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of standards of compliance — reasonableness, progressive realization and maximum
available resources — will now be gradually clarified.
77. The Special Rapporteur is interested in building on these significant
opportunities at the domestic and international levels. She will identify areas in
which support and guidance are needed by Governments, courts, advocates, rights
claimants and human rights institutions, with a view to supporting ongoing work at
the national and international levels in this regard.
78. To this end, the Special Rapporteur expects to devote a thematic report to the
issue of access to justice in relation to the right to housing. In so doing, the Special
Rapporteur hopes to: (a) assess and document barriers to acc ess to justice
experienced by claimants; (b) consult with government authorities, judges and a
broad range of experts on strategic litigation about challenges in ensuring access to
justice; and (c) promote research and statistical analysis with a view to p roviding
reliable evidence and indicators of compliance.
79. The Special Rapporteur wishes to organize an expert consultation as well as an
open public consultation to obtain views and contributions from all relevant
stakeholders about these issues. Given their relevance, she wishes to engage
particularly with the judiciary and international associations of lawyers and judges.
E.
Subnational governments
80. As noted above, authority over laws, programmes and services necessary to
the implementation of the right to adequate housing is often spread among various
levels of government and other actors. During her mandate, the Rapporteur will
assess, in the context of the wide range of systems of government, how all levels of
government can work effectively together to implement the State’s housing rights
obligations. She will also endeavour to provide guidance to enhance the capacity of
subnational governments to deal with the components of the right to adequate
housing that fall within their authority.
81. The Special Rapporteur will also conduct research into mechanisms that
ensure that diverse actors can be held accountable for their role in the
implementation of State obligations and that promote effective interaction between
national and subnational governments in the realization of the right to adequate
housing.
82. The Rapporteur anticipates that her work to clarify the obligations of various
levels of government may shed light on practical issues regarding the human rights
responsibilities of non-State actors, such as private landlords, construction and real
estate companies, and service and utility providers, responsible for assisting States
and subnational governments in the provision and management of housing, as well
as in the provision of the utilities and services necessary to ensure the quality and
habitability of housing. In this regard, she will draw on the work of her predecessors
as well as that of other special procedures, such as the thematic report of the Special
Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation on the
participation of non-State service providers in water and sanitation service
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