The human right to adequate housing

• United Nations Fact Sheet N° 21 on the right to housing
• United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights General Comment No. 3 on the nature of States parties' obligations (art.2 (1))
• United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights General Comment No. 4 on right to adequate housing (art.11 (1)) (English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Chinese)
• United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights  General Comment No. 7 on the right to adequate housing: forced evictions (art.11 (1)) (English, French, Russian, Spanish, Chinese and Arabic)
• Click here for an overview of international instruments related to housing rights

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