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Saturday, 9:00 - 10:30am
The Human Rights Framework:
Bridging the Gap between Housing and Health
Location: Columbia B

The human rights framework provides a strong basis for advocacy for the right to housing and right to health for homeless persons. An increasing number of advocates have begun using this international framework to promote rights here at home- come and learn how!
Introductory level.

Presented by:  Maria Foscarinis, JD, National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, Washington, DC; Anja Rudiger, PhD, National Economic and Social Rights Initiative, New York, NY; Eric Tars, JD, National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, Washington, DC.

Materials:
The Human Right to Health Care: A Framework for Policy Change (ppt)
The Human Rights Framework: Bridging the Gap Between Housing and Health (ppt)