Tag Archives: UPR

Our Work at Home is Just Beginning

Posted on November 9, 2010 by homelessnesslaw

“While our work in Geneva is done, our work here at home is just beginning.” Eric Tars, human rights program director at the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty has just returned to the U.S. from the United Nations … Continue reading →

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U.S. Response to Human Rights Review Disappointing

Posted on November 5, 2010 by homelessnesslaw

An update from the Universal Periodic Review in Geneva – Other countries are demanding that the United States take a rights-based approach to issues like housing and education. More than 3/4 of Americans believe that housing is a human right, … Continue reading →

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Live from Geneva! Day 4

Posted on November 5, 2010 by homelessnesslaw

This morning was the main event at the Universal Periodic Review at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, where the U.S. is being held accountable to its human rights obligations by the Human Rights Council. You can watch a webcast … Continue reading →

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Live from Geneva! Day 3

Posted on November 4, 2010 by homelessnesslaw

The United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review (UPR) holds the U.S. accountable to its human rights obligations. Day 3 continued important testimony on human rights violations taking place right now in the U.S., and other countries are clearly taking notice – … Continue reading →

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Live from Geneva! Day 2

Posted on November 3, 2010 by homelessnesslaw

The United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review (UPR) holds the U.S. accountable to its human rights obligations. Today was the main event for housing rights issues in the UPR process. The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty’s own Eric Tars … Continue reading →

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Live from Geneva! Day 1

Posted on November 2, 2010 by homelessnesslaw

This week, Human Rights Program Director Eric Tars is in Geneva, Switzerland for meetings of the United Nations Human Rights Council for the first ever Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United States. The UPR holds the U.S. accountable to … Continue reading →

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World Habitat Day 2010

Posted on October 4, 2010 by homelessnesslaw

Following her mission to the U.S. in 2009, the UN’s top expert on the right to adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, issued a report spotlighting the many failures of the wealthiest country on the planet to secure adequate housing for its … Continue reading →

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Housing: The Number One Human Rights Issue

Posted on June 3, 2010 by homelessnesslaw

Over the past few months, the U.S. government has been holding consultations all across the country to prepare for their participation in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process at the UN Human Rights Council.  We at the Law Center have … Continue reading →

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Words and Pictures: The Human Right to Housing

Posted on April 19, 2010 by homelessnesslaw

Today we submitted a report on housing rights violations to the UN as part of the Universal Periodic Review process.  Trying to squeeze all of the violations of housing rights into ten short pages was tough, but we came out … Continue reading →

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Chicago Blues

Posted on April 15, 2010 by homelessnesslaw

For the past two days, I’ve been in Chicago, participating in one of the final government consultations with community groups in preparation for the U.S. review by the UN Human Rights Council under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) (see earlier … Continue reading →

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