Fact finding mission on the resettlement process of Delhi

1. Introduction
History of Urban Settlement and Relocation in Delhi
II. International and Domestic Legal Obligations and Standards: The Right to Adequate Housing
International Obligations
Domestic Obligations
Link Between Constitutional and International Commitments
Congruent Rights
Content and Meaning of the Right to Adequate Housing Entitlements
Evaluation of Delhi Slum Resettlements
1 Security of Tenure
2 Access to Public Goods and Services
3 Access to Natural Resources
4 Affordability
5 Accessibility
6 Cultural Appropriateness
7 Habitability
8 Capacity and Capacity Building
9 Freedom from Dispossession
10 Location
11 Finance
12 Information
13 Land
14 Participation
15 Resettlement
16 Safe Environment
17 Security (physical)
18 Self-expression
19 Water
IV.Adjudicating Housing Rights: Between Conformity and Contradiction
V. Policy Programmes and Practice:
A Class War of Long Standing
Globalized Consumption Bias
Policy and the Rights of the Poor
Changes in Policy
Inadequacies of the Current Policies, Plans and Legal Frameworks
The Role of the Courts
VI. Observations and Recommendations
General Observations
Observations of State Obligations
HIC-HLRN Recommendations
VII. Conclusions

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