciados por las autoridades chinas.

Encontro Internacional de Rambouillet (França), 23 e 24 de março de 2009

Em março de 2009, a Fundaçao Ford e l’IRG reuniram 11 organisaçoes “de base” e membros de redes de auto-ayuda num seminario internacional.

A woman stands outside her home at Gunhill informal settlement on the outskirts of Harare, Zimbabwe, 24 March 2010

The government of Zimbabwe must take action to protect hundreds of thousands of people left to survive in substandard settlements five years after a program of mass forced evictions, Amnesty International and the Coalition Against Forced Evictions are calling on the government to provide adequate alternative accommodation or compensation to those left homeless and jobless.

A timely, comprehensive practical guide for combating corruption in relief and reconstruction has been published today by Transparency International (TI), the global anti-corruption organisation, in collaboration with seven major humanitarian agencies.

Han van Putten

Pioneiro do direito ao habitat sem fronteiras

Han Van Putten nascido a 28 de Maio de 1922, morreu a 25 de Outubro de 2009 na sua casa em The Hague (Holanda). Han era casado com Anneke Van Putten Torensma, Pai de Sietske, Frank, Marc, Willem e Rebecca e um amigo querido de Lidie Luursema.

The displaced in Bulo Hawo, near the Kenyan border

KAMPALA, 22 October 2009 (IRIN) - Civil society and government officials are gathered in the Ugandan capital of Kampala to discuss the Convention on the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Africa and a declaration on refugees, returnees and IDPs.

Les personnes déplacées trouvent souvent refuge dans des camps de fortune tels que celui-ci

NAIROBI, 19 octobre 2009 (IRIN) - Quarante ans après la signature d’une convention historique sur les droits des réfugiés africains, les dirigeants du continent sont appelés à marquer une nouvelle étape juridique décisive, en adoptant un instrument de protection des personnes déplacées à l’intérieur de leur propre pays.

13 October 2009
Nigeria: Security forces use violence against demonstrators

Amnesty International condemns the excessive use of force by some members of the security forces in Bundu waterfront community, Port Harcourt, Rivers State on 12 October. At least three people were killed and eleven seriously injured when combined troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF) and police used firearms to disperse a crowd.

l-r: Mr. Shaun Donovan, Ms. Jan Peterson and Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka on the occassion of World Habitat day 2009

UN-HABITAT has signed a milestone agreement with the Huairou Commission to strengthen the involvement of grassroots women in projects and programmes for better housing and sustainable urban development. The agreement signed Monday on World Habitat Day strengthens areas of existing work, and also ventures into newer areas, such as information technology.