In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, José Francisco Calí Tzay, focuses on the enjoyment of human rights by indigenous peoples living in urban areas. He discusses the challenges and opportunities of urbanization with regard to its impact on human rights and provides recommendations on measures necessary to guarantee the full enjoyment of human rights by indigenous peoples living in urban areas, with a view to ensuring the effective and universal implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

QUITO / GENEVA (21 October 2016) – Current perceptions of housing as a commodity, of development at any expense, and the exclusion of the most vulnerable, remain dominant in the global approach to...

Quito, 20 October 2016 Good morning. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is the lead UN agency advocating for, and working on, human rights in all contexts – including in urban...

Spanish GENEVA (13 October 2016) – The UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, Habitat III, which takes place next week, is a unique opportunity to ensure human rights responses...

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GENEVA (22 January 2016) – Two United Nations experts today called on the Government of Pakistan to halt the ongoing construction work of the Orange metro line in Lahore, which has resulted in...

GENEVA (23 November 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Leilani Farha, today urged the Nigerian Government to put an immediate end to the ongoing trend of...

NEW YORK / GENEVA (22 October 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, Leilani Farha, today has challenged governments to go further and commit to bold action to end...