Workshop on housing rights organized by the Commission for Human Rights of the Council of Europe

The Commission for Human Rights of the Council of Europe organized a workshop on housing rights "Housing Rights: Positive duties and enforceable rights" this September in Budapest. Participants will examine how the positive duty of states to ensure these rights can be put into practice without discrimination.
The workshop will bring together key experts representing international organizations, national governments, academia and non-governmental organizations. Following a keynote address by the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Mr Miloon Kothari, the participants will discuss six key themes: the positive duty of states and individual enforceability; quality standards and the definition of adequate housing; forced evictions and security of tenure; non-discrimination and positive measures; sitting tenants in Central and Eastern-Europe and property restitution; and, finally, the monitoring of housing rights.