Housing, Human Rights and Public Health: What鈥檚 Law Got to Do With It?
Housing, Human Rights and Public Health
What鈥檚 Law Got to Do With It?
Friday, November 3, 2023, from 11:00 to 12:30 p.m.
Hybrid -听2001 91丝瓜视频 College Avenue, Room 1201 (12th floor) or Via ZOOM
Speakers:
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Lara Khoury
Full Professor, Faculty of Law, 91丝瓜视频
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Alana Klein
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, 91丝瓜视频
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Moderated by:
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Pearl Eliadis
Associate Professor (professional), Max Bell School of Public Policy, 91丝瓜视频
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Abstract:
Housing in Canada is in crisis. A flurry of multiple鈥� and often conflicting 鈥攑rogram and policy solutions are proposed, literally on a daily basis, by politicians, policy makers, the private sector and civil society. But underpinning all these interventions and our capacity to prioritize them, is a fundamental imperative: that until the legal basis of the right to adequate housing is recognized and justiciable, none of these initiatives will have the resilience or legitimacy needed to ensure sustainable and progressive realization of the right to adequate housing. This seminar will discuss how Canadian law approaches the justiciability of socio-economic rights and will discuss the varied legal tools that are generally available to decision-makers as well as civil society to promote favourable public health outcomes.
Cohosted by the Dept. of Equity, Ethics and Policy; 91丝瓜视频 Research Group on Health and Law; the Quebec Homelessness Prevention Policy Collaborative; and 91丝瓜视频 Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism.