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Germany: Protests at Village Razing for Coal Mine |
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By: Associate Press |
| 09 January 2023 |
Climate activists dig in to defend German village from coal mine
“(We) will fight for every tree, for every house, for every meter in this village,” said Luka Scott, a spokesperson for the alliance of groups organizing protests.
Climate activists pledged Sunday to defend a tiny village in western Germany from being bulldozed for
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A New Issue of LandTimes |
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By: HLRN |
| 01 January 2023 |
This current Issue 27 of Land Times /أحوال الأرضupdates readers with the latest terms and developments related to the housing and land rights and HIC-HLRN’s latest activities in the context of multiple crises from a human rights perspective. This LT also explores the convergence of sustainable development and human rights
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Tanzania: Displaced Maasai Facing Evictions |
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By: Oakland Institute |
| 01 December 2022 |
Broken Promises: Relocation Sites for Maasai Facing Evictions Remain Critically Flawed with Risk of Conflict Escalating
Field research in Msomera—the site picked by the Tanzanian government to relocate Indigenous residents who face evictions from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA)—reveals area is inhabited by long-term residents.
Land set aside for evicted NCA residents does
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Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism |
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By: Al Haq |
| 29 November 2022 |
Landmark Palestinian Coalition Report: Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism
On the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, 29 November 2022, Al-Haq launched its inaugural coalition report titled: Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism. It reflects the collaborative efforts of civil society and academic authors Rania Muhareb,
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Nigeria`s Slum Lords Evict the Poorest |
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By: Philip Obaji, Jr., The Context |
| 28 November 2022 |
Nigeria`s slum lords evict the poorest as rents soar
What’s the context?
Rent inflation is causing pain in a nation where most people spend over half their income on housing, especially in Abuja:
Rents skyrocket in Abuja due inflation, housing crunch
Many residents forced to move to slums to cut costs
Influx drives out poorest
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CSOs Defying Israeli Military Orders |
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By: Shawah Jabarin, The Nation |
| 21 November 2022 |
Why My Organization Has Chosen to Defy Israeli Military Orders
My organization, Al-Haq, was among 7 raided by Israel and ordered closed in August, but we do not believe in following illegal orders—and so we will remain open.
Early in the morning of 18 August 2022, the Israeli army raided seven prominent
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CoP27: Climate Justice amid Loss and Damage |
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By: Joseph Schechla |
| 20 November 2022 |
The recent CoP27 decision to establish a loss-and-damage is a monumental gain toward survival of the communities most-vulnerable to climate change and its effects. However, this hopeful statement comes with several caveats: Perhaps primary among them is the condition thar the fund be properly funded. In addition, it must satisfy
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Webinar: Major outcomes of CoP27 |
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By: ANND |
| 13 November 2022 |
Webinar: Major outcomes of CoP27 negotiations on Resilience and Adaptation
Moderator:
Diam Bou Diab, Senior Program and Research Officer at ANND
Speakers:
Sarine Karajerjian, Program Director at Arab Reform Initiative
Joseph Schechla, Coordinator of the Habitat International Coalition’s Housing and Land Rights Network
Monday, 14 November 2022 at 15:00 PM (Sharm el-Sheikh time)
English/Arabic interpretation available
Please click here to register
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Food Chain Global Youth Champ: Samuel Ikua |
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By: BBC |
| 10 November 2022 |
Food Chain Global Youth Champion 2022: Samuel Ikua
We are pleased to announce that this year’s winner of BBC’s Food Chain Global Youth Champion Award is Samuel Ikua, of HIC Member Mazingira Institute in Nairobi, Kenya.
