Organized jointly by
the Poverty and Development Division (PDD) of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) and
the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
with the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE)
and Community Organisations Development Institute (CODI) as collaborating partners

Participants:

Government representatives and experts from Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Delegates from UN-HABITAT, OHCHR, UNESCAP, the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) and various universities.

• Information note for participants
• Report of the meeting
• Overview of a rights-based approach to development, Ms. Wan-Hea Lee, OHCHR [presentation] 161 kb
• Overview of housing rights, Mr. Scott Leckie, Executive Director, COHRE [presentation] 1.7 mb [paper] 425 kb

• Saiban Action Research for Shelter, Pakistan [presentation] 139 kb
• Urban Resource Centre, Pakistan [presentation] 61 kb [paper] 104 kb
• Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council, Philippines [presentation] 1079 kb
• Community Organizers Multiversity, Philippines [presentation] 544 kb [presentation] 1.5 mb [presentation] 89 kb

Panel 2: Innovative practices in housing rights

• Youth for Unity & Voluntary Action (YUVA), India [presentation] 51 kb [paper] 159 kb
• Community Organizations Development Institute (CODI), Thailand [presentation] 12.8 mb

• Royal Princess Hotel [Map] [Website]

Mr Raj Kumar
Chief, Poverty and Development Division
United Nations
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Rajdamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10200, Thailand
Telephone: (662) 288-1610; Fax: (662) 288-3007
E-mail: kumar.unescap@un.org
With copy to: escap-prs@un.org