Human Rights

After six years of efforts by human rights attorneys, the Organization of American States held an historic hearing about housing as a human right. The Poor Peoples' Economic Human Rights Campaign, which requested the hearing, along with other groups from the U.S., Brazil and Canada, told the OAS that under international law, governments are not only obligated to respect one's home, but are also required to ensure everyone has safe, clean and permanent housing. All of our countries, including the United States, are falling far short of this standard, the Campaign argued.