Jessie Hohmann is a lecturer in law at Queen Mary, University of London.

• Introduction. The Right to Housing: Law, Concepts, Possibilities I Assumptions, Definitions, Scope PART I LAWIntroduction 1 The Right to Housing in the International Bill of Rights I Introduction II Universal Declaration of Human Rights III International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights IV International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 2 The Right to Housing in Subject-Specific International Conventions I Introduction II Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women III Convention on the Rights of the Child IV Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination V Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment VI Conclusion 3 The Right to Housing in Regional Covenants I Introduction II The Right to Housing in Europe III African Regional Housing Rights IV Inter-American Human Rights System V Arab Charter on Human Rights VI Conclusions on the Regional Protection of the Right to Housing 4 The Right to Housing as a Constitutional Right: South African and Indian Experiences I Introduction II A Justiciable Right to Housing: the South African Approach III The Right to Housing as a Right to Life: the Indian Approach 5 The De-radicalised Right to Housing: An Assessment of Interpretive Failings I Introduction II Gaps and Weaknesses in the Legal Interpretation of the Right to Housing III Conclusion PART II CONCEPTSIntroduction 6 Privacy I Introduction II Public/Private and the Operation of Law in the Creation of Homelessness III Visible Homelessness of Street and Pavement Dwellers and Deprivation of the Private IV Women's Essential Homelessness and Enforced Privacy V Erasing the Public/Private Distinction and the Hidden Homelessness of Domestic Workers VI Conclusion: Homelessness, Rightlessness and the Right to Housing as Social Belonging 7 Identity I Introduction II Promoting Identity: Constituting Personhood and Community through Housing III Constraining and Erasing Identities: Housing as Social Control IV Conclusion 8 Space I Introduction: the Spatiality of Rights II Housing as Social Control/Housing as Social Transformation III Mumbai: Housing, Rights, Citizenship, Space IV Vision Mumbai and the Planning of Social Transformation V Conclusion: the Boundaries of Spatial Analysis and the Possibilities of the Right to HousingPART III POSSIBILITIES9 Possibilities, Politics, Law I The Right to Housing: Illustrating Ambivalence in Human Rights for Social Transformation II Institutional Mythologies and the Hidden Politics of Human Rights III The Ownership of Rights IV Conclusion: Human Rights Utopia and Fundamental Human Equality

…a major mile-stone in human rights literature and adds considerably to discourse concerning the right to housing in the United Kingdom and beyond…As well as being of interest to those who engage with the right to housing within the legal regimes considered, the philosophical reflections on the right to housing, and its place within broader human rights discourse, offered by the text will undoubtedly interest academics and students alike. In summation The Right to Housing: Law, Concepts, Possibilities by Jessie Hohmann is a must-read text for those interested in human rights and the right to housing.

Jessie Hohmann is a lecturer in law at Queen Mary, University of London.

• Introduction. The Right to Housing: Law, Concepts, Possibilities I Assumptions, Definitions, Scope PART I LAWIntroduction 1 The Right to Housing in the International Bill of Rights I Introduction II Universal Declaration of Human Rights III International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights IV International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 2 The Right to Housing in Subject-Specific International Conventions I Introduction II Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women III Convention on the Rights of the Child IV Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination V Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment VI Conclusion 3 The Right to Housing in Regional Covenants I Introduction II The Right to Housing in Europe III African Regional Housing Rights IV Inter-American Human Rights System V Arab Charter on Human Rights VI Conclusions on the Regional Protection of the Right to Housing 4 The Right to Housing as a Constitutional Right: South African and Indian Experiences I Introduction II A Justiciable Right to Housing: the South African Approach III The Right to Housing as a Right to Life: the Indian Approach 5 The De-radicalised Right to Housing: An Assessment of Interpretive Failings I Introduction II Gaps and Weaknesses in the Legal Interpretation of the Right to Housing III Conclusion PART II CONCEPTSIntroduction 6 Privacy I Introduction II Public/Private and the Operation of Law in the Creation of Homelessness III Visible Homelessness of Street and Pavement Dwellers and Deprivation of the Private IV Women's Essential Homelessness and Enforced Privacy V Erasing the Public/Private Distinction and the Hidden Homelessness of Domestic Workers VI Conclusion: Homelessness, Rightlessness and the Right to Housing as Social Belonging 7 Identity I Introduction II Promoting Identity: Constituting Personhood and Community through Housing III Constraining and Erasing Identities: Housing as Social Control IV Conclusion 8 Space I Introduction: the Spatiality of Rights II Housing as Social Control/Housing as Social Transformation III Mumbai: Housing, Rights, Citizenship, Space IV Vision Mumbai and the Planning of Social Transformation V Conclusion: the Boundaries of Spatial Analysis and the Possibilities of the Right to HousingPART III POSSIBILITIES9 Possibilities, Politics, Law I The Right to Housing: Illustrating Ambivalence in Human Rights for Social Transformation II Institutional Mythologies and the Hidden Politics of Human Rights III The Ownership of Rights IV Conclusion: Human Rights Utopia and Fundamental Human Equality

