OHCHR - OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE HOUSING  [SEE, also: HUMAN RIGHTS, below]
Revised guidelines regarding the form and contents of States reports to be submitted by States parties under Articles 16 and 17 of the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights : "The Right to Adequate Housing"
Legal sources of the right to adequate housing under international human rights law


Statistics
Human Settlement Statistics

UN-HABITAT II
Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements 
      
       UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON HUMAN SETTLEMENTS (UN-HABITAT II) 3 to 14 June 1996, Istanbul

CURRENT SESSION

UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AGENDA ITEM 25
      Provisional agenda of the General Assembly  
      GENERAL ASSEMBLY DOCUMENT A/57/15
General Assembly Resolutions
Reports of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly     []
    - on Deep Seabed Mining
    - on Large-scale pelagic drift-net fishing, unauthorized fishing in zones of national jurisdiction and on the high seas, fisheries by-catch and discards, and other developments


RECENT REPORTS
Report of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly   [PDF FORMAT]
    
      GENERAL ASSEMBLY Document A/57/57
Strengthening the mandate and status of the Commission on Human Settlements and the status, role and functions of the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) 2001
GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION A/56/206

SPECIAL SESSIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
ISTANBUL +5
GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION   
Final Document - Declaration on Cities and Other Human Settlements in the New Millennium
GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION FOR AN OVER-ALL REVIEW & AND APPRAISAL OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UN-HABITAT AGENDA  6 - 8 June 2001 at UNHQ
     -   Documents of Istanbul +5
UN-HABITAT II
Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements 
      
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON HUMAN SETTLEMENTS (UN-HABITAT II) 3 to 14 June 1996, Istanbul
     - Documents of UN-HABITAT II

UN-HABITAT - UNITED NATIONS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME
Publications 


Global Report on Human Settlements 2001 : Cities in a Globalizing World
State of the World's Cities : 2001
Venice Declaration
    Establishment of the Advisory Committee on Local Authorities
     -  Enabling Resolution of the Commission on Human Settlements   24 January 2000
The Habitat Agenda and Istanbul +5 

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION

UN CHRONICLE
Cities and Slums
A collection of articles from the UN Chronicle

AFRICA RENEWAL
MAGAZINE ARCHIVE PAPERS
Articles on Housing
from "Africa Renewal" MAGAZINE

UNICEF - UNITED NATIONS CHILDRENS FUND
Publications
Publications by Theme

Cities for Children: Children's Rights, Poverty and Urban Management

THE WORLD BANK
Urban Development Publications
Data
Research

MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
1999 : Urban Age

UNEP / IETC - UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME / INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY CENTRE
EST Databases

WHO - WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
INJURIES AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION
Guide to United Nations Resources and Activities for the Prevention of Interpersonal Violence

UN-HABITAT - UNITED NATIONS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME
United Nations Housing Rights Programme
Selected Publications and Papers of the United Nations Housing Rights Programme
Documents on Forced Eviction


Compilation of Selected Adjucation on Housing Rights
Questionnaire on Women and Adequate Housing
Questionnaire to solicit information from States, local authorities, civil society and other stakeholders for the preparation of a study on the topic of women and housing, which the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing will be submitting to the Commission on Human Rights in 2003 pursuant to its resolution 2002/49

OHCHR - OFFICE OF THE UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
  -  See :  "Standards", above

- Fact Sheet No. 21 : The Human Right to Adequate Housing
- Fact Sheet No. 25 : Forced Evictions and Human Rights