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Understanding Human Rights ETOs |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 15 January 2022 |
The new Routledge Handbook on Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations has just been published and it is available in open access here. This new handbook compiles lessons and analysis by world experts on the human rights obligations of states beyond their territorial borders. It is designed to give meaning and
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Canada: Tax the Real Estate Speculators |
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By :Max Fawcett, National Observer |
| 12 January 2022 |
Tax the real estate speculators — and make it hurt
Opinion: Speculative behaviour in the housing market is causing huge collateral damage, and it’s getting in the way of families’ ability to afford to put a roof over their heads, writes columnist @maxfawcett.
Few publications do rage-inducing real estate clickbait as well
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China Housing Market Slumps Again |
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By :Martin Farrer, The Guardian |
| 15 December 2021 |
China housing market slumps again as another developer runs into trouble
House prices, sales and construction all fell in November as Shimao Group shares plunge and Beijing assesses what to do with Evergrande
China’s giant housing market has continued to decline in the past month and another major developer showed signs of
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Spain: Tenants Declare War on US Speculators |
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By :Jason Lalljee, Insider |
| 23 November 2021 |
Spanish renters are declaring `war` on the American investors that bought up all the apartments in their neighborhoods
US private-equity firms that own property in Spain have been evicting residents during the pandemic, the NYT reports.
Tenants and housing activists have declared "war," protesting evictions by squatting in apartments.
They argue that the
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Occupied West Papua: A Green State Vision |
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By :Danny Chivers and Raki Ap, New internationalist |
| 04 November 2021 |
Research shows that when indigenous people have proper control of forests, biodiversity is much better protected. Danny Chivers speaks to Raki Ap about the case for supporting West Papuan statehood.
Unfortunately, West Papua does not have a seat at the table in the UN climate talks currently taking place in Glasgow, Scotland. That’s because it’s
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“Climate Justice IS a Human Right” |
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By :HIC President Adriana Allen |
| 04 October 2021 |
The following is the statement by HIC President Adriana Allen on the occasion of World Habitat Day, 4 October 2021.
Back in 2008, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted for the first time a resolution (Resolution 7/231) that explicitly recognised the implications of climate change for the fulfilment of human
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Corporate Retribution: Donziger Sentenced |
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By :Adam Klasfeldoct, Law & Crime |
| 01 October 2021 |
A ‘Two-by-four between the Eyes’: Judge Sentences Anti-Chevron Crusader to Jail Time — Just Days after U.N. Group Called for His Release
An environmental advocate who helped obtain a $9.5 billion judgment against Chevron for oil drilling in Ecuador was sentenced to spend six months in jail after a federal judge
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EU Court Annuls Trade Deals in Occupied Sahara |
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By :WSRW |
| 29 September 2021 |
Today, the EU Court of Justice has struck a blow to the EU’s practice of applying trade and fisheries agreements with Morocco to occupied Western Sahara.
The press release from the Court today specifically states that Polisario is able to represent the Saharawi people before European courts.
The right of the Saharawi people to
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EU Court Backs Citizens on Trade under Occupation |
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By :European Legal Support Center (ELSC) |
| 24 September 2021 |
Citizens are calling on the European Commission to obey international law and end trade with illegal settlements in territories under occupation - including Palestine and Western Sahara.
No one should profit from occupation.
The European Court of Justice annuls the Commission’s refusal to register a Citizens’ Initiative calling for the regulation of
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UN Food Summit Will Only Feed Corporations |
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By :Sofía Monsalve, Geneva Solutions |
| 22 September 2021 |
Transnational agribusiness firms have captured the UN Food Systems Summit and have restricted the meeting`s agenda to solutions that will further inflate their profits instead of solving the global hunger crisis, says Sofia Monsalve, secretary general of the food rights organisation FIAN International.
