The Right to Housing and Disasters: Lessons Learned from Canterbury?

This presentation will explore how the right to housing is impacted by disasters. It will look at the impact of the Canterbury earthquakes on the right to housing, including the fact that disasters typically have the biggest impact on those who are already vulnerable. The presentation will also consider what lessons might be learned from the Canterbury experience in terms of better protecting the right to housing in the aftermath of a disaster. And, it will consider why it is that Aotearoa New Zealand has not yet learned those lessons.

Speaker: Associate Professor Natalie Baird

Date: Wednesday, 14 August
Time: 6pm – 7.30pm
Venue: Northey Lecture Theatre (801-204), Level Two, Building 801, Auckland Law School, 9 Eden Crescent

Natalie Baird

Natalie Baird is an Associate Professor at te Kaupeka Ture | Faculty of Law at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | the University of Canterbury. Her research and teaching interests include human rights, international disaster law and refugee law. Natalie is also a part-time member of the New Zealand Human Rights Review Tribunal.