BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph

Cities with 'Slums' : from informal settlement eradication to a right to the city in Africa / Huchzermeyer, Marie, viii, 296 p.. - Claremont, South Africa : UCT Press, 2011.

ISBN 978-1-91989-539-0

LANGUAGE: ENG

ABSTRACT: Contents: Introduction Part One: THE URBAN CONTEXT IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM Informal settlements, global governance and Millennium Development Goal Seven Target Urban competitiveness or improving poor people’s lives: why ‘Cities Without Slums’? Informal settlements in the discourse on urban informality Part 2: ‘SLUM’ ERADICATION IN ACTION ‘Slum’ elimination in Zimbabwe and Nigeria South Africa’s drive to eradicate informal settlements by 2014 Flagship ‘slum’ eradication pilot projects: flaws and controversies in the N2 Gateway in Cape Town and Kibera-Soweto in Nairobi Part 3: THE STRUGGLE AGAINST ‘SLUM’ ERADICATION IN SOUTH AFRICA A new target-driven upgrading agenda: space for rights-based demands? A challenge to legal regression in the KwaZulu-Natal Elimination and Prevention of Re-emergence of Slums Act of 2007 A challenge to the state’s avoidance of upgrading: the Harry Gwala informal settlement Towards a right to the city

INDEX WORDS:
* fattigdom = poverty = köyhyys
* författningsdomstol = constitutional court = valtiosääntötuomioistuin
* slumområden = slums = slummit

GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Zimbabwe / Nigeria

URL http://www.uctpress.co.za/catalogue/itemdisplay.jsp?item_id=9956&nav_id=2009&tier_id=3723&qsHasChildren=true

BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: unpublished document

Beyond bulldozing : is slum upgrading a means to realise the right to adeqaute housing? / Bell, Christina, 100 p.. - Padua : Padua Univ., 2012.

LANGUAGE: ENG

INDEX WORDS:
* lämplig bostad = adequate housing = sopiva asunto
* mänskliga rättigheter = human rights = ihmisoikeudet
* slumområden = slums = slummit
* vräkning = eviction = häätö
* ESK-rättigheter = ESC rights = TSS-oikeudet
* verkställande = enforcement = toteuttaminen
* författning/grundlag = constitution = perustuslaki/valtiosääntö
* rättsfall/rättspraxis = cases/case law = oikeustapaukset/oikeuskäytäntö

GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Kenya

NOTE (THESIS): (EMA thesis) European Master's Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation Åbo Akademi University. Department of Law, 2012, (at University of Padua);

NOTE (GENERAL): UDHR; ECHR; ESC; CERD; ICESCR; AMR; European convention on the legal status of migrant workers; CEDAW; ACHPR; CRC; African charter on the rights and welfare of the child; Millennium declaration;

BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph

The right to housing : law, concepts, possibilities / Hohmann, Jessie, x, 276 p.. - Oxford : Hart publ., 2013.

ISBN 978-1-84946-153-5

LANGUAGE: ENG

ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. Introduction. The Right to Housing: Law, Concepts, Possibilities. PART I: LAW:. 1. The Right to Housing in the International Bill of Rights. 2. The Right to Housing in Subject-Specific International Conventions. 3. The Right to Housing in Regional Covenants. 4. The Right to Housing as a Constitutional Right: South African and Indian Experiences. 5. The De-radicalised Right to Housing: An Assessment of Interpretive Failings. PART II CONCEPTS:. 6. Privacy. 7. Identity. 8. Space. PART III: POSSIBILITIES:. 9. Possibilities, Politics, Law.

INDEX WORDS:
* flyktingar = refugees = pakolaiset
* autonomi = autonomy = autonomia
* barn = children = lapset
* medborgarskap = citizenship = kansalaisuus
* demokrati = democracy = demokratia
* diskriminering = discrimination = syrjintä
* jämlikhet = equality = tasa-arvo
* Europeiska kommittén för sociala rättigheter = European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) = (Euroopan) sosiaalisten oikeuksien komitea
* familjevåld = domestic violence = perheväkivalta
* hemlösa = homeless persons = kodittomat
* fattigdom = poverty = köyhyys
* rätt till bostad = right to housing = oikeus asuntoon
* slumområden = slums = slummit
* kvinnor = women = naiset
* rösträtt = right to vote = äänioikeus
* europeiska domstolen för de mänskliga rättigheterna = European Court of Human Rights = Euroopan ihmisoikeustuomioistuin
* rättsfall/rättspraxis = cases/case law = oikeustapaukset/oikeuskäytäntö
* interamerikanska kommissionen för de mänskliga rättigheterna = Inter-American Commission on Human Rights = Inter-Amerikkalainen ihmisoikeustoimikunta

NOTE (GENERAL): UDHR; ICESCR-11; CRC; ICCPR; ECHR; ADRD; AMR-11; Arab charter on human rights-38; CEDAW; ACHPR;

URL http://www.hartpub.co.uk/BookDetails.aspx?ISBN=9781849461535

BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: unpublished document

Kvinnors rätt till vatten och sanitet i slumområden : en analys av det internationella regelverket och dess implementering i Kenya / West, Pamela, iv, 91 p.. - Turku/Åbo : Åbo Akademi Univ., 2014.

LANGUAGE: ENG

INDEX WORDS:
* kvinnor = women = naiset
* rätt till vatten = water ownership rights = oikeudet veteen
* staternas förpliktelser = obligations of states = valtioiden velvollisuudet
* CEDAW Committee = CEDAW Committee = CEDAW Committee
* lämplig bostad = adequate housing = sopiva asunto
* rätt till hälsa = right to health = oikeus terveyteen
* icke-diskriminering = non-discrimination = syrjintäkielto
* rätt till föda = right to food = oikeus ravintoon
* fattigdom = poverty = köyhyys
* slumområden = slums = slummit
* rätt till liv = right to life = oikeus elämään
* ESK-rättigheter = ESC rights = TSS-oikeudet

GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Kenya

NOTE (THESIS): Master's thesis in public international law, ÅAU, Institute for Human Rights, 2014

NOTE (GENERAL): ACHPR; CEDAW; ICESCR; ICCPR; ACHPR-OP;

LIBRARY LOCATION: IMR

SHELF CODE: seminarierummet