Addressee: UN-HABITAT, OHCHR

Paragraph #65Session #4 (2005)

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The Forum recommends that UN-Habitat jointly, with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, through the United Nations Housing Rights Programme, organize an expert group meeting in 2006 to review the status of the realization process of indigenous peoples’ housing rights globally, and identify and document best practices and report on the outcome and recommendations of the expert group meeting at the sixth session of the Forum.

Responses

OHCHR reports that the seminar, organized by UN-HABITAT, OHCHR and the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum and funded by the Government of Canada, is to be held in March 2007. Additional information will be provided during the upcoming session of the Permanent Forum.

Final Report of UNPFII Session 4 (2005)

Area of Work

Human rights