World Urban Forum: Forced Evictions & Homelessness

The Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, Miloon Kothari, spoke at the World Urban Forum today. The press release announcing his speech notes the following:

Figures show that annually there are more people displaced and forced into homelessness and inadequate housing living conditions due to development projects than due to armed and ethnic conflict. And yet, such forced evictions, prima facie violations of a range of recognized human rights, continue to take place with impunity and rare, if any, reaction by the international community.

The press release is available here and his statement to the forum is here. More information about the work of the Special Rapporteur is available here.

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