A/HRC/34/51/Add.2
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 Portugal**
Contents
Page
I.
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................
3
A.
Overview .................................................................................................................................
3
B.
Austerity measures...................................................................................................................
4
Legal framework ..............................................................................................................................
6
A.
International human rights law ................................................................................................
6
B.
Constitutional law ....................................................................................................................
6
Right to adequate housing ................................................................................................................
7
A.
Overview .................................................................................................................................
7
B.
National housing policies.........................................................................................................
8
C.
Issues in focus ..........................................................................................................................
10
Discrimination and social exclusion .................................................................................................
15
A.
Roma (Ciganos) .......................................................................................................................
15
B.
People of African descent ........................................................................................................
16
C.
Persons with disabilities...........................................................................................................
16
V.
Access to justice ...............................................................................................................................
17
VI.
Conclusions and recommendations ..................................................................................................
18
II.
III.
IV.
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