Appendix 3: Resources on housing in Aotearoa and the right to a decent home There is a wealth of material on the right to a decent home. Here is a small selection of some resources. Reports of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing Since 2000, the UN Commission on Human Rights (now the UN Human Rights Council) has appointed a Special Rapporteur with a mandate focusing on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living. There have now been four Special Rapporteurs appointed to this role. Ms Farha, Special Rapporteur between 20142020, made a country visit to Aotearoa in March 2020. Her End of Mission Statement on the state of housing in New Zealand can be found here. (At the time of writing, we await the full report). The Guidelines refer to the following reports of Ms Farha: • Key principles of a human rights-based housing strategy (2018 UN General Assembly 37th session) • Guidelines for the Implementation of the Right to Adequate Housing (2020 UN Human Rights Council 43rd session) The complete list of reports of the UN Special Rapporteurs on the right to adequate housing can be found here, including a report on the right to housing of indigenous peoples and a report on the right to housing of persons with disabilities. UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights The independent UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has expressed its 44 Human Rights Commission interpretation of the right to adequate housing: • General Comment 4: The right to adequate housing (art.11 (1)), UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights • General Comment 7: The right to adequate housing: forced evictions (art.11 (1)), UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and UN-Habitat have issued a joint publication on the right to adequate housing: The Right to Adequate Housing (Fact Sheet No. 21 (Rev. 1)). Maastricht Principles on Extraterritorial Obligations of States in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights In 2011, a group of experts in international law and human rights law adopted the Maastricht Principles on Extraterritorial Obligations of States in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The Principles do not establish new elements of human rights law, but clarify extraterritorial obligations of States on the basis of existing international law. For further information see Commentary to the Maastricht Principles on Extraterritorial Obligations of States in the Area of Economic, Social and