National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI), 90 John Street, Suite 308, New York, NY 10038, USA.
Health Hum Rights. 2009;11(2):101-14.
This article explores human rights- and health-related aspects of the rebuilding process in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, following the August 2005 assault of Hurricane Katrina. We look at the health and social impacts of post-Katrina redevelopment policies on New Orleans'poor Black communities. We describe systematic violations of poor Black residents' human right to housing, and we explore associations between these rights violations and documented negative trends in community health. The article describes some of the ways that poor constituencies in New Orleans have organized to resist the destruction of their communities and to reclaim their rights to adequate housing, health, and dignity. Post-Katrina violations of the right to housing in New Orleans should be seen as part of a broader pattern in social policy and the control of urban habitats in the United States. Poor Black residents' struggle to assert their human right to housing has implications for the health of local communities and the credibility of democratic processes.
本文探讨了美国路易斯安那州新奥尔良市在 2005 年 8 月卡特里娜飓风袭击后的重建过程中与人权和健康相关的方面。我们研究了卡特里娜飓风后新奥尔良贫困的黑人社区的发展政策对健康和社会的影响。我们描述了系统侵犯贫困黑人居民住房人权的行为，并探讨了这些权利侵犯与社区健康记录中负面趋势之间的关联。本文描述了新奥尔良的贫困群体为了抵制社区的破坏和夺回他们获得适足住房、健康和尊严的权利而采取的一些组织方式。新奥尔良的住房权在卡特里娜飓风后的侵犯行为应被视为美国社会政策和城市栖息地控制中更广泛模式的一部分。贫困的黑人居民为维护其住房人权而进行的斗争，对当地社区的健康和民主进程的可信度都具有重要意义。
