Changing the Paradigm: Addressing the Criminalization of Homelessness in the United States through the UN Human Rights Committee Review

Introduction
Criminalization of homelessness will be in the international
spotlight as hundreds of advocates join top
government officials from the United States in Geneva,
Switzerland, October 17-18, 2013, for the Human Rights
Committee (HRC) Hearing on U.S. compliance with
the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
(ICCPR). As a result of strategic advocacy by the National
Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (the Law
Center), not only will the government be held accountable