– THE POWER OF INCLUSION
SUSTAINABLE & ADEQUATE HOUSING: A QUESTION OF HUMAN DIGNITY AND POLICY REFORM
By Jeswynn Yogaratnam
The theme this year on ‘INCLUSION’ can be extended to the built environment sector on sustainable homes for refugee and asylum seeker communities.
“The World Refugee Day 2021 theme is inclusion, which emphasizes the advantages to both refugees and their host countries of integrating refugee populations into national health, education, and employment systems”
World Refugee Day | United Nations
UNHCR – World Refugee Day 2021 – Toolkit (PDF)
The UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner noted that: Equal and non-discriminatory access to adequate housing OHCHR | Home
Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
“Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care…”
Universal Declaration of Human Rights | United Nations
Australian Human Rights Commission
Immigration detention and human rights | Australian Human Rights Commission
Refugee Housing | Tag | ArchDaily
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