No harmony without inclusion

The following statement was issued today in Geneva by the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, on the occasion of World Habitat Day

Concerned at evictions, UN calls on Angola to comply with human rights laws

Not only Zimbabwe is executing massive eviction campaigns against informal settlers in Southern Africa. The Angolan government has maintained the same policy “for many years,” a UN human rights official today revealed. He in particular criticised Angola for “violent cases” in the capital Luanda and for not letting him visit the country to make an inspection.