Abstract
This research paper focuses on the interconnectedness of the right of access to adequate housing with the right to human dignity. The paper looks at how these rights have been interpreted nationally, regionally and internationally. In Sarrahwitz v Maritz NO and Another1 (hereinafter referred to as the Sarrahwitz case), the Constitutional Court held that it has a duty to afford dignity, and rectification of indignity to those living in deplorable conditions.2 It is clear that there can be no assertion of dignified life without access to adequate housing and the prevailing argument is that these rights have not been fully realised to the enjoyment by all citizens...
LL.M. (International Law)