A/HRC/34/51/Add.1
Report 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, on her
mission to India*
Contents
Page
I.
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................
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II.
Institutional and legal framework..................................................................................................
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III.
Right to adequate housing ............................................................................................................
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A.
National housing policies......................................................................................................
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B.
Homelessness ........................................................................................................................
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C.
Informal settlements and evictions ......................................................................................
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D.
Landlessness and displacement in rural areas ......................................................................
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E.
Land speculation and real estate investment ........................................................................
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F.
Open defecation ....................................................................................................................
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G.
Natural disasters....................................................................................................................
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Discrimination and social exclusion..............................................................................................
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A.
Women..................................................................................................................................
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B.
Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes ..................................................................................
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C.
Homeless people ...................................................................................................................
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D.
Muslims ................................................................................................................................
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E.
Manual scavengers................................................................................................................
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V.
Access to justice ............................................................................................................................
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VI.
Conclusions and recommendations ...............................................................................................
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IV.
* Circulated in the language of submission only.
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