Right to Housing
Monitoring Housing Rights: Discussion Paper - Expert Group Meeting on Housing Rights Monitoring
UNHABITAT, Geneva, November 2003.
The need for quantitative tools to measure realisation of economic social and cultural rights, including the right to adequate housing, has been apparent to those working in this area for several years. In this discussion paper an attempt has been made to briefly outline the conceptual, methodological and contextual concerns in building indicators for monitoring the realisation of housing rights as addressed more elaborately within the background paper which is made available for this meeting. Based on survey of the relevant literature, the contents of the background paper and keeping in view these identified concerns, a set of housing rights indicators has been suggested for consideration of the Expert Group with a view to facilitate discussions and move towards a consensus on the possible set of indicators.
OHCHR, UNHABITAT, 2003.
This background paper for the 2003 expert group meeting on housing rights monitoring presents a framework for the development of a set of housing rights indicators. A set of 6 housing rights elements and 17 housing rights indicators is proposed in the report. Once a final set of indicators has been agreed upon, these indicators will form the foundation for the establishment of a global system for monitoring the full and progressive realisation of the human right to adequate housing, as provided for in international instruments.
Framing the Discussion about Housing Rights
Center on Housing and Evictions, Geneva.
This question and answer style discussion paper on housing rights allows for commonly asked questions regarding the rights- based approach to housing and secure tenure to be answered by Executive Director of COHRE, Scott Leckie. Definitions of housing rights are explained based on United Nations standards with special consideration given to the topic of culturally adequate housing. The paper concludes by clarifying the five most common misconceptions surrounding housing rights.