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You're invited to attend a series of events with Miloon Kothari, the first United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing. For almost a decade, Mr Kothari worked to elaborate the intersections between international human rights law and domestic policies and programs, including through fact-finding missions to countries including Canada.

Thursday, January 21, 1 pm-3pm, Music Room, Hart House
Organizing to ensure our rights are respected: - a civil society forum with Miloon Kothari and representatives from non-governmental housing and homelessness groups, equity-seeking organizations and others.

Thursday, January 21, 5 pm-6:30pm, 6th Floor Auditorium, Health Sciences Building, 155 College Street
The right to housing, health and the reality of Canada's affordable housing crisis - a public forum with Miloon Kothari, along with Canadian and international speakers, to review Canada's progress in meeting its international housing rights obligations.

Friday, January 22, 9am-12noon, 108N, Munk Centre
The right to housing and the right to health - a theoretical and research perspective. Mr. Kothari will meet with academics and students for a review of human rights and global realities.

Friday, January 22, 1pm-2:30pm, 6th Floor Auditorium, Health Sciences Building, 155 College Street
Making rights matter - reflections on a decade as special rapporteur – Miloon Kothari will deliver reflections on his decade as the first United Nations' Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, including his experiences on a number of fact-finding missions and observations on the impact of his work.

For more information and to register, visit www.cih.utoronto.ca