This map is a product of Habitat International Coalition`s Housing and Land Rights Campaign 2008 and HLRN`s Violation Database (VDB), charting documented cases provided by HIC Members and other reliable sources through January 2006–September 2008. It reflects four of the most-common types of violations of the human right to adequate housing: (1) forced eviction, (2) demolition, (3) dispossession and (4) deprivation arising from privatization of social housing, land and services. Thus, from a global prespective, the map recognizes common causal and contextual factors, including natural disaster, privatization policies, and conflict, occupation and war. The case data collected in the VDB demonstrate how violations of rights to adequate housing and land degrade living conditions and deepen poverty in all regions. This map also reflects enduring violations that result from the denial of refugees` and displaced disaster victims` housing and land rights. Uncharted areas shown as gray do not imply an abcense  of violations, but indicate a lack of verifiable data and the need for more and improved monitoring and documentation.