A/HRC/7/16 page 6 identified 14 elements arising from international treaty obligations and their interpretation by expert bodies. These elements, in their entirety, form the basis of a methodology that could be applied to assess both the realization and the extent of violations of the human right to adequate housing.3 These elements are: 1. Security of tenure; 2. Public goods and services; 3. Environmental goods and services (including land and water); 4. Affordability (including access to finance); 5. Habitability; 6. Accessibility (physical); 7. Location; 8. Cultural appropriateness; 9. Freedom from dispossession; 10. Information, capacity and capacity-building; 11. Participation in decision-making; 12. Resettlement; 13. Safe environment; 14. Security (physical) and privacy.4 6. During his country missions and in his reports the Special Rapporteur has also identified particular protection measures in relation to the fulfilment of the right to adequate housing. One such protection measure has been the call for a combination of a humanitarian and a human rights approach to confront the situation of millions of people living in grossly inadequate housing conditions and those facing homelessness, landlessness, displacement and related violence.5 These conditions are one reflection of the state of poverty that persists across the world and call for immediate measures to be taken by States. 3 E/CN.4/2003/5, paras. 60-61. 4 See also reports and questionnaire on women and housing available at http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/housing/women.htm. 5 E/CN.4/2005/48.