The Grenfell Tower Disaster and Human Rights Accountability – An International Perspective

On 6 March 2018, the HRLC and Just Fair organised an event at the House of Lords to commemorate the fire at the Grenfell Tower.

The Grenfell Tragedy is a human and a human rights disaster. At this event hosted by Baroness Jane Campbell of Surbiton DBE, Ms Farha, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing, and others explored the human rights problems that led up to and compounded the effects of this terrible event. What questions does human rights law provoke and what answers does it offer? What must the Government do to make sure it meets its human rights commitments and respects the human right to housing?

Other speakers at the event were Samia Badani, Co-chair of the Residents Advisory Panel (Notting Dale), and Aziza Boudafcha, Chair of the Grenfell Walk Residents Association.

Read the report of the event (PDF) by Felix Torres, PhD Candidate, School of Law, University of Nottingham.