A/HRC/RES/25/17
2.
Acknowledges with appreciation in particular the report of the Special
Rapporteur on security of tenure for the urban poor3 and the guiding principles on security
of tenure for the urban poor as laid out therein, and encourages States to take these
guidelines into account when planning and implementing measures to improve the security
of tenure for the urban poor;
3.
Reaffirms that States have the primary responsibility to ensure the full
realization of all human rights and to endeavour to take steps, individually and through
international assistance and cooperation, especially economic and technical, to the
maximum of their available resources, with a view to progressively achieving the full
realization of the right to housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of
living by all appropriate means, including in particular the adoption of legislative measures;
4.
Calls upon States to give due consideration to the human right to adequate
housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and to issues related
to universal access to decent and sustainable housing in the elaboration of the post-2015
development agenda;
5.
Decides to extend, for a period of three years, 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, as set out in Human Rights
Council resolution 15/8 of 30 September 2010;
6.
Notes the work on the basic principles and guidelines on development-based
evictions and displacement and the need to continue to work on them, including through
consultations with States and other stakeholders;
7.
Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights to provide all necessary assistance to the Special Rapporteur for the
effective fulfilment of his or her mandate;
8.
Notes with appreciation the cooperation extended to date to the Special
Rapporteur by different actors, and calls upon States:
(a)
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;
(b)
To enter into a constructive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur with
respect to the follow-up to and implementation of his or her recommendations;
9.
Decides to continue its consideration of this matter under the same agenda
item.
55th meeting
28 March 2014
[Adopted without a vote.]
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A/HRC/25/54.
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