Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Homeless in America
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Homeless in America: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-3BsB3-s9o
Greetings,
The aboveis a short German film about St Petersburg's Homeless issues. More and more the conversation and the focus of America's homeless issues are held up to international scutiny. In the richest country in the world, why are some many people sleeping on the streets?
The homeless issue is quickly becoming an issue of human rights.Housing for all, is a human right, covered by Article 25 in the United Nations Charter.
We must began to see housing as a Human Right, and not as we currently see it as a commodity.
Recently, I was invited to attend a Town Hall Meeting in Washington DC, in which I gave oral testimony to the Special Rapportuer on adequate housing for the United Nations, Her excellency Raquel Rolnik.
In this testimony I explored the criminalization of homelessness and it's effect on housing each American citizen. This testimony, to be submitted to the General Assembly in March of 2010, is contained below.
I encourage those interested to compare other countries responses to homelessness and to make adjustments accordingly.
Greetings,
The aboveis a short German film about St Petersburg's Homeless issues. More and more the conversation and the focus of America's homeless issues are held up to international scutiny. In the richest country in the world, why are some many people sleeping on the streets?
The homeless issue is quickly becoming an issue of human rights.Housing for all, is a human right, covered by Article 25 in the United Nations Charter.
We must began to see housing as a Human Right, and not as we currently see it as a commodity.
Recently, I was invited to attend a Town Hall Meeting in Washington DC, in which I gave oral testimony to the Special Rapportuer on adequate housing for the United Nations, Her excellency Raquel Rolnik.
In this testimony I explored the criminalization of homelessness and it's effect on housing each American citizen. This testimony, to be submitted to the General Assembly in March of 2010, is contained below.
I encourage those interested to compare other countries responses to homelessness and to make adjustments accordingly.
Labels: FL PPEHRC, GW Rolle, Homelessness, Pinellas County, St. Petersburg, UN Special Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik, United Nations Human Rights Council
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