Disseminating Practical and Operational Tools to Promote Monitor and Implement the Human Right to Adequate Housing

Abstract

It is striking the huge gap between the dimension of adequate housing as a fundamental human right recognized by various international treaties and conventions and the real and effective incorporation of such concept in public policy developed by governments at all levels of the public administration and in the practices developed by different actors involved in housing programs and urban planning. By assuming the post of UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, professor Raquel Rolnik decided to dedicate efforts in this direction, to make public and accessible to various actors of society the tools and documents already produced by the International Rapporteur. For this purpose, she placed the matter on the agenda of research and extension developed at the School of Architecture and Urbanism of this University. The sub-theme chosen for the development of activities were the removals and forced evictions resulting from projects of infrastructure and urbanization. The material produced is presented as a guide and a leaflet, with a clear and accessible language, for the technicians of the public sector, non-governmental organizations, movements struggling for housing, students and teachers who work with the theme.