Security of Tenure in Humanitarian Shelter Operations

Publication language
English
Pages
20pp
Date published
01 Jun 2013
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Shelter and housing, Shelter, Urban
Organisations
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

This paper explores three key challenges of providing humanitarian shelter assistance: legal pluralism and customary rights; urban contexts and disadvantaged groups. The paper concludes with questions for further discussion in order to advance progress towards a proposed operational definition of security of tenure suited to the tasks undertaken by the humanitarian community.