GENEVA / SANTIAGO (18 April 2017) – United Nations human rights expert Leilani Farha will carry out a visit to Chile from 20 to 28 April to assess the current housing situation in the country...

GENEVA (5 April 2017) – United Nations experts on cultural rights, housing and extreme poverty today called on the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to immediately halt the planned demolition...

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 23 March 2017 Adopts Eight Other Texts, including on Accountability in Sri Lanka The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted 12 resolutions, in which it extended...

GENEVA (13 March 2017) - Amendments to a local law in Melbourne, Australia, targeting homeless people living on the streets have triggered serious international human rights concern. The proposed...

2 March 2017 Good morning, Thank you for joining me today to highlight a growing phenomenon: the financialization of housing. I have brought this issue to the UN Human Rights Council through my recent...

Geneva (1 March 2017) – A United Nations expert has issued a strong rebuke to the dominance of financial markets in the global housing sector. In her latest report to the UN Human Rights Council, the...

1 March 2017 Mr. President, Distinguished delegates, Representatives from civil society organizations and networks, UN entities and agencies and participants, I am honoured to address the Human Rights...

Summary This report focuses on the “financialization” of housing and its impact on human rights. It examines structural changes in recent years whereby massive amounts of global capital have been...