COHRE ,UPA and the international team of experts call upon all levels of
government in the Philippines to:
Halt all evictions along the railway lines, unless adequate relocation sites
are found with the consent of affected communities;
Ensure that existing relocation sites are safe, secure and healthy, and that
undertakings previously made by government to affected communities are fully
implemented;
Halt all evictions along the waterways in Metro Manila unless domestic and
international housing rights standards are fully complied with;
Invite the Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing to conduct a mission to the
Philippines immediately.
For interviews or additional information please contact:
COHRE:
Dan Nicholson (Coordinator, Asia and Pacific Programme): +63 915 6727 307
(Philippines Mobile) +61 409 328 289 (Australian Mobile), dan@cohre.org
Lisa Giufre (Project Officer): +63 915 6727 307, lisa@cohre.org
UPA:
Teodoro Aana (Deputy Coordinator): +63 921 3745665
International Team of experts:
Phann Sithan (Secretariat Officer, Housing Rights Taskforce, Cambodia): +855 12
707 960, phsithan@yahoo.com
Erna Ratnaningsih (Vice Chairperson, Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation):
+62 215 264 94111, ernarn_tarigan@yahoo.com
Cassandra Goldie (Director, Homelessness Legal Rights Project, University of New
South Wales, Australia): +61 418 851 014
Steve Kahonovitz (Legal Resources Centre, South Africa): +27 8323500962,
steve@lrc.org.za
Charmae Pyl C Nercua (Chairperson, Kaabag sa Sugbo, Cebu, Philippines): +63
92160244144.
COHRE International Secretariat
83 Rue de Montbrillant
1202 Geneva, Switzerland
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