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Gaza: World Bank Sets War Losses @ $570 mil |
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| 07 July 2021 |
US$570 million physical and economical losses in Gaza, says World Bank
RAMALLAH—The eleven days of hostilities in May 2021 in Gaza resulted in the loss of over 260 people, including 66 children and 41 women, and exacerbated previous traumas in particular among children. The human toll was aggravated by overall damage
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Human Rights and Land Event: Friday, 9 June |
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By: HIC-HLRN |
| 05 July 2021 |
Draft general comment on Land and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Friday 9 July 2021, 13:30 – 16:30 CEST
live on Zoom from Villa Moynier, Geneva
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is now developing a general comment on Land and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The purpose of this general
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Nordic Fund Bans 16 Firms over Illegal Colonies |
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By: Gwladys Fouche and Simon Jessop, Reuters |
| 05 July 2021 |
Nordic fund KLP excludes 16 companies over links to Israeli settlements in West Bank
OSLO—Norway`s largest pension fund KLP said on Monday it would no longer invest in 16 companies including Alstom ALSO.PA and Motorola MSI.N because of their links to Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
Along with a number of other countries, Norway considers
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The Nakba and the Polish Law |
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By: Gilad Atzmon, Al Mayadeen net |
| 30 June 2021 |
In 1948, more than 700,000 Palestinians were ethnically cleansed by the newly born Jewish `State`. This catastrophic racially driven crime is called the Nakba.
"Israel" seems upset by a new Polish law that sets a 30-year deadline for Jews to recover seized property. The legislation is yet to be approved by
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Lebanon’s Sectarian Oligarchic Economy |
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By: Mat Nashed, Fanack |
| 30 June 2021 |
How a Sectarian Oligarchy Destroyed Lebanon’s Economy
Lebanon is coping with an unprecedented banking crisis that has plunged more than half of the population into poverty. Those responsible are sectarian political elites who have plundered the economy since Lebanon’s civil war ended in 1990.
Besides a glitchy downtown quarter reserved for the rich
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Texas Criminalizes Homelessness |
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By: National Low-income Housing Coalition |
| 28 June 2021 |
Texas Passes Statewide Camping Ban
Amid a housing affordability crisis, cities across the U.S. have been struggling with their unsheltered populations. Two years ago, Austin, Texas, decriminalized activities related to homelessness. But this year, citizens voted to re-criminalize them — as the state banned “public camping.”
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed legislation on
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USA: Florida Keys Sinking |
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By: Oliver Milman, Mother Jones |
| 25 June 2021 |
Florida Keys’ Fate: “The Water Is Coming and We Can’t Stop It”
As seas rise and storms intensify, residents face a stark reality.
Long famed for its spectacular fishing, sprawling coral reefs and literary residents such as Ernest Hemingway, the Florida Keys is now acknowledging a previously unthinkable reality: it faces being overwhelmed by
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Brazil: Indigenous Protest New Land Law |
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By: Anthony Boadle, editing by Matthew Lewis/Reuters |
| 24 June 2021 |
Police tear gas indigenous protest for land rights in Brazil
BRASILIA, Riot police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse a group of indigenous people protesting on Tuesday outside Brazil`s Congress against a bill lawmakers were about to debate that would undermine recognition of protected reservation lands.
