Miloon Kothari, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, highlighted that the very serious situation in Brazil with respect to homelessness, landlessness, housing deficit and housing inadequacy results from the historic discrimination against the black community and indigenous people, and the marginalization of the poor.
The Special Rapporteur carried out a mission to Brazil upon the invitation of the Brazilian Government from May 30 to June 12. The purpose of the mission was evaluating the fulfilment of the right to housing in the country. On the occasion, Social Watch joined the Special Rapporteur’s visits.
The mission had a very high impact due to the disposition of all actors involved in the issue of housing and their willingness to actively participate in it.
The itinerary included visits to urban and rural areas in and around São Paulo, Brasília, Formosa, Alcântara, Rio de Janeiro, Fortaleza, Salvador, Recife, and indigenous communities in Bertioga The mission carried out meetings with civil society organizations and with municipal, state and federal government representatives, as well as public hearings in all the visited cities. [Full article]
More information
>Preliminary Observations by the Special Rapporteur (doc format)
>Report on the Mission, by Graciela Dede, Social Watch (doc format)
>Joint Declaration On the respect of the Quilombos communities’ human rights (doc format)
Related links
>Pólis- Assessoria, Formaçao y Estudos em Politicas Sociais (in portuguese)
>DHESC Brasil (in portuguese)
>Fórum Nacional de Reforma Urbana (in portuguese)
>Estatuto da Cidade (in portuguese)
>Ministério das Cidades (in portuguese)
>Conferência das Cidades (in portuguese)
>UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing
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