International Recognition Of Human Rights Essay

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The international recognition of the right to adequate housing has been set back since the adoption of the Universal Declaration, and it has been growing more robust ever since. This type of right is considered to be important since it becomes one of the elements of the right to adequate standard of living, which would never be achieved without fulfilling the right to housing. In addition to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, many of the subsequent international instruments have been adopted by the international community. The most comprehensive article on the right to housing under the international human rights instruments is article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the ICESCR), adopted in 1966 (UN Documents, 1966). As other economic and social rights, the right to housing is subjected to a progressive realization, which means that a state has to achieve the fulfilment of this right progressively. Besides the ICESCR, many of human rights instruments have also recognized this right; therefore, the international recognition of the right to housing is undebatable. However, the housing conditions, both …show more content…

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