Applying the indivisibility approach, the Special Rapporteur has in his subsequent reports chosen to focus on specific themes: discrimination and segregation in housing and civic services, and the impact of globalization on the realization of housing rights (E/CN.4/2002/59); water and sanitation, indicators in the context of the Millennium Development Goals and a summary of the first three years of work (E/CN.4/2003/5); forced evictions (E/CN.4/2004/48); and homelessness and its causes and consequences (E/CN.4/2005/48).1 The current report attempts to follow up on and draw conclusions from six years of work, highlighting progress made, issues of particular concern and areas where particular attention should be paid by Governments, United Nations and other international bodies in the future.
Applying the indivisibility approach, the Special Rapporteur has in his subsequent reports chosen to focus on specific themes: discrimination and segregation in housing and civic services, and the impact of globalization on the realization of housing rights (E/CN.4/2002/59); water and sanitation, indicators in the context of the Millennium Development Goals and a summary of the first three years of work (E/CN.4/2003/5); forced evictions (E/CN.4/2004/48); and homelessness and its causes and consequences (E/CN.4/2005/48). The current report attempts to follow up on and draw conclusions from six years of work, highlighting progress made, issues of particular concern and areas where particular attention should be paid by Governments, United Nations and other international bodies in the future.