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Adequate Housing as a Component of the Right to an Adequate Standard of Living and the Right to Non-Discrimination in This Context

A/HRC/RES/34/9No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 3Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, published in 2017.

What other versions does this mandate have?

8 versions · 2016–2026
This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/61/16
  • 2026A/HRC/RES/61/16Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and the right to non-discrimination in this contextLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2024A/HRC/RES/55/11Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and the right to non-discrimination in this contextCompare with previous version
  • 2023A/HRC/RES/52/10Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living and the right to non-discrimination in this contextCompare with previous version
  • 2022A/HRC/RES/49/17Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and the right to non-discrimination in this contextCompare with previous version
  • 2020A/HRC/RES/43/14Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and the right to non-discrimination in this contextCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 topics
Right to HousingSpecial RapporteursStandard of LivingSustainable Development

What does this mandate say?

10 operative paragraphs
1
Welcomes the work 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 in this context, including the undertaking of country missions;
2
Takes note in particular of the report by the Special Rapporteur on the “financialization of housing” and its impact on human rights;
3
Decides to extend, for a period of three years, the mandate 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 in this context, as set out in Human Rights Council resolutions 15/8 of 30 September 2010 and 25/17 of 28 March 2014;
4
Encourages the Special Rapporteur, in fulfilling the mandate, to submit proposals that could support States in the implementation of the housing-related Sustainable Development Goals and targets and the New Urban Agenda;
5
Notes with appreciation the cooperation extended to the Special Rapporteur by different actors, and calls upon States:
a
To cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur in the discharge of his or her mandate and to respond favourably to his or her requests for information and visits;
b
To enter into a constructive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur with respect to the follow-up to and implementation of his or her recommendations;
6
Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to provide all the resources necessary for the effective fulfilment of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur;
7
Requests the Special Rapporteur to submit an annual report on the implementation of the mandate to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly in accordance with their annual programme of work;
8
Decides to continue its consideration of this matter under the same agenda item.

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