52nd Session of the Human Rights Council Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing

CIEL endorses the Special Rapporteur's findings that the climate crisis negatively impacts the right to housing, particularly for marginalized communities, and supports calls for international loss and damage compensation and debt suspension for vulnerable countries. The statement warns against 'green grabbing' and climate gentrification resulting from misguided mitigation and adaptation policies, urging that climate finance and national plans include safeguards to prevent forced evictions and arbitrary displacement.

• The climate crisis impairs the right to adequate housing, with a disproportionate effect on historically marginalized communities.
• CIEL supports the creation of an international mechanism for remedies and compensation for loss and damage, specifically advocating for the rapid resourcing and operationalization of the Loss and Damage Fund established at COP27.
• Debt burdens in climate-vulnerable countries hinder the delivery of public services and the protection of human rights following climate-related loss and damage, making the suspension or cancellation of debt payments after extreme events highly relevant.
• Climate mitigation and adaptation projects, including those funded by international development and climate finance or outlined in Nationally Determined Contributions and National Adaptation Plans, must implement safeguards to avoid 'green grabbing', climate gentrification, forced evictions, and arbitrary displacement.

APA

Center for International Environmental Law (2023). 52nd Session of the Human Rights Council Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CIEL_Statement_Interactive-Dialogue-with-the-UNSR-housing_March-2023.pdf

Chicago

Center for International Environmental Law. 52nd Session of the Human Rights Council Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing. 2023. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CIEL_Statement_Interactive-Dialogue-with-the-UNSR-housing_March-2023.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{centerforinternationalenvironmentallaw202352nd, author = {{Center for International Environmental Law}}, title = {{52nd Session of the Human Rights Council Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing}}, publisher = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2023}, month = mar, url = {https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CIEL_Statement_Interactive-Dialogue-with-the-UNSR-housing_March-2023.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }