These are letters that were sent by our Global Director, Leilani, during her tenure as Special Rapporteur, over alleged human rights abuses that had occurred, were ongoing, or were at risk of occurring.
In an urgent letter sent to Mayor Cherelle Parker on December 9th, 2024, Philadelphia’s Chinatown community leaders and advocates have raised profound concerns about the proposed 76 Place arena development. The letter details the community’s sustained opposition to the project, which threatens to fundamentally alter the neighborhood’s social, cultural, and economic landscape.
Community members argue that the current arena planning process has systematically excluded their voices, leaving them without meaningful opportunity to participate in decisions that will directly impact their neighborhood. The proposed arena, set to be constructed in the Fashion District adjacent to Chinatown, poses significant risks to the community’s cultural heritage, housing stability, and long-term well-being.
The letter to the Mayor articulates the community’s primary concerns, including potential displacement, cultural disruption, and the erosion of a historic neighborhood that has been a vital center of Philadelphia’s Asian American community for generations.
Mexico: Información recibida en relación con un desalojo forzoso de aproximadamente 24 familias, residentes en un edificio del centro histórico de la Cuidad de México
Blackstone: Concerns over structural changes that have happened in recent years whereby unprecedented amounts of global capital have been invested in housing as security for financial instruments that are traded on global markets.
Information received concerning the impact of Akelius Germany’s business model on the right to housing of tenants in Akelius’ apartment blocks in Berlin and Hamburg, which illustrates the negative impact of financialization of housing in Germany.
Information received concerning the situation faced by leasehold owners in buildings clad with flammable materials, living in unsafe housing and unable to sell their flats and move elsewhere, and those who are required to pay large amounts to have the dangerous cladding removed.
30 April 2020
29 April 2020
27 April 2020
27 April 2020
Impact of the business model of real-estate company Akelius on the human rights of tenants
United Kingdom official responses to letters sent by the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing regarding the business practices of Akelius.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Norther Ireland: Effects of the financialization of housing in the UK.
El Salvador: Información recibida en relación con la situación de las personas sin hogar en El Salvador
India: Information received concerning the persons living in homelessness.
Information received concerning the persons living in homelessness in Nigeria.
Alleged victims: 108,000,000.
February 2020
Information received concerning persons living in homelessness in the United States. Alleged victims: 1,500,000.
December 2019
December 2019
Information received concerning persons living in homelessness in Croatia. Alleged victims: 2,000.
Información recibida sobre la situación de las personas sin hogar en Chile. Alleged victims: 15,000.
Información recibida en relación con la situación de las personas sin hogar, la ausencia de una estrategia nacional para su atención, y la práctica de los desalojos forzosos en Argentina. Alleged victims: 15,253.
December 2019
December 2019
December 2019
Information received concerning homelessness, discrimination with respect to housing, and the practice of forced evictions in Bulgaria. Alleged victims: 500,000.
November 2019
Information received concerning the intended demolition of the Brunaupark housing complex in Zürich, owned by the Credit Suisse Pension Fund, which has reportedly been planned without transparency or consultation with affected residents, and which is to lead to their eviction from their homes, without any offer for adequate compensation or proximate relocation. Alleged victims: 240.
Information received concerning the intended demolition of the Brunaupark housing complex in Zürich, owned by the Credit Suisse Pension Fund, which has reportedly been planned without transparency or consultation with affected residents, and which is to lead to their eviction from their homes, without any offer for adequate compensation or proximate relocation. Alleged victims: 240.
Information received concerning the intended demolition of the Brunaupark housing complex in Zürich, owned by the Credit Suisse Pension Fund, which has reportedly been planned without transparency or consultation with affected residents, and which is to lead to their eviction from their homes, without any offer for adequate compensation or proximate relocation. Alleged victims: 240.
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