.jpeg)
|
|
|
|
.gif){kind=small}
Commission on Human Rights resolution 2002/21
The Commission on Human Rights,
Recalling its resolution
2000/9 of 17 April 2000, in which it decided to appoint, for a period of three
years, a special rapporteur whose mandate would focus on adequate housing as a
component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and resolution 2001/28
of 20 April 2001 on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate
standard of living, as well as resolution 2001/34 of 23 April 2001 on women's
equal ownership of, access to and control over land and the equal rights to own
property and to adequate housing,
Noting the work of the United
Nations treaty bodies, in particular of the Committee on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights, in the promotion of the rights related to adequate
housing,
Concerned that any deterioration in the general housing
situation disproportionately affects the poor, as well as women and children,
and members of groups requiring special protection,
1. Takes note
of the report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component
of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to
non-discrimination (E/CN.4/2002/59 and Corr.1) and of relevant parts of the
report of the Secretary-General on economic, social and cultural rights
(E/CN.4/2002/50);
2. Welcomes the attendance of the Special
Rapporteur at the five-year review of the Habitat Agenda in June 2001, takes
note of his contributions to the Third United Nations Conference on the Least
Developed Countries in May 2001, to the World Conference against Racism, Racial
Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in September 2001, and to the
preparatory process of the International Conference on Financing for Development
held in March 2002, and in this connection encourages the Special Rapporteur, in
accordance with his mandate, to bring the issue of adequate housing to the
attention of relevant review processes of United Nations conferences and
summits, such as the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the World Food
Summit: five years later, and the special session of the General Assembly on
children, including, where possible, through contributing to and participating
in these events;
3. Encourages the Special Rapporteur to
strengthen the integration of the rights relevant to his mandate into the Global
Campaign for Secure Tenure launched by the United Nations Human Settlements
Programme and into other operational activities of the United Nations system,
notably into processes and initiatives that are oriented towards poverty
reduction, and to develop to this effect a dialogue with Governments, relevant
United Nations bodies, in particular the Programme and the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, specialized agencies, international
organizations, non-governmental organizations and international financial
institutions;
4. Also encourages the Special Rapporteur to
cooperate, in accordance with his mandate, with other rapporteurs,
representatives, experts, notably the independent expert on the question of
human rights and extreme poverty, members and chairpersons of working groups of
the Commission and United Nations bodies, including human rights treaty
bodies;
5. Requests the Special Rapporteur, in the fulfilment of
his mandate:
(a) To give particular emphasis to practical
solutions with regard to the implementation of the rights relevant to his
mandate, on the basis of pertinent information, notably on best practices,
including on domestic legal enforcement of these rights, from Governments,
relevant United Nations agencies and non-governmental
organizations;
(b) To facilitate the provision of technical
assistance;
6. Also requests the Special Rapporteur, within the
limits of his mandate, further to review the interrelatedness of adequate
housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living with other
human rights;
7. Further requests the Special Rapporteur to report
to the Commission at its fifty-ninth session;
8. Requests the
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to support cooperation between
the Special Rapporteur and other rapporteurs, representatives, experts, members
and chairpersons of working groups of the Commission and United Nations bodies,
including human rights treaty bodies, that are relevant to the mandate of the
Special Rapporteur;
9. Requests the Office of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Human Settlements
Programme to strengthen their cooperation and to continue to develop a joint
housing rights programme;
10. Calls upon all
States:
(a) To give full effect to housing rights, including
through domestic development policies at the appropriate level of government and
with international assistance and cooperation, giving particular attention to
the individuals, most often women and children, and communities living in
extreme poverty, and to security of tenure;
(b) To ensure the
observance of all their legally binding national standards in the area of
housing;
(c) To cooperate with the Special
Rapporteur;
(d) To submit to the Special Rapporteur information on
different experiences, notably on best practices, in areas related to his
mandate;
(e) Without distinction of any kind, such as to race,
colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social
origin, property, birth or other status:
(i) To counter social exclusion
and marginalization of people who suffer from discrimination on multiple
grounds, in particular by ensuring non-discriminatory access to adequate housing
for indigenous people and persons belonging to minorities;
(ii) To
promote participation in decision-making processes, in particular at the local
level, when developing an adequate standard of living and housing;
11.
Invites the Programme and the Office of the High Commissioner further to
explore possibilities to support the Special Rapporteur;
12.
Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Special Rapporteur with the
assistance necessary for the execution of his mandate.
.gif){kind=small}
.gif){kind=small}