Housing, Land and Property (HLP)

Housing, Land and Property Working Group

Housing, Land and Property Housing, Land and Property (HLP)(HLP)

Shelter Meeting 2012Shelter Meeting 2012

Geneva 24 May 2012Geneva 24 May 2012


PresentationPresentation Structure Structure

Background on HLPBackground on HLP Emergency Shelter and HLP IssuesEmergency Shelter and HLP Issues Some Lessons LearnedSome Lessons Learned Way ForwardWay Forward


Who we areWho we are Protection ClusterProtection Cluster Area of Responsibility (AoR)Area of Responsibility (AoR) Aim: more predictable, accountable and effective Aim: more predictable, accountable and effective response to HLP issuesresponse to HLP issues 2012-13: support to field and partnership with the 2012-13: support to field and partnership with the emergency shelter clusteremergency shelter cluster

Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

International Development Law Organisation (IDLO) International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) - representing the Shelter Cluster International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

UNDP’s Bureau of Crisis Preparedness and Response (BCPR) – representing the Rule of Law AoR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) UN Mine Action Service – representing the Mine Action AoR


Some of the places we Some of the places we work…work…

AfghanistanBurundiColombiaCote d’IvoireDRCHaiti

Iraq IndonesiaKyrgyzstanLiberiaLibyaMyanmar

PakistanSerbiaSomaliaSouth SudanSouth Pacific


What are HLP rights?What are HLP rights?

Origins are in housing rights movementOrigins are in housing rights movement

Now include the full range of residential, Now include the full range of residential, land and natural resource rights in IHL and land and natural resource rights in IHL and global standards (respect, protect, fulfil)global standards (respect, protect, fulfil)

Include statutory, customary and informal Include statutory, customary and informal rightsrights


Why HLP mattersWhy HLP matters ConflictConflict: land a root cause of : land a root cause of displacement and violent conflictdisplacement and violent conflict Risk ReductionRisk Reduction: poor land-use : poor land-use increases exposure to hazardsincreases exposure to hazards Humanitarian OperationsHumanitarian Operations: : access to land and security of tenure access to land and security of tenure critical for emergency shelter critical for emergency shelter programmingprogramming


HLP & Emergency Shelter HLP & Emergency Shelter Issues Issues 11

AssessmentAssessment – inclusion and analysis – inclusion and analysis (Libya, Haiti, Pakistan 2010-11)(Libya, Haiti, Pakistan 2010-11)

Emergency Shelter StrategyEmergency Shelter Strategy – HLP – HLP issues incorporated? issues incorporated? (Philippines, Haiti)(Philippines, Haiti)

Host FamiliesHost Families – insecure rights of – insecure rights of host family host family (Pakistan 2009)(Pakistan 2009)

Collective CentresCollective Centres – residual – residual caseload often due to HLP issues caseload often due to HLP issues (2004 (2004 tsunami)tsunami)



Eligible BeneficiariesEligible Beneficiaries – – documentation documentation required by Govt or Donor (various countries)required by Govt or Donor (various countries) Access to landAccess to land – sites for emergency or – sites for emergency or transitional shelter (Gujarat 2001, Pakistan 2005, Haiti)transitional shelter (Gujarat 2001, Pakistan 2005, Haiti) Rubble RemovalRubble Removal – whose rubble? who removes – whose rubble? who removes it? when? (Pakistan 2005, Haiti)it? when? (Pakistan 2005, Haiti)

Abandoned land & propertyAbandoned land & property – – role in role in broader shelter strategy under-developed (Kosovo, broader shelter strategy under-developed (Kosovo, Bouganville, PNG)Bouganville, PNG) Secondary OccupationSecondary Occupation – good faith versus – good faith versus deliberate strategy? (Kosovo)deliberate strategy? (Kosovo)



Informal rights holdersInformal rights holders – squatters, – squatters, informal settlements, renters (Gujarat 2001, informal settlements, renters (Gujarat 2001, Haiti)Haiti) EvictionsEvictions – new demand for emergency – new demand for emergency shelter (Afghanistan, Cambodia, Rwanda, etc.) shelter (Afghanistan, Cambodia, Rwanda, etc.) Unsafe Land/LandlessnessUnsafe Land/Landlessness – risk – risk assessment, resettlement assessment, resettlement (Gujarat 2001, Pakistan (Gujarat 2001, Pakistan 2005, Pakistan 2010-11, Phils 2012)2005, Pakistan 2010-11, Phils 2012)

HandoverHandover – what kind of – what kind of documentation/ rights to emergency shelter? documentation/ rights to emergency shelter? (Aceh 2004, Iraq)(Aceh 2004, Iraq)


Shelter & HLP: Some Shelter & HLP: Some LessonsLessons

Ignoring land issues is not an option Ignoring land issues is not an option – incorporate into response strategy– incorporate into response strategy Significant awareness and practical Significant awareness and practical experience in shelter clusterexperience in shelter cluster Emergency shelter can help secure Emergency shelter can help secure HLP rights (positive and negative)HLP rights (positive and negative) Urban contexts increase complexity, Urban contexts increase complexity, but some rural approaches still validbut some rural approaches still valid


Way ForwardWay Forward Increased collaboration at the global Increased collaboration at the global level – level – 2012-13 HLP Work Programme2012-13 HLP Work Programme

Closer operational working Closer operational working relationship at the field levelrelationship at the field level Expanding the roster of HLP and Expanding the roster of HLP and Shelter expertsShelter experts


Thank You!Thank You!Szilard FricskaSzilard Fricska

Chair, Housing, Land and Property AoRChair, Housing, Land and Property AoR

[email protected]@unog.ch Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

International Development Law Organisation (IDLO) International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) - representing the Shelter Cluster International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

UNDP’s Bureau of Crisis Preparedness and Response (BCPR) – representing the Rule of Law AoR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) UN Mine Action Service – representing the Mine Action AoR

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