The Right to Housing as an Aspect of the Right to an Adequate Standard of Living – Article 25(1)
Jessie Hohmann,'The Right to Housing as an Aspect of the Right to an Adequate Standard of Living – Article 25(1)' in Humberto Cantú Rivera (ed) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: A Commentary, Forthcoming
19 Pages Posted: 8 Apr 2020
Date Written: December 13, 2018
Abstract
This chapter considers the right to housing as an element of the right to an adequate standard of living under Article 25(1) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). It tracks the important issues raised during the negotiation of the Declaration, and offers an analysis of the provision as it relates specifically to housing. The chapter then considers the elaboration of a right to housing in key international, regional and domestic laws. Finally, it analyses the legal right in light of some key major challenges – both noting those which have been overcome, and those which must still be met.
Keywords: Right to Housing, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, International Bill of Rights
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