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Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions
83 Rue Montbrillant 1202 Geneva Switzerland
tel/fax: + 41.22.734.1028 e-mail: sleckie@attglobal.net
www.cohre.org
ISBN 92-95004-00-0
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The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) undertakes a wide variety of
activities supporting the full realisation of the human right to adequate housing for
everyone, everywhere. At the same time, COHRE actively campaigns against forced
evictionswherever they occur or are planned.
In addition to COHRE’s Global Programme, it also carries out six specific programmes
including: COHRE’s Housing Rights Training Programme provides regular on-site
training sessions throughout the world; COHRE’s Refugee and IDP Housing and
Property Restitution Programme promotes housing and property rights of returnees
to their countries of origin; COHRE’s Women’s and Housing Rights Programme
(WHRP) addresses land, property and housing issues linked specifically to women;
The COHRE Asian & Pacific Programme focuses on the Solomon Islands, East Timor
and resistance strategies to eviction; COHRE Africa (CA) provides legal advice and
assistance to African NGOs on housing rights issues and monitors evictions through-
out the region; while COHRE’s Americas Programme (CAP) provides similar legal
assistance, as well as engaging in human rights training and educational activities in
Latin America and the Caribbean promoting compliance with the Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
COHRE’smain objectives
• Promoting the full enjoyment of the human right to adequate housing for
everyone, everywhere.
• Preventing forced evictions and securing restitution or compensation where
evictions cannot be prevented.
• Protecting the housing rights and human rights of vulnerable, disadvantaged and
threatened groups and communities throughout the world.
• Fostering tolerance, social justice, equality and mutual respect for all.
• Strengthening popular education and awareness of international housing rights
standards and the role these can and should play at the local and national levels.

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