Tag Archives: Human Right to Housing

Homelessness & Human Rights Day

Posted on December 10, 2012 by homelessnesslaw

December 10 is Human Rights Day, a global day of recognition of the basic rights that are fundamental to all human beings.  At the Law Center, we’re taking the opportunity to update our report card on U.S. compliance with the … Continue reading →

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Reflections on the Human Right to Housing

Posted on November 19, 2012 by homelessnesslaw

For the last three months, I’ve gotten to live in D.C. and work for the organization that inspired me to go to law school. Sure, that sounds like a white lie you tell your boss to get brownie points, but … Continue reading →

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The Return of the Rapporteur

Posted on October 31, 2012 by homelessnesslaw

Three years to the week since her six-city mission to the U.S., the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, returned to the U.S. to present her report on the financialization of housing to the UN … Continue reading →

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