Forced evictions
“The practice of forced eviction constitutes a gross violation of human rights, in particular the right to adequate housing” (Commission on Human Rights, Resolution 1993/77)
Documents
Publications and Guidance
Forced evictions intensify inequality, marginalization and social conflicts and their impact goes beyond material loss. To learn about eviction impact assessment methodologies:
[Roma mother and boy living in an informal settlement of Belgrade, Serbia © Bahram Ghazi]
Displacement
“All authorities and international actors shall respect and ensure respect for their obligations under international law, including human rights and humanitarian law, in all circumstances, so as to prevent and avoid conditions that might lead to displacement of persons”. (Principle 5 of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement)
Documents
- Report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing realization of the right to adequate housing in post-disaster settings (A/66/270)
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- Report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing on integrating the right to adequate housing, in post-disaster and post-conflict reconstruction processes (A/HRC/16/42)
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Guidance
Links
[Tent of a homeless person in a wood in Ottawa, Canada - © Bahram Ghazi]
Homelessness
“Homelessness is perhaps the most visible and most severe symptom of the lack of respect for the right to adequate housing.” (Special Rapporteur on adequate housing)
Documents
Poverty
Well over a billion people are not adequately housed. Millions around the world live in life- or health threatening conditions, in overcrowded slums and informal settlements, or in other conditions which do not uphold their human rights and their dignity.
Guidance
Housing the Poor in Asian Cities, Quick Guides for policy-makers on:
- Urbanization
- Low-income housing
- Land
- Eviction
- Affordable housing finance
- Community-based organizations
- Rental housing