…a major mile-stone in human rights literature and adds considerably to discourse concerning the right to housing in the United Kingdom and beyond…As well as being of interest to those who engage with the right to housing within the legal regimes considered, the philosophical reflections on the right to housing, and its place within broader human rights discourse, offered by the text will undoubtedly interest academics and students alike. In summation The Right to Housing: Law, Concepts, Possibilities by Jessie Hohmann is a must-read text for those interested in human rights and the right to housing.

Jessie Hohmann is a lecturer in law at Queen Mary, University of London.

• Introduction. The Right to Housing: Law, Concepts, Possibilities I Assumptions, Definitions, Scope PART I LAWIntroduction 1 The Right to Housing in the International Bill of Rights I Introduction II Universal Declaration of Human Rights III International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights IV International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 2 The Right to Housing in Subject-Specific International Conventions I Introduction II Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women III Convention on the Rights of the Child IV Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination V Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment VI Conclusion 3 The Right to Housing in Regional Covenants I Introduction II The Right to Housing in Europe III African Regional Housing Rights IV Inter-American Human Rights System V Arab Charter on Human Rights VI Conclusions on the Regional Protection of the Right to Housing 4 The Right to Housing as a Constitutional Right: South African and Indian Experiences I Introduction II A Justiciable Right to Housing: the South African Approach III The Right to Housing as a Right to Life: the Indian Approach 5 The De-radicalised Right to Housing: An Assessment of Interpretive Failings I Introduction II Gaps and Weaknesses in the Legal Interpretation of the Right to Housing III Conclusion PART II CONCEPTSIntroduction 6 Privacy I Introduction II Public/Private and the Operation of Law in the Creation of Homelessness III Visible Homelessness of Street and Pavement Dwellers and Deprivation of the Private IV Women's Essential Homelessness and Enforced Privacy V Erasing the Public/Private Distinction and the Hidden Homelessness of Domestic Workers VI Conclusion: Homelessness, Rightlessness and the Right to Housing as Social Belonging 7 Identity I Introduction II Promoting Identity: Constituting Personhood and Community through Housing III Constraining and Erasing Identities: Housing as Social Control IV Conclusion 8 Space I Introduction: the Spatiality of Rights II Housing as Social Control/Housing as Social Transformation III Mumbai: Housing, Rights, Citizenship, Space IV Vision Mumbai and the Planning of Social Transformation V Conclusion: the Boundaries of Spatial Analysis and the Possibilities of the Right to HousingPART III POSSIBILITIES9 Possibilities, Politics, Law I The Right to Housing: Illustrating Ambivalence in Human Rights for Social Transformation II Institutional Mythologies and the Hidden Politics of Human Rights III The Ownership of Rights IV Conclusion: Human Rights Utopia and Fundamental Human Equality

…a major mile-stone in human rights literature and adds considerably to discourse concerning the right to housing in the United Kingdom and beyond…As well as being of interest to those who engage with the right to housing within the legal regimes considered, the philosophical reflections on the right to housing, and its place within broader human rights discourse, offered by the text will undoubtedly interest academics and students alike. In summation The Right to Housing: Law, Concepts, Possibilities by Jessie Hohmann is a must-read text for those interested in human rights and the right to housing.