A/HRC/28/62 hearings with all parties involved, the ruling carefully designated responsibility and a time frame for carrying out the necessary rehabilitation work. The Court established a system of monitoring and created a working group including the National Ombudsman and civil society organizations, remaining seized with the case until the desired outcomes were guaranteed for the thousands of people directly affected. 49. The Constitutional Court of Colombia has also made important advances in that area. In 2004, in a ground-breaking ruling on the economic, social and cultural rights of internally displaced persons, the court ruled that there was an “unconstitutional state of affairs” as a result of the internal conflict.46 The Court also held the deteriorating housing conditions of internally displaced persons to be prima facie contrary to the Constitution. The national Government was ordered to implement a number of measures, including a housing plan that ensured local institutions provided equal benefits for displaced persons.47 In a follow-up ruling in 2006, the Court ordered relevant municipalities to organize a working group to review the housing policies in each jurisdiction, and to develop plans and programmes with direct participation of displaced persons, and with representatives of the National Human Rights Institution. The Court remained seized of the case, receiving trimestral reports from the different levels of government. 48 50. In Cairo, the courts have recently enforced the right to adequate housing so as to limit the power of the City Governor to seize land for “public benefit”.49 A coalition of civil society organizations had some success in relying on the right to housing in article 67 of the 2012 Egyptian Constitution in both political action and litigation. In a recent case, the organizations challenged a decree issued by the Governor of Cairo announcing a seizure of land for development, and succeeded in securing a court order repealing the order of evacuation.50 51. In India, the right to adequate housing is not included as a fundamental right in the Constitution, but courts have now recognized the right to housing as enforceable under the right to life. In a 2010 case,51 initiated after the petitioners had been displaced from their land and their houses demolished, the High Court of Delhi ordered that the Government of Delhi relocate them to a suitable place and provide alternative land with ownership rights. 52 52. In the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, there are no constitutional protections through which the right to housing can be claimed. However, statutory provisions requiring local authorities to provide housing for those who are homeless are enforceable in courts. In addition, the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms is enforceable by domestic courts in the United Kingdom. In R. v. Enfield London Borough Council, ex parte Bernard, for example, when a woman with a disability was not provided with the accessible housing to which she 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 Constitutional Court of Colombia, decision T025/04. Available from www.corteconstitucional.gov.co/relatoria/2004/t-025-04.htm. Ibid. Constitutional Court of Colombia, decision T-585/06. Available from www.corteconstitucional.gov.co/relatoria/2006/t-585-06.htm. Law No. 10/1990 on Expropriation of Ownership for the Public Interest. “Administrative Court blocks attempt to seize Ramlet Bulaq”, Mada Masr, 28 August 2013. Available from www.madamasr.com/news/administrative-court-blocks-attempt-seize-ramlet-bulaq. Sudama Singh and Others v. Government of Delhi and Anr. Available from www.hrln.org/hrln/Order%20Mukundi%20lal.pdf. Housing and Land Rights Network, Reaffirming Justiciability: Judgements on the human right to adequate housing from the High Court of Delhi (New Delhi, 2013). Available from www.hicsarp.org/documents/Reaffirming_Justiciability_Judgements_on_HRAH_from_High_Court_of_Delhi. pdf. 15