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Principle 6: Ensure encampments meet basic needs of residents consistent with human rights. Canadian governments must ensure, at a minimum, that basic adequacy standards are ensured in homeless encampments while adequate housing options are negotiated and. A/HRC/43/43, para 36. A/73/310/Rev.1, para 26. secured.
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Feb 13, 2024 · What has emerged is a clear picture of a two-fold human rights crisis. First, encampment residents are at dire risk of harm due to the failure to uphold their basic rights. Second, the encampments exist only because of a larger, systemic failure to uphold the right of all people to adequate housing without discrimination.
Office of the Federal Housing Advocate, Canadian Human Rights Commission. 344 Slater Street, 8th Floor, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1E1. Toll Free: 1-888-214-1090 | TTY: 1-888-643-3304 | Fax: 613-996-9661 | www.housingchrc.ca. This report is part of a series of reports on encampments commissioned by the Office of the Federal Housing Advocate (OFHA).
Feb 13, 2024 · “Encampments represent an effort by people who are unhoused to claim their human rights and meet their most basic needs,” says Houle’s report. “Canada has the capacity to solve this crisis.
This research confirmed a human rights crisis, including a violation of Indigenous rights, of encampments is unfolding in communities across Canada. An interim report was released in the fall of 2023 with further engagement. The Advocate’s review was guided by the principles of a human rights-based approach.
human rights obligations of all levels of government while identifying the gaps in implementation and proposing human rights-based solutions related to encampments. Since the Review was launched on February 23, 2023, the Advocate has engaged in a number of events across the country to hear directly from encampment residents and local community
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Meaningfully engage with encampment residents. 3. Treat encampment residents with dignity and respect. 4. Uphold the rights of Indigenous Peoples. 5. Provide for encampment residents’ basic needs. 6. Uphold encampment residents’ right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental.
