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A Human Rights Approach: A National Protocol for Homeless Encampments in Canada 
Author(s): Leilani Farha, Kaitlin Schwan
Organization: UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing
Publication Date: 2020
As COVID-19 shines a light on the crisis of homelessness in Canada, the plight of those living in homeless encampments has emerged as an urgent issue. This Protocol outlines eight Principles to guide governments and other stakeholders in adopting a rights-based response.
Guidelines for the Implementation of the Right to Adequate Housing
Author(s): Leilani Farha
Organization: United Nations 
Publication Date: 2020
The Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context, Leilani Farha, submits the present report pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 15/8 and 34/9. The report contains Guidelines for the Implementation of the Right to Adequate Housing, focusing on the key requirements of effective rights-based responses to emerging challenges. The c...
Adequate Housing as a Component of the Right to an Adequate Standard of Living, and the Right to Non-Discrimination in this Context
Author(s): Leilani Farha
Organization: United Nations General Assembly
Publication Date: 2019
The present report, the Special Rapporteur examines the issue of the right to housing of indigenous peoples. The Special Rapporteur finds that housing conditions for indigenous peoples around the world are overwhelmingly abhorrent and too often violate the right to adequate housing, depriving them of their right to live in security and dignity. The report contains guidance for States, indigenous authorities and other actors on how to ensure that...
National Right To Housing Strategy Act - Draft Legislation
Author(s): Leilani Farha, Anita Khanna, Alex Neve, Emily Paradis, Bruce Porter, Tim Richter
Publication Date: 2018
Draft legislation prepared by legal scholars and civil society experts that offers suggestions on how the right to housing could be incorporated into the proposed National Housing Strategy legislation, consistent with international human rights law, and including mechanisms through which people affected by homelessness and inadequate housing can bring complaints about systemic violations and require the government to respond.
Open Letter on the Right to Housing
Author(s): Leilani Farha, Anita Khanna, Alex Neve, Emily Paradis, Bruce Porter, Tim Richter
Publication Date: 2018
At a press conference in Ottawa on August 14, advocates released an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signed by over 170 organizations and prominent Canadians urging the Prime Minister to make good on his commitment to the right to housing by enshrining that right in upcoming National Housing Strategy legislation. The letter was penned by Amnesty International Canada, Campaign 2000: End Child and Family Poverty in Canada, Canada Withou...
National Right To Housing Strategy Act - Draft Legislation
Author(s): Leilani Farha, Anita Khanna, Alex Neve, Emily Paradis, Bruce Porter, Tim Richter
Publication Date: 2018
Draft legislation prepared by legal scholars and civil society experts that offers suggestions on how the right to housing could be incorporated into the proposed National Housing Strategy legislation, consistent with international human rights law, and including mechanisms through which people affected by homelessness and inadequate housing can bring complaints about systemic violations and require the government to respond.
Open Letter on the Right to Housing
Author(s): Leilani Farha, Anita Khanna, Alex Neve, Emily Paradis, Bruce Porter, Tim Richter
Publication Date: 2018
At a press conference in Ottawa on August 14, advocates released an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signed by over 170 organizations and prominent Canadians urging the Prime Minister to make good on his commitment to the right to housing by enshrining that right in upcoming National Housing Strategy legislation. The letter was penned by Amnesty International Canada, Campaign 2000: End Child and Family Poverty in Canada, Canada Withou...
Report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context
Author(s): Leilani Farha
Organization: UN Human Rights Council
Publication Date: 2016
The present report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to nondiscrimination in this context, is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 15/8 and 25/17. Homelessness is a global human rights crisis that demands an urgent global response. It is occurring in all socioeconomic contexts — in developed, emerging and developing economies...
Women and Housing in Canada: Barriers to Equality
Author(s): Maureen Callaghan, Leilani Farha, Bruce Porter
Publication Date: 2002
There has been too little analysis of homelessness as a women's issue or consideration of various programs and responses to homelessness from the standpoint of the particular barriers facing women in meeting their housing needs. The goal of this research project is to consider homelessness from this neglected perspective, to facilitate collaboration among women in order to address some of the important omissions and failures of current federal pr...