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Selection Criteria
Housing Rights ViolatorCOHRE takes into account the following criteria in deciding recipients for the annual
Housing Rights Violator Awards:
- A marked deterioration in the housing rights situation directly attributable to
actions or omissions for which the nominee is responsible
- A clear failure to implement national or international housing rights obligations
- A clear failure of the nominee to devote the maximum of available resources
towards the full realisation of housing rights
- A marked increase in the prevalence of housing rights violations, whether in terms
of specific events or larger patterns of increasing neglect of housing rights
obligations
- The effect of specific housing rights violations
- The degree of impunity with which housing rights violations have been committed
- The likelihood that the award will make a positive contribution to the enjoyment
of housing rights in the country concerned
- The reliability and accuracy of available information
Housing Rights Protector
COHRE takes into account the following criteria in selecting recipients for the annual Housing Rights Protector Award:
- Nominees must be either a national or local government, an inter-governmental organisation/agency, or any other institution with formal responsibility for protecting, respecting or enforcing housing rights
- Nominees must show exceptional commitment to securing the full realisation of housing rights for everyone within territories under their jurisdiction
- Nominees should be able to show concrete progress because of decisions made by them in support of housing rights
Housing Rights Defender
COHRE takes into account the following criteria in selecting recipients of the annual Housing Rights Defender Award:
- Nominees should be committed to non-violence
- Nominees should be independent of any government or political affiliation
- Nominees should not be self-nominated
- Nominees should demonstrate lengthy involvement in the struggle for housing rights for everyone, everywhere
- Nominees should have made significant contributions to the cause of housing rights
- The Award is given to an individual based on that individual’s personal achievement and commitment
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