Berlin, Germany November 18, 2015 Distinguished participants, I am very pleased to help you launch the European Housing Forum. I am the Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, appointed by the UN...

GENEVA (22 October 2015) – In an open statement* published today, a group of United Nations human rights experts have expressed their strong support for the efforts by governments in Latin America and...

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...

Albanian | Serbian PRISTINA (28 May 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Leilani Farha, today welcomed the inclusion of international human rights law in...

Belgrade, 25 May 2015 Introduction Serbia has gone through several historic events in the last decades, with far reaching consequences for the country. Not only the break-up of the former Yugoslavia...

BELGRADE (26 May 2015) – Serbia has undergone enormous challenges in the last two decades and is currently facing structural adjustment, high unemployment and poverty. All of this has created a...

GENEVA (13 May 2015) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Leilani Farha will visit Serbia, including Kosovo*, from 18 to 28 May 2015 to examine the overall achievements and challenges in realizing the...

GENEVA (16 April 2015) - The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe let politics trump respect for human rights when it issued two convoluted resolutions relating to the plight of homeless...

Street Children Day - Sunday 12 April 2015 GENEVA (10 April 2015) – Speaking ahead of the International Day for Street Children*, two United Nations human rights experts reminded States that every...

GENEVA (20 March 2015) – A group of United Nations human rights experts* called on Vanuatu and the international community to adopt a human rights framework as the basis for recovery in the aftermath...