英文摘要 |
This paper consists of two parts. In the first part, we review the preparation of the First East Asian Regional Tribunal on Evictions and the collective experience of all the cases at stake. In the wave of international housing rights movements, the empirical experience and discourse surrounding eviction and displacement is highly concentrated on the views of the global north and south. Therefore, the main purpose for holding the East Asian Regional Tribunal on Evictions was to focus on eviction cases in northeast and southeast Asia and to outline the views and experiences of east Asia. This article documents how the International Tribunal on Evictions has been used as a tool for advocacy actions, and how we develop international, regional, and local exchanges and develop trans-local solidarity. In the second part, we turn to the topic of advocacy actions for housing rights in Taiwan. Starting with the two international reviews of our National Reports on Human Rights, we briefly analyze the institutional limits and dilemmas that (petite) property owners and the proletariat face. The right to housing provides a framework for human rights which goes beyond the discourse of property rights. Under the current action agenda, the lens of housing rights contributes to solidarity and collaboration across issues and in cases of eviction. Moreover, this lens can be a fulcrum for developing alternative ideas and actions that challenge the existing discourse of developmentalism and property rights. |