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as social security123 and social insurance.124 The Committee has, in some
cases, urged the State to ‘reallocate international development aid and other
resources from non-priority sectors to priority sectors and to ensure that
international development aid is utilised for the progressive realisation of the
rights’125 to achieve an adequate standard of living.
The Committee also highlighted the requirement for the allocation of resources
for the right to housing on many occasions,126 specifically in relation to the
requirement for improving the overall housing situation in many States,
resources required for the implementation of a housing policy targeted at the
most vulnerable groups,127 programmes aimed at granting security of tenancy
and provision of access to credit and housing subsidies,128 and studying the
housing situation in order to understand the needs.129 State resources are also
required for the provision of financial support such as rental subsidies to allow
low-income individuals to access private rental markets.130 The resource
requirement to implement a national housing plan was identified as a priority
in many cases.131 In some earlier cases, the Committee made direct reference
123
CESCR, Concluding observations: Kyrgyzstan, E/C.12/1/Add.49 (1 September 2000),
[20].
124
CESCR, Concluding observations: Bosnia and Herzegovina, E/C.12/BIH/CO/2 (16
December 2013), [21].
125
CESCR, Concluding observations: Congo, E/C.12/COD/CO/4 (16 December 2009), [29].
126
CESCR, Concluding observations: Czech Republic, E/C.12/CZE/CO/2 (23 May 2014),
[16(d)]; CESCR, Concluding observations: Ukraine, E/C.12/UKR/CO/6 (23 May 2014),
[18]; CESCR, Concluding Observations: Estonia, E/C.12/1/Add.85 (19 December 2002),
[45].
127
CESCR, Concluding observations: Lithuania, E/C.12/LTU/CO/2 (23 May 2014), [17];
CESCR, Concluding Observations: Angola E/C.12/AGO/CO/3 (1 December 2008), [30].
128
CESCR, Concluding Observations: Nicaragua, E/C.12/NIC/CO/4 (28 November 2008),
[25].
129
CESCR, Concluding observations: Russian Federation, E/C.12/1/Add.94 (12 December
2003), [55]; CESCR, Concluding observations: Moldova, E/C.12/1/Add.91 (12 December
2003), [45].
130
CESCR, Concluding observations: France E/C.12/FRA/CO/3 (9 June 2008), [44];
CESCR, Concluding Observations: Belgium, E/C.12/BEL/CO/3 (4 January 2008), [34].
131
CESCR, Concluding observations: Cambodia, E/C.12/KHM/CO/1 (12 June 2009), [29];
CESCR, Concluding observations: Congo, E/C.12/COD/CO/4 (16 December 2009), [57];
CESCR, Concluding observations: Chad, E/C.12/TCD/CO/3 (16 December 2009), [27].
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