National perspectives on housing rights / / edited by Scott Leckie.

• Superior document: International Studies in Human Rights ; Volume 78
• TeilnehmendeR: Leckie, Scott,
• Place / Publishing House: The Hague : : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,, [2003]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Series: International studies in human rights ; Volume 78.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

More than one billion people around the world do not have adequate housing. How far does human rights law help to remedy this problem? What measures must governments take to protect people against housing rights violations? What are the strengths and weaknesses of human rights law in the housing area? Is the current law enough, or are new laws necessary? These and many other questions are addressed in the various chapters contained in National Perspectives on Housing Rights . While most coverage of economic, social and cultural rights has tended to focus on international standards and principles, this book examines the more challenging question of how housing rights are implemented at the national and local level. Chapters from recognised housing rights practitioners from Brazil, Canada, India, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Philppines, South Africa, the US and elsewhere provide some of the first national-level legal analyses of the implementation of housing rights standards recognised under international law. A foreword by Nelson Mandela and a preface by international legal scholar Professor Philip Alston provide interesting perspectives on the fundamental role of housing rights within the broader human rights field.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Part I. General Issues -- Chapter 1. Where It Matters Most: Making International Housing Rights Meaningful at the National Level -- Chapter 2. History, Pre-History and the Right to Housing in International Law -- Part II. National Perspectives on Housing Rights -- Asia and the Pacific -- Chapter 3. The Right to Adequate Housing in the Philippines -- Chapter 4. The Right to Housing in Australia -- The Americas -- Chapter 5. The Right to Adequate Housing in Canada -- Chapter 6. The Case for a Right to Housing in the United States -- Chapter 7. Housing Rights in Honduras: Plenty of Rights, No Housing -- Chapter 8. Housing Rights in Brazil -- Africa -- Chapter 9. Justiciability of the Right to Housing - the South African Experience -- Chapter 10. The Kenyan Perspective on Housing Rights -- Europe -- Chapter 11. Protection of the Right to Housing in Finland -- Chapter 12. Housing Rights in Malta -- Chapter 13. Housing Rights in Ireland -- Annex 1: Legal Sources of Housing Rights -- Annex 2: Selected Housing Rights Bibliography -- Subject Index -- International Studies in Human Rights.