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Tanzanian Violence against Forcibly Evicted Maasai

By :OHCHR

15 June 2022

GENEVA (15 June 2022) – UN human rights experts* have expressed grave concerns about continuous encroachment on traditional Maasai lands and housing, accompanied by a lack of transparency in, and consultation with the Maasai Indigenous Peoples, during decision making and planning. This trend most recently culminated in security forces’ violence
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1st Report of CoI on Palestine/Israel

By :OHCHR

07 June 2022

Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, issues first reportReport: ending the continued Israeli occupation and discrimination against Palestinians is essential to stopping the conflict and halting the persistent cycle of violence, while a ‘culture of impunity’ feeds resentment and fuels recurrent tensions, instability,
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20th of May: The Symbolism of a Date

By :Luisa Teotónio Pereira, Estante P

21 May 2022

Today marks a significant milestone for East Timor and Western Sahara. As East Timor (a.k.a. Timor l`Este conducts its own presidential elections, the online edition of the portuguese daily newspaper Estante P has published an article written by a member of the Portugal-Western Sahara Friendship Association, Luisa Teotónio Pereira, that
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Bibliography on Israeli Apartheid

By :HIC-HLRN

26 April 2022

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World Bank Spring Mtgs: Billions for Fossil Fuels

By :Urgewald

18 April 2022

The World Bank Drives Billions into Fossil Fuel Investments The 2022 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) will take place from Monday, April 18, through Sunday, April 24. Most of the events, including the public events, invitation-only events, civil society organization engagements, and
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Rest in Peace and Power, Khadija Catherine Razavi

By :CENESTA

16 April 2022

With a broken heart and extreme sadness, we have to inform you all that our beloved Chair of the Board, Khadija Catherine Razavi, passed away on Saturday, 16 April 2022. Catherine was an outspoken, strong, and unwavering voice for the non-human environment and an essential advocate for the continuous existence
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UNESCO Resolutions to Protect Jerusalem

By :QNN

07 April 2022

UNESCO unanimously adopts two resolutions on state of Palestine OCCUPIED PALESTINE—The Executive Council of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has unanimously adopted two resolutions on the State of Palestine. At its 214th session held in Paris on Wednesday, the UNESCO [Executive Board] adopted a resolution on old Jerusalem
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Palestine: Day of the Land and Its People

By :HIC-HLRN

30 March 2022

Statement of Housing and Land Rights Network of Habitat International Coalition commemorating Palestine’s national Land Day, 2022GENEVA and CAIRO, 30 March 2022—On this occasion of Palestine’s 46th Land Day and fourth anniversary of the Great March of Return in Gaza, we are reminded of the underlying root causes of crimes
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HIC-HLRN @ UN HRC on Housing Segregation

By :HIC-HLRN

19 March 2022

HIC-HLRN Addresses UN SR Report on Housing Segregation On 16 March 2022, Habitat International Coalition addressed the UN Human Rights Council’s 49th Regular Session in the interactive dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing on the subject of his current report on segregation and discrimination in housing. The following
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Event: Apartheid against the Palestinian People

16 March 2022

As co-sponsor of this important event, HIC-HLRN cordially invite you to join a high-level side event organized by human rights organizations* and the permanent missions of Malaysia, Namibia, Pakistan, Palestine and South Africa, in parallel to the 49th session of the Human Rights Council entitled Examining the applicability and implications
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Documents (182)