When I visited my parents in Bogotá last month,
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Publication Date |
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Land, Women and Socio-Economic Development in the Arab Region: A Literature Review
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18 April 2021 |
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How Israeli Apartheid Affects the Syrian Golan
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28 January 2021 |
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تقرير جديد: الأرض وسط الجائحة
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11 December 2020 |
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Revue Nationale Volontaire sur les Objectifs de Développement Durable en Mauritanie
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13 July 2019 |
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HIC’s role in the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty: Representing the Urban Constituency
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02 July 2018 |
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برنامج منتدى الأرض لشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا
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25 October 2017 |
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Human Rights Habitat Observatory
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10 July 2017 |
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“Spotlight” on UN High-Level Forum, SDGs
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10 July 2017 |
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General Comment No. 24 on State Obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Context of Business Activities
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23 June 2017 |
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ชุมชนกะเหรี่ยงในพม่ำยื่นคำร้องเรียนต
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19 June 2017 |
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المياه في المنطقة العربية ... من الملك العام للخصخصة
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23 January 2017 |
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Alternativas desde la sociedad civil hacia Hábitat III,
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12 August 2016 |
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Restoring Human Rights and Habitat to the Habitat III Process and New Habitat Agenda
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19 July 2016 |
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HIC @ Habitat III
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23 June 2016 |
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Déclaration Finale, Atelier de formation des Communautés Locales d’Inga sur La Quantification des conséquences du déplacement
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29 April 2016 |
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HLRN-India Launches Habitat III Status Report
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05 February 2016 |
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Comments on Habitat III Policy Paper Frameworks (overview)
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31 January 2016 |
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Comentarios de HIC a los Documentos Marco sobre Políticas de Hábitat III (resumen)
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31 January 2016 |
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"Key Issues and Recommendations," Housing in the City We Need UTC
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18 November 2015 |
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Application des décisions prises par la Conférence des Nations Unies sur les établissements humains (Habitat II) et renforcement du Programme des Nations Unies pour les établissements humains (ONU-Hab
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17 November 2015 |
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تحويل عالمنا: خطة التنمية المستدامة لعام ٢٠٣٠، A/RES/70/1
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21 October 2015 |
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Transformar nuestro mundo: la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible, A/RES/70/1
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21 October 2015 |
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Stakeholder Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the Republic of Sudan
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21 September 2015 |
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The private modes of water capture in Lebanon
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01 September 2015 |
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HIC Comments on Habitat III Issue Papers
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31 July 2015 |
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National Habitat III Parallel-reporting Tool
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20 July 2015 |
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The Third Airport Project vis-à-vis Life, Nature, Environment, People and Law
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15 May 2015 |
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أساسيات الموئل الثالث
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16 April 2015 |
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Habitat II Evaluation Criteria
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03 March 2015 |
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ETOs and Situations of Conflict, Occupation and War: Applying the Maastricht Principles
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11 July 2013 |
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ETOs and Transnational Corruption
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11 July 2013 |
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Mexico City Charter for the Right to the City
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01 July 2010 |
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السكن في مصر بين العشوائية والتحضر الرث
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22 May 2010 |
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“De Vancouver 1976 a Vancouver 2006: Una revisión critica desde la perspectiva no gubernamental”
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01 October 2008 |
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Basic Principles and Guidelines on Development-based Evictions and Displacement, A/HRC/4/18
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26 August 2007 |
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Principios Básicos y Directrices sobre los Desalojos y el Desplazamiento Generados por el Desarrollo, A/HRC/4/18
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26 August 2007 |
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إعلان توصيات مؤتمر الفلاحين الدولى - إعلان نياليني
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27 February 2007 |
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Basic Principles and Guidelines on Development-based Evictions and Displacement, A/HRC/4/18
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05 February 2007 |
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Namibia: amendments to draft resolution A/C.3/61/L.18/Rev.1 concerning Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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21 November 2006 |
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Lessons in Privatization: Considerations for Arab States
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01 January 2002 |
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In Quest of Bhabrekar Nagar
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31 December 2001 |
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الإعلان العربي عن التنمية المستدامة
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24 October 2001 |
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The Investment Encouragement Act 1999 (Amended 2007)
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22 July 1999 |
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Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements and the Habitat Agenda, A/CONF.165/14
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14 June 1996 |
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Declaración de Estambul sobre los Asentamientos Humanos y Programa de Hábitat, A/CONF.65/14
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14 June 1996 |
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La Déclaration d`Istanbul sur les etablissements humains et le Programme pour l`habitat, A/CONF.65/14
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14 June 1996 |
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إعلان استمبول وجدول أعمال المستوطنات البشرية
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14 April 1996 |
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Constructing a New Social Alternative
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03 February 1996 |
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The human rights dimensions of population transfer, including the implantation of settlers, E/CN.4/Sub.2/1993/17
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06 July 1993 |
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Miriam Gould, "Profits and the Housing Crisis: Conflicting Interests of Banks, Industry and Real Estate"
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01 March 1946 |
