A Human RIghts approach to Encampments -
​What does this mean?

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A National Protocol for Homeless Encampments in Canada

(The Shift, Leilani Farha and Kaitlin Schwan) (Apr. 2020)

• Make The Shift
  • ​Push: The Film
  • #PUSHBACK Talks (podcast series)
• Fact sheet 21: The Human Right to Adequate Housing - United Nations and the Rule of Law​​
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights - United Nations​
• Homeless encampments and your Human Rights Handout

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Faced with growing homeless encampments, London, Ont., tries hospitality instead of hostility.
Instead of clearing tent dwellers out, the city has built portable toilets and washing stations, and given people resources to keep their shelters clean and safe.https://t.co/pjAFkoRE5z

— Community Legal Clinic York Region -Jeff Schlemmer (@LegalClinicYR) November 21, 2023

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• ​​​​2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda) - Canada.ca
• Sustainable Development Goals Data Hub - Stats Canada
• ​​The Right to Housing as a Human Right - LawNow.org ​​

• The Regional Municipality of Waterloo v. Persons Unknown and to be ​Ascertained, 2023 ONSC 670 COURT FILE NO.: CV-22-717 DATE: 2023-01-27  (released publicly Jan. 2023)​
• Encampments in Waterloo Region: An Environmental Scan and Recommendations for Best Practices
• ​​On the Right to Adequate Housing - Peter Eglin

• ​​OHRC statement on human rights and encampments and shelter closings (Dec. 2022)​
  
• OHRC statement on human rights and access to cold weather services (Feb. 2023)​
• Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA) Framework (Oct. 2023)​
  • Health and human services
  • Employer policy and programs
  • Advocacy and research
  • Provincial policy and programs
  • Municipal by-laws, polices, programs and services

Image Credit: Unsheltered Campaign - https://civichubwr.org/unsheltered-campaign/

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"“We need a proper sanctioned encampment in Cambridge for our #Cambridge people because they’re our #people, they’re our citizens. They’re our cousins or brothers or fathers or mothers or sisters.” #Unshelteredhttps://t.co/K04Z6RXrlt

— Regan Sunshine Brusse (@ReganBrusse) November 14, 2023

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​​Building Equitable Cities Speaker Series (video below)
​(City of Kitchener)

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More "around here"... 

• Info on Point In Time Counts​
• The Housing First Approach​
• ​​The Criminalization of Homelessness
• Looking more at Unsheltered displacement
• Love, compassion, and positive action!
• Affordable Housing Initiatives Funding 
• Unsheltered Campaign: 2022 Municipal Election Unsheltered Pledge & Town Hall​
• ​Speaking with Bob Jonkman April 13th, 2020 at CKMS 102.7 FM - Topic: Unsheltered needs and COVID-19 Emergency​

Because there must always be music...