Adequate Housing as a Component of the Right to an Adequate Standard of Living, and the Right to Non-Discrimination in This Context

A/HRC/RES/31/9View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, published in 2016.

What other versions does this mandate have?

8 versions · 2016–2026

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/61/16

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/HRC/RES/61/16	Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and the right to non-discrimination in this context	3,173	56%Compare
2024	A/HRC/RES/55/11	Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and the right to non-discrimination in this context	3,063	13%Compare
2023	A/HRC/RES/52/10	Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living and the right to non-discrimination in this context	743	15%Compare
2022	A/HRC/RES/49/17	Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and the right to non-discrimination in this context	2,760	39%Compare
2020	A/HRC/RES/43/14	Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and the right to non-discrimination in this context	1,650	22%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Administration of Justice Homeless Persons Human Rights Policy Right to Housing Standard of Living Sustainable Development Urban Development

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the work of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context, including the undertaking of country missions;

Acknowledges with appreciation in particular the report on homelessness of the Special Rapporteur;⁸

⁸A/HRC/31/54.

Calls upon States to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including target 11.1, which outlines the objective of ensuring access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrading slums, and in this context urges States to adopt, in consultation with relevant stakeholders, inclusive and cross-sectoral strategies that respect, protect and fulfil the human rights of all, and to ensure that these strategies outline clear responsibilities at all levels of government, contain measurable goals, targets and timelines, and include appropriate mechanisms for monitoring and review, with particular emphasis on the needs of persons who are marginalized and most vulnerable;

Also calls upon States to give due consideration to integrating the human right to adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living in the negotiation process and the implementation of the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) and the New Urban Agenda;

Further calls upon States to take all measures necessary to eliminate legislation that criminalizes homelessness and to ensure an effective remedy and the right to access to justice for all for violations in the context of the realization of the right to adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, including measures necessary to ensure that women and persons at risk have equal access to justice;

Calls upon States to take positive measures with a view to prevent and eliminate homelessness by adopting and implementing cross-sectoral strategies that are gender-responsive and based on international human rights law;

Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide all assistance necessary to the Special Rapporteur for the effective fulfilment of his or her mandate;

Notes with appreciation the cooperation extended to date to the Special Rapporteur by different actors, and calls upon States:

To continue to cooperate with the Special Rapporteur in the discharge of his or her mandate and to respond favourably to his or her requests for information and visits;

To enter into a constructive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur with respect to the follow-up to and implementation of his or her recommendations;

Decides to continue its consideration of this matter under the same agenda item.

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