A/69/274 I. Introduction 1. The present 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, is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 15/8 and 25/17. Since the Special Rapporteur took up her mandate on 2 June 2014, the report is preliminary in nature, outlining some of the central opportunities and priorities about which she wishes to consult with States, civil society and other relevant stakeholders as she continues to prepare her plan of work. 2. In this, her first report to the General Assembly, the newly appointed Special Rapporteur shares preliminary observations and reflections on the right to adequate housing globally and ideas on how she intends to address key issues through the mandate. The Special Rapporteur will build upon the valuable work of her predecessors as well as other relevant human rights mechanisms, and will follow up on some key initiatives already under way. At the same time, the Special Rapporteur intends to orient the mandate in new directions to further assist States, civil society and other stakeholders, including private actors, in developing an understanding of what it means to effectively implement the international human right to adequate housing. She aims to emphasize ways in which to address ongoing and emerging challenges, to identify new opportunities and to ensure concrete advances towards the full realization of the right to adequate housing. II. Brief history of the mandate 3. The mandate 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, was established by the Commission on Human Rights at its fifty-sixth session (see resolution 2000/9). 4. At the creation of the mandate, the Commission underlined the cross-cutting nature of the right to adequate housing, situating that right in the context of the rights to an adequate standard of living and to non-discrimination and referring to a range of international human rights instruments recognizing the right to adequate housing. 1 5. In December 2007, the Human Rights Council, in its resolution 6/27, reviewed the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing and decided to extend it for a period of three years. Since then, the mandate has been extended by the Council two more times: in 2010, through resolution 15/8, and in 2014, through resolution 25/17. __________________ 1 14-58890 Resolution 2000/9 referred to, inter alia, article 25.1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 11.1 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, article 27.3 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, article 14.2 (h) of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and article 5 (e) of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. An updated list of international human rights treaties currently applicable would include articles 43.1 (d) and 43.3 of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and articles 9.1 (a), 19 (a) and 28 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 3/20