Formulating the Key Aspects of the Human Right to Adequate Housing: The Scenario under African Human Rights System

Abstract

These days, one may observe great disparities in the formulation of thekey aspects of the human right to adequate housing under universal andregional human rights systems. In particular, the sum totality of thedisparities in African human rights system led to differences indefinition, interpretation, realization and a lack of adequate housing forthe majority of urban population in the region. The article argues thatthere is a normative gap in the African human rights system whencompared to universal and other regional human rights systems informulating the key aspects of the human right to adequate housing. Thearticle concludes that the African human rights system does not properlyset the key aspects of the human right to adequate housing even thoughit adopted the three in one approach, when compared to the universaland other regional human rights systems which do not adopt the sameapproach.