The protesters, among them
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Special Rapporteurs on adequate housing @ 20 |
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By: OHCHR |
| 22 June 2021 |
Today, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Balakrishnan Rajagopal, presents his report to the UN Human Rights Council: “20 years Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing – Tacking stock – moving forward”
The report (A/HRC/47/43) highlights key achievements and contributions of the mandate since its establishment
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Sudanese Women adopt positive Discrimination Principle |
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By: Radio Dabanga |
| 20 June 2021 |
Over 30 associations of displaced women from war zones in the Nuba Mountains, Blue Nile, and Darfur regions have demanded the adoption of the principle of positive discrimination for justice and access to rights, along with fair compensation for injustices and at least 20 per cent representation of women at
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Tanzania: Safari Tourism Evict Maasai en Masse |
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By: Oakland Institute |
| 16 June 2021 |
Thousands of Maasai Face Eviction for Safari Tourism in Tanzania
The threat that “Fortress Conservation” poses to the survival of Indigenous communities around the world is growing. Amidst the daily flood of emails, we wanted to ensure that you didn’t miss our latest report sounding the alarm on massive, planned evictions
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UN to Plumb “root causes” in Israel/Palestine |
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By: HIC-HLRN |
| 27 May 2021 |
The UN Human Rights Council convened a special session on 27 May 2021 to debate and vote (24–9) on a resolution to urgently dispatch an open-ended commission of inquiry in response to the recent events leading to military conflict between Israel and armed groups in the blockaded and besieged Gaza
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Irish Parliament: Israeli Colonies = Annexation |
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By: Cate McCurry and James Ward, Independent |
| 26 May 2021 |
Ireland has become the first EU member state to declare the building of Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories as de facto annexationز Ireland became the first EU member state to do so after a Sinn Fein motion received cross-party support in the Dail.
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A Dail motion, tabled by Sinn Fein, was passed
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Israeli Settler Money Trail Found |
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By: Uri Blau / Shomrim, Forward |
| 25 May 2021 |
The money trail behind the Jerusalem eviction battle that sparked the latest Israeli-Palestinian violence, exposed
One of the triggers for the recent conflagration in East Jerusalem, which quickly spread across Israel, was an effort to evict Palestinian families from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.
Like so many real-estate cases over the so-called Green Line that
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Palestine: Call for Action |
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By: CIHRS |
| 25 May 2021 |
HRC 30th Special Session: Call on the United Nations Human Rights Council to adopt a resolution on the grave human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and in Israel
On 27 May 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) will hold a Special Session in relation to the
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How Low-income-housing Tax Credits Enrich Private Interests |
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By: Peter J Reilly, Forbes |
| 24 May 2021 |
Low-income Housing Tax Credit Enriching Private Interests At Expense Of Common Good
According to the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, there is no clear rule to the effect that living in the land of the free and the home of the brave gives one a right to housing. Nonetheless, the Federal Government
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Palestine: CSOs Urge States` Diligence in UNHRC |
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By: Various NGOs |
| 21 May 2021 |
Joint letter to Permanent Missions to the UN at Geneva
Regional and international civil society organizations from around the world call on UN Member States to address the escalating and institutionalized Israeli attacks against Palestinians on both sides of the Green Line during the 30th HRC Special Session (Endorsing signatures listed
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Puerto Rico: Still No Relief since Hurricane Maria |
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By: Ivis Garcia, American Bar Association |
| 21 May 2021 |
The Lack of Proof of Ownership in Puerto Rico Is Crippling Repairs in the Aftermath of Hurricane Maria
When Hurricane Maria made landfall in September 2017, it devastated the tiny island of Puerto Rico. The level of damage proved far more severe than the territory’s government could bear. More than a
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Climate Change Displaces Over 40 Million |
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By: Ajit Niranjan, Deutsche Welle |
| 20 May 2021 |
Extreme weather displaces record numbers of people as temperatures rise
More than 40 million people were driven from their homes by continued conflict and worsening weather in 2020 as the climate grew increasingly chaotic.
Storms, floods, wildfires and droughts drove more than 30 million people from their homes last year, as rising
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Gaza: Refugees Shelter at UNRWA Schools |
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By: UNRWA |
| 19 May 2021 |
Displaced Palestine refugees seek shelter at UNRWA schools in Gaza
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In the Gaza Strip, where approximately 70 per cent of the population are Palestine refugees, catastrophic bombardment is being carried out as the besieged coastal enclave enters the 14th year of an air, land and sea blockade that has devastated lives, infrastructure and
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