Samuel teaches local people the skills and knowledge they need to start urban farming projects where they
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CoP27, Day 1: Loss & Damage on the Agenda |
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By: Enterprise |
| 07 November 2022 |
CoP27, Day 1: Loss and damage funding introduced as an agenda item
Yeb Saño, Greenpeace’s CoP27 head of delegation, says: “It is a significant moment that loss and damage finance has been agreed as an agenda item for the first time since the most vulnerable countries raised the clarion call decades
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Land Governance Is Key to Implement 2030 Agenda |
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By: GeoConnexion |
| 02 November 2022 |
Stig Enemark explains the concept of land governance and importance in supporting the 2030 global agenda.
The term “land governance” is relatively new. It appeared in the early 2000s as an extension of the concept of “land management” to also include the aspect of governance and the political economy of land.
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Climate Crisis Is a Racial Justice Crisis |
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By: OHCHR |
| 31 October 2022 |
There can be no meaningful solution to the global climate and ecological crisis without addressing systemic racism, and particularly the historic and contemporary racial legacies of colonialism and slavery, a UN human rights expert warned.
“Climate justice seeks historical accountability from nations and entities responsible for climate change and calls for
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Emissions Gap Report 2022 |
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By: Damian Carrington, The Guardian |
| 27 October 2022 |
Climate crisis: UN finds ‘no credible pathway to 1.5°C in place’
Failure to cut carbon emissions means ‘rapid transformation of societies’ is only option to limit impacts, report says
There is “no credible pathway to 1.5°C in place”, the UN’s environment agency has said, and the failure to reduce carbon emissions means
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Rebuilding Ukraine; A "challenge for generations" |
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By: Lauren Chadwick, euronews |
| 25 October 2022 |
Rebuilding Ukraine will be a `challenge for generations`, says German chancellor
Ukraine`s reconstruction will be a "challenge for generations" that needs to begin now, the German chancellor said at a conference on rebuilding the war-torn country.
Olaf Scholz was co-hosting an expert conference on Ukraine`s recovery with the European Commission as part
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Inter-tribal Conflict in Blue Nile State |
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By: OCHA |
| 24 October 2022 |
Since inter-communal violence reignited in Blue Nile`s Wad Al Mahi locality on 13 October, fighting continues to be reported in the Dam towns and the situation remains tense.
Since mid-July, at least 70,000 people have reportedly been displaced within the state and into neighbouring localities and states due to the inter-tribal
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Durable Solutions for IDPs in Urban Areas |
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By: OHCHR |
| 24 October 2022 |
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs), Chaloka Beyani, today made an appeal to the international community to achieve durable solutions for internally displaced persons living in urban settings.
“Transitional solutions for IDPs in urban areas are too often mistaken for durable solutions,” Mr.
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Event: `Domicide` as an International Crime |
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By: OHCHR |
| 21 October 2022 |
Massive violations of the right to adequate housing continue in unprecedented fashion during and after violent conflict.
The attacking, bombing and shelling of civilian targets and the destruction of entire cities and villages – displacing millions into homelessness – have been largely met with impunity. In his report to the UN
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UN Commission of Inquiry on Palestine/Israel Report |
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By: OHCHR |
| 20 October 2022 |
United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel calls on UN General Assembly to request that the International Court of Justice urgently advise on the legal consequences of such actions
New York—There are reasonable grounds to conclude that the Israeli occupation of
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Australia Withdraws Jerusalem `Capital` Status |
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By: Jake Kwon, Hadas Gold and Richard Greene, CNN |
| 19 October 2022 |
Australia reverses Trump-era recognition of West Jerusalem as capital of Israel
The previous Australian Coalition government planned to move the Australian Embassy to West Jerusalem.
The Australian government has reversed a decision by its predecessor to recognize West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, prompting a rebuke from the Israeli government.
Australian Foreign Minister
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"Domicide" at the UN General Assembly |
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By: HIC-HLRN |
| 18 October 2022 |
HIC-HLRN welcomes enthusiastically the latest report of the UN Special Rapporteur (SR) on adequate housing Balakrishnan Rajagopal. This latest report to the UN General Assembly reminds states and all readers about the gross violations of the human right to adequate housing and related crimes in the context of conflicts, occupations
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