Residential slums between the human right to housing Standards for adequate housing

• Main Author: rakeb ALhamawe
• Format: Article
• Language: Arabic
• Published: University of Mosul College of Law 2020-10-01
• Series: الرافدین للحقوق
• Subjects: random housing; decent housing; international standards; legal nature
• Online Access: https://alaw.mosuljournals.com/article_166858_2568a5743f31afd43405c70ed2f0b48f.pdf

<strong>The number of people living in slums is estimated to be about one billion people living in inadequate housing, living under extremely poor living conditions, and most of them lack security of tenure, which makes them vulnerable to forced evictions and other human rights violations, and are often denied access to safe drinking water and Sanitation, education and healthcare  services.                                                                                       </strong> <br /><strong>The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has affirmed that the right to adequate housing cannot be interpreted narrowly. Rather, it should be viewed as the right to live somewhere in safety, peace and dignity, as the right to adequate housing includes many freedoms and rights, foremost among which are Individual protection from forced evictions and the arbitrary destruction and demolition of his home, and the individual's right not to be subjected to arbitrary interference with his home, private life and family affairs, as well as the right of the individual to choose his place of residence and to determine his place of living and freedom of movement, and it must provide adequate housing more than Just four walls and a roof. Rather, a number of conditions must be met before certain forms of housing can be considered ((decent housing)), as human housing must meet, at a minimum, a number of criteria represented by security of tenure, availability of services, facilities and infrastructure, as well as Affordability, habitability, convenience to meet needs, and finally, culturally appropriate.</strong>