Challenging Domestic Injustice Through International Human Rights Advocacy: Addressing Homelessness in The United States

Authors

Eric Tarst, National Homelessness Law Center
Tamar Ezer, University of Miami School of LawFollow
Melanie Ng, University of Miami School of Law
David Stuzin, University of Miami School of Law.
Conor Arevalo, University of Miami School of Law.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-2021

Abstract

This Article explores how international human rights norms and procedures can serve as a powerful tool in addressing injustice in the United States context, using work addressing the criminalization of homelessness as a case study. Moreover, it explores how civil and political rights and negative obligations by the government can serve as an entry point for asserting a more robust understanding of rights that includes social and economic rights and affirmative obligations by government. The Article documents and analyzes original work led by the National Homelessness Law Center and other pioneering advocates, reflecting on lessons learned and next steps to make the human right to housing a legal obligation in our country.

Recommended Citation

Eric Tarst, Tamar Ezer, Melanie Ng, David Stuzin, and Conor Arevalo, Challenging Domestic Injustice Through International Human Rights Advocacy: Addressing Homelessness in The United States, 42 Cardozo L. Rev. 913 (2021).