International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Art. 5. "In accordance with the obligations set forth in article 2 of this Convention, States Parties undertake to prohibit and to eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms and to guarantee the right of everyone, without distinction as to race, color, or national or ethnic origin, to equality before the law, notably in the enjoyment of the following rights: (...) (e) Economic, social and cultural rights, in particular: (iii) The right to housing". (Ratification/Accession: 1975).
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
Art. 11. "The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to an adequate standard of living for himself and his family, including adequate food, clothing and housing, and to the continuous improvement of living conditions. The States Parties shall take appropriate steps to ensure the realization of this right, recognizing to this effect the essential importance of international co-operation based on free consent". (Ratification/Accession: 2008).
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Art. 27. "States Parties shall, in accordance with national conditions and within their means, take appropriate measures to assist parents and others responsible for the child to implement this right and, where necessary, shall provide material assistance and support programs, particularly with regard to nutrition, clothing and housing." (Ratification/Accession: 1991).
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
Art. 14. “(...) 2. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in rural areas in order to ensure, on a basis of equality of men and women, their participation in and benefit from rural development, and in particular shall ensure to them the right to: (...) (g) To enjoy adequate living conditions, particularly in the areas of housing, sanitation, electricity and water supply, transport and communications" (Ratification/Accession: 1993).
Convention No. 117 of the International Labour Organization on Social Policy
Art. 5. "In fixing the minimum standard of living, account shall be taken of essential family needs of workers, such as food and its nutritional value, housing, clothing, medical care and education." (Ratification/Accession: 1976).
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Art. 17. “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his honor and reputation". (Ratification/Accession: 2008).