At the beginning of
last month, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing promoted
in Quito, Ecuador, a consultation on experiences of strengthening security of
tenure for the urban poor in Latin America. A similar activity was held in Johannesburg,
South Africa, on May 27th and 28th. There will also be consultations during the
month of June in Sao Paulo and Geneva about Brazilian, European and
humanitarian experiences. After the Johannesburg consultation, Rapporteur
Raquel Rolnik headed to Indonesia, where she is conducting an official mission
between May 30th and June 11th.
* Quito
Consultation
As part of the Security of Tenure project, the Rapporteur hosted in Quito
(Ecuador) on May 11th, a consultation with experts from various Latin American
countries. Find out more about it.
* Johannesburg
Consultation
Also as part of the project, the Rapporteur hosted a second consultation in the
city of Johannesburg (South Africa), in order to learn experiences from the
African continent. Click here to know more.
* Indonesia
Mission
BetweenMay 30th
and June 11th, Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik is visiting Jakarta and other Indonesian cities
at the invitation of the Indonesian government. By the end of the mission, she
will present her preliminary remarks. Read the official press release here.
* Agenda
New consultations for the Security of Tenure project will happen in São Paulo,
onJune 17th, and in Geneva, betweenJune 26th and 28th. More information soon.
This newsletter
is a project of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing and it
does not contain official information. Rapporteur (from May 2008): Raquel
Rolnik
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