http://www.cohre.org/2008Awards
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Nominations for COHRE’s 2008 Housing Rights Awards – Violator, Protector and Defender – can be made by any person or group in the world.
Despite the widespread recognition of housing rights under international human rights law, violations of housing rights continue to occur on a massive scale. Today over one billion people live in inadequate housing and a further 100 million are homeless on any given night. Millions more are forcibly evicted from their homes every year. Proper implementation of housing rights standards also remains a key challenge.
COHRE’s annual Housing Rights Awards draw attention to some of the world’s worst violators of housing rights and – on a more positive note – to governments, civil society groups and individuals who have shown exceptional commitment to enforcing and securing housing rights for everyone, everywhere.
Each year COHRE presents three types of Housing Rights Award: the Housing Rights Violator Award, the Housing Rights Protector Award (presented to a government or institution) and the Housing Rights Defender Award (presented to an individual).
COHRE welcomes nominations for each of the three annual award categories from any person or institution wishing to submit them. Nominations must
be made using the prescribed nomination forms.
Nomination forms are available at: www.cohre.org/nominations
Completed nominations forms should be sent to: awards2008@cohre.org
