Foreword = iii
Acknowledgements = v
Contents = vii
List of boxes = ix
List of tables = x
List of acronyms and special terms = xi
Executive summary = xiii
I. Introduction: From the promotion to the protection of housing rights = 1
I.A. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights = 1
I.B. International Covenants and Conventions = 2
I.C. General Comments and Recommendations adopted by United Nations Treaty-Monitoring Bodies = 4
I.D. United Nations resolutions = 7
I.E. Other international declarations on housing rights = 8
I.F. OHCHR and UN-HABITAT = 9
I.G. Other United Nations mechanisms = 10
I.H. Conclusion = 11
II. Housing rights as progressive legal obligations =13
II.A. Terminology = 14
II.B. Are states obliged to build homes for everyone? = 17
II.C. Legal obligations of housing rights = 20
II.D. Conclusion = 24
III. Implementing housing rights through national law: a key focus of the Global Campaign for Secure Tenure = 27
III.A. Constitutional recognition = 28
III.B. Are states required to adopt national legislation in support of housing rights? = 30
III.C. Is national legislation sufficient? = 34
IV. National legislation on housing rights = 35
IV.A. Constitutional protection = 36
IV.B. General policy statements on housing = 40
IV.C. Legal security of tenure = 42
IV.D. Protection from forced eviction = 45
IV.E. Protection from forced eviction by non-state actors = 47
IV.F. Non-discrimination = 49
IV.G. Non-discrimination: gender issues and customary law = 50
IV.H. Provision of affordable housing for the poor = 50
IV.I. Accessibility = 51
IV.J. Restitution = 54
IV.K. Habitability = 57
IV.L. Homelessness = 57
IV.M. Land rights = 60
V. Enforcing housing rights = 63
V.A. Violations of economic, social and cultural rights = 63
V.B. Violations of housing rights = 65
V.C. Judicial and other remedies for housing rights violations = 72
V.D. International adjudication of housing rights violations = 75
V.E. Regional adjudication of housing rights violations = 81
V.F. National adjudication of housing rights violations = 92
VI. Recommendations for legislative reform: towards a unified and mutually consistent global body of housing rights law = 99
VI.A. International = 99
VI.B. Regional = 102
VI.C. National = 103
VI.D. Local = 105
List of references and relevant documents = 107
List of references = 107
International legal instruments (and related interpretations) and declarations/programmes of actions of United Nations conferences = 112
United Nations resolutions and other documents =116
Relevant court decisions = 123
Acknowledgements = v
Contents = vii
List of boxes = ix
List of tables = x
List of acronyms and special terms = xi
Executive summary = xiii
I. Introduction: From the promotion to the protection of housing rights = 1
I.A. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights = 1
I.B. International Covenants and Conventions = 2
I.C. General Comments and Recommendations adopted by United Nations Treaty-Monitoring Bodies = 4
I.D. United Nations resolutions = 7
I.E. Other international declarations on housing rights = 8
I.F. OHCHR and UN-HABITAT = 9
I.G. Other United Nations mechanisms = 10
I.H. Conclusion = 11
II. Housing rights as progressive legal obligations =13
II.A. Terminology = 14
II.B. Are states obliged to build homes for everyone? = 17
II.C. Legal obligations of housing rights = 20
II.D. Conclusion = 24
III. Implementing housing rights through national law: a key focus of the Global Campaign for Secure Tenure = 27
III.A. Constitutional recognition = 28
III.B. Are states required to adopt national legislation in support of housing rights? = 30
III.C. Is national legislation sufficient? = 34
IV. National legislation on housing rights = 35
IV.A. Constitutional protection = 36
IV.B. General policy statements on housing = 40
IV.C. Legal security of tenure = 42
IV.D. Protection from forced eviction = 45
IV.E. Protection from forced eviction by non-state actors = 47
IV.F. Non-discrimination = 49
IV.G. Non-discrimination: gender issues and customary law = 50
IV.H. Provision of affordable housing for the poor = 50
IV.I. Accessibility = 51
IV.J. Restitution = 54
IV.K. Habitability = 57
IV.L. Homelessness = 57
IV.M. Land rights = 60
V. Enforcing housing rights = 63
V.A. Violations of economic, social and cultural rights = 63
V.B. Violations of housing rights = 65
V.C. Judicial and other remedies for housing rights violations = 72
V.D. International adjudication of housing rights violations = 75
V.E. Regional adjudication of housing rights violations = 81
V.F. National adjudication of housing rights violations = 92
VI. Recommendations for legislative reform: towards a unified and mutually consistent global body of housing rights law = 99
VI.A. International = 99
VI.B. Regional = 102
VI.C. National = 103
VI.D. Local = 105
List of references and relevant documents = 107
List of references = 107
International legal instruments (and related interpretations) and declarations/programmes of actions of United Nations conferences = 112
United Nations resolutions and other documents =116
Relevant court decisions = 123