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Housing, Land and Property (HLP)
Shelter Meeting 2012
Geneva 24 May 2012
Housing, Land and Property Working Group
Presentation Structure
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Background on HLP
Emergency Shelter and HLP Issues
Some Lessons Learned
Way Forward
Housing, Land and Property Working Group
Who we are
Protection Cluster Area of Responsibility (AoR)
 Aim: more predictable, accountable and effective
response to HLP issues
 2012-13: support to field and partnership with the
emergency shelter cluster
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Food and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO)
 Geneva International Centre
for Humanitarian Demining
(GICHD)
 International Committee of
the Red Cross (ICRC)
 Internal Displacement
Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
 Office for the High
Commissioner for Human
Rights (OHCHR)
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International Development
Law Organisation (IDLO)
 International Federation of
the Red Cross and Red
Crescent (IFRC) - representing
the Shelter Cluster
 International Organisation
for Migration (IOM)
 Norwegian Refugee Council
(NRC)
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UNDP’s Bureau of Crisis
Preparedness and Response
(BCPR) – representing the
Rule of Law AoR
 United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR)
 United Nations Human
Settlements Programme (UNHABITAT)
 UN Mine Action Service –
representing the Mine Action
AoR
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Housing, Land and Property Working Group
Some of the places we work…
Afghanistan
Burundi
Colombia
Cote d’Ivoire
DRC
Haiti
Iraq
Indonesia
Kyrgyzstan
Liberia
Libya
Myanmar
Pakistan
Serbia
Somalia
South Sudan
South Pacific
Housing, Land and Property Working Group
What are HLP rights?
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Origins are in housing rights movement
Now include the full range of residential, land
and natural resource rights in IHL and global
standards (respect, protect, fulfil)
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Include statutory, customary and informal rights
Housing, Land and Property Working Group
Why HLP matters
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Conflict: land a root cause of
displacement and violent conflict
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Risk Reduction: poor land-use
increases exposure to hazards
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Humanitarian Operations: access
to land and security of tenure critical for
emergency shelter programming
Housing, Land and Property Working Group
HLP & Emergency Shelter Issues
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Assessment – inclusion and analysis
(Libya, Haiti, Pakistan 2010-11)
Emergency Shelter Strategy – HLP
issues incorporated? (Philippines, Haiti)
 Host Families – insecure rights of host
family (Pakistan 2009)
 Collective Centres – residual caseload
often due to HLP issues (2004 tsunami)
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Housing, Land and Property Working Group
HLP & Emergency Shelter Issues
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Eligible Beneficiaries – documentation required by
Govt or Donor (various countries)
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Access to land – sites for emergency or transitional
shelter (Gujarat 2001, Pakistan 2005, Haiti)
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Rubble Removal – whose rubble? who removes it?
when? (Pakistan 2005, Haiti)
 Abandoned land & property – role in broader
shelter strategy under-developed (Kosovo, Bouganville, PNG)
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Secondary Occupation – good faith versus
deliberate strategy? (Kosovo)
Housing, Land and Property Working Group
HLP & Emergency Shelter Issues
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Informal rights holders – squatters,
informal settlements, renters (Gujarat 2001, Haiti)
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Evictions – new demand for emergency shelter
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Unsafe Land/Landlessness – risk
(Afghanistan, Cambodia, Rwanda, etc.)
assessment, resettlement
Pakistan 2010-11, Phils 2012)
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(Gujarat 2001, Pakistan 2005,
Handover – what kind of documentation/
rights to emergency shelter? (Aceh 2004, Iraq)
Housing, Land and Property Working Group
Shelter & HLP: Some Lessons
Ignoring land issues is not an option –
incorporate into response strategy
 Significant awareness and practical
experience in shelter cluster
 Emergency shelter can help secure HLP
rights (positive and negative)
 Urban contexts increase complexity, but
some rural approaches still valid
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Housing, Land and Property Working Group
Way Forward
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Increased collaboration at the global level
2012-13 HLP Work Programme
Closer operational working relationship at
the field level
 Expanding the roster of HLP and Shelter
experts
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Housing, Land and Property Working Group
Thank You!
Szilard Fricska
Chair, Housing, Land and Property AoR
[email protected]
Food and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO)
 Geneva International
Centre for Humanitarian
Demining (GICHD)
 International Committee of
the Red Cross (ICRC)
 Internal Displacement
Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
 Office for the High
Commissioner for Human
Rights (OHCHR)

International Development
Law Organisation (IDLO)
 International Federation of
the Red Cross and Red
Crescent (IFRC) representing the Shelter
Cluster
 International Organisation
for Migration (IOM)
 Norwegian Refugee
Council (NRC)

UNDP’s Bureau of Crisis
Preparedness and Response
(BCPR) – representing the
Rule of Law AoR
 United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR)
 United Nations Human
Settlements Programme
(UN-HABITAT)
 UN Mine Action Service –
representing the Mine Action
AoR
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Housing, Land and Property Working Group