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This 90-minute webinar builds on the research of the IIED, in partnership with Pathfinders. The event will launch the latest IIED research report on a people-centered approach to housing justice with a keynote presentation that draws on case studies from Brazil, the United States, and South Africa.

Following the presentation, a panel of experts in housing and justice sector reform will respond to the findings of the research and discuss their implications for the field at large.

Audience members will have an opportunity to ask questions of the presenters and the panelists at the end of the discussion.

This event will make links between the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 16.3 (access to justice), 11.1 (adequate, safe, and affordable housing), and 10.3 (equal opportunity and reduced inequalities of outcome), recognizing that reducing inequalities is essential to advancing both adequate housing and equal access to justice.

Agenda

  • Opening Remarks

    Themba Mahleka, Associate Director, Pathfinders, NYU Center on International Cooperation

    Toni-Shae Freckleton, Director, New York Liaison Office, UN-Habitat

  • Keynote Presentation: Can People-Centered Justice Stop Forced Evictions?

    Camila Cociña, Senior Researcher (housing justice), International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

    Paula Sevilla, Researcher (housing justice), International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

  • Panel of Expert Respondents

    Moderation: Alexandre Apsan Frediani, Principal Researcher, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

    Case presentations

    • Daisy Ribeiro, Terra de Direitos, Brazil
    • Edward Molopi, Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI)

    Discussants

    • Koldo Casla, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing

  • Audience Q&A

    (Moderator) Jeronimo Pareja-Cardona, Program Officer, Pathfinders, NYU Center on International Cooperation

  • Conclusion

    Nate Edwards, Program Officer, Pathfinders, NYU Center on International Cooperation

Organizers

This event is co-hosted by the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies at New York University’s Center on International Cooperation and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).

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