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_{^{The 25th Article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the only article which refers to the built environment. It states that adequate shelter and housing are a fundamental human right.}}

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Since forming in January 2006, Article 25 (then Architects for Aid) has provided more than architecture. The skills of the professionals working on the projects come from across the built environment professions: engineers, surveyors, project managers and others. To reflect the human rights ethos behind what we do and this wider range of projects and skills, we have changed our name to Article 25.

Article 25 is an operational UK registered charity that designs, builds, and manages projects to provide better shelter wherever there is disaster, poverty, or need. Article 25 provides built environment professional expertise; we work alongside aid organisations, NGOs, and communities around the world. Our mission is to bring experienced, field-appropriate professional skills and academically rigorous research findings to NGOs  engaged in building work.  Our role is the responsible stewardship of the building process from start to finish.

[ the declaration of human rights ]

This extract below is from Third World Network: http://www.twnside.org.sg/title/housing.htm

"Since the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the right to adequate housing has found explicit recognition in a wide range of international instruments.

The Declaration itself, in Article 25.1, says that “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood beyond his control." The right to adequate housing has been further elaborated in Art. 11.1 of the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), and in other instruments focussing on the need to protect rights of particular groups; the 1979 Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (Art. 14.2), the 1989 Convention on Rights of the Child (Art. 16.1), and the 1951 Convention on Status of Refugees (Art. 21)"

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