Document Title	Publication Date
Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons: Implementing the Pinheiro Principles in the Middle East and North Africa	30 November 2022
Human Rights Related to Habitat (Land, Housing, Population Transfer, Natural Resources) in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara	16 March 2022
Joint Submission to the Human Rights Committee on Israel’s Sixth Periodic Review	31 January 2022
Entrenching and Maintaining an Apartheid Regime over the Palestinian People as a Whole	07 January 2022
Conflict, Occupation, War amid Global Cease-fire	18 October 2021
Un derecho humano a la tierra	05 August 2021
حق الإنسان في الأرض	18 June 2021
Deconstructing Israel`s Housing and Land Apartheid	31 May 2021
Joint Input to SR on human rights in occupied Palestine	30 April 2021
Land, Women and Socio-Economic Development in the Arab Region: A Literature Review	18 April 2021
A Human Right to Land	24 February 2021
How Israeli Apartheid Affects the Syrian Golan	28 January 2021
Bibliography on Israeli Apartheid	28 January 2021
UNSRs Address Israel over Naqab Demolitions	21 December 2020
UNSRs Address Israel over Naqab Demolitions	21 December 2020
تقرير جديد: الأرض وسط الجائحة	11 December 2020
Violaciones en el Perú sobre los derechos a la vivienda y a la tierra durante la pandemia	05 October 2020
جائحة من الانتهاكات الإخلاء القسري، وغيره من انتهاكات حقوق الإنسان المرتبطة بالموئل وسط جائحة كوفيد-19	05 October 2020
الهدم الذاتي لمساكن الفلسطينيين في القدس: جريمة احتلالية مضاعفة بحق الإنسانية	04 October 2020
الهدم الذاتي لمساكن الفلسطينيين في القدس: جريمة احتلالية مضاعفة بحق الإنسانية	04 October 2020
Input to HIC-HLRN World Habitat Day Report 2020	25 September 2020
Recognizing Israel’s Practice of Apartheid and Reconstituting the UN Centre against Apartheid	16 September 2020
Tools to Remedy Israeli Apartheid: Reconstituting the UN Special Committee against Apartheid and the UN Centre against Apartheid	01 September 2020
Sudan’s Deep State: How Insiders Violently Privatized Sudan’s Wealth, and How to Respond	13 July 2020
Arguments Raised in Amici Curiae Submissions in the Situation in the State of Palestine before the International Criminal Court	29 April 2020
Palestine/ZA: Sharpeville 60 Years on, Apartheid Continues	22 March 2020
Hacia un Mecanismo Institucional para la participación de las Partes Interesadas en la Nueva Gobernanza de ONU Hábitat	12 February 2020
Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism for Sustainable Development	09 February 2020
نحو آلية مؤسسية لتشارك أصحاب المصلحة في حوكمة موئل الأمم المتحدة الجديدة	09 February 2020
Toward an Institutional Mechanism for Stakeholder Engagement in the New UN Habitat Governance	09 February 2020
Vers un Mécanisme Institutionnel d’Engagement des parties prenantes dans la Nouvelle Gouvernance d’ONU Habitat	09 February 2020
Statement on the conclusion of the preliminary examination of the Situation in Palestine, and seeking a ruling on the scope of the Court’s territorial jurisdiction	20 December 2019
بيان بشأن اختتام الدراسة الأوّلية للحالة في فلسطين، واستصدار قرار بشأن نطاق الاختصاص الإقليمي للمحكمة	20 December 2019
Land Inequality Framing Document	30 October 2019
Israel’s Implementation of Covenant Rights and Obligations Related to Habitat	06 September 2019
The Liberation of Palestine Represents an Alternative Path for Native Nations	06 September 2019
Joint Submission to 100th Session of CERD on Israel`s Periodic Report	05 September 2019
Toward a New Stakeholder Compact for the New Urban Agenda	30 May 2019
Al-Haq International Law Summer School 2019!	30 April 2019
Situation in the State of Palestine, ICC-01/18	30 April 2019
Israel’s Implementation of Covenant Rights and Obligations Related to Habitat	17 January 2019
Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas	20 November 2018
Integrating the engagement of local governments and stakeholders in UN HABITAT	22 October 2018
SDG Land Indicators	01 September 2018
HIC’s role in the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty: Representing the Urban Constituency	02 July 2018
SDG Land Indicators presentation	27 April 2018
SDG Messages from Arab CSOs	24 April 2018
الحق في المدينة في بيروت الكبرى: تقييم السياق في ضوء أزمة اللاجئين والنازحين	23 April 2018
إعلان دبي بشأن حوكمة الأراضي في الدول العربية	26 February 2018
Carta a la Presidenta de Chile	12 February 2018
Recurso de protección Balmaceda Antofamagasta	12 February 2018
International sources on the concept and criteria of “landlessness”	31 December 2017
Final Report of the Sixth Session of the Land Forum in MENA	30 October 2017
التقرير النهائي للدورة السادسة لمنتدى الأرض لإقليم الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا	30 October 2017
Land Forum VI program	25 October 2017
برنامج منتدى الأرض لشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا	25 October 2017
Peace Block letter on Sur, Diyarbakır	19 August 2017
SUR The Walled City of Diyarbakir: Conflict, Dispossession and Destruction Damage Assessment Report	01 August 2017
The Walled City of Diyarbakır: Conflict, Dispossession and Destruction Damage Assessment Report	01 August 2017
SDG 6	18 July 2017
Human Rights Habitat Observatory	10 July 2017
“Spotlight” on UN High-Level Forum, SDGs	10 July 2017
Gains and Losses of Habitat III	09 July 2017
أبعاد حقوق الإنسان التي ينطوي عليها نقل السكان، بما في ذلك توطين المستوطنين، E/CN.4/Sub.2/1994/18	30 June 2017
الممارسات الإسرائيلية تجاه الشعب الفلسطيني ومسألة الفصل العنصري (الأبارتهيت)، موجز تنفيذي	15 March 2017
The Right to Adequate Food Seminar: Promoting accountability of food security actions to the people most affected by food insecurity and malnutrition	24 January 2017
المياه في المنطقة العربية ... من الملك العام للخصخصة	23 January 2017
Permanent Mission of Turkey response to UN Special Rapporteurs	20 January 2017
حصيلة الانتهاكات الإسرائيلية على حقوق الأراض والسكن في المناطق الفلسطينية المحتلة	31 December 2016
Fact Sheet on Israeli Housing and Land Rights Violations during 2016	31 December 2016
Resolution on Israeli settler colonies, S/RES/2334 (2016)	23 December 2016
Habitat III Statement	20 October 2016
Local Governments and Appointment of Trustees to Municipalities	11 October 2016
Local Governments and Appointment of Trustees to Municipalities	11 October 2016
Draft outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), A/CONF.226/4	29 September 2016
UN Special Rapporteurs joint communication to Permanent Mission of Turkey	21 September 2016
Final draft "New Urban Agenda" of 10 September 2016	10 September 2016
Draft "New Urban Agenda" of 28 July 2016	28 July 2016
What Papua New Guinea Said	26 July 2016
Compilation of Habitat II Commitments	22 July 2016
Habitat II Commitments on Indigenous People	21 July 2016
Habitat II Commitments on Safety and Security	21 July 2016
Habitat II Commitments on Land	21 July 2016
Restoring Human Rights and Habitat to the Habitat III Process and New Habitat Agenda	19 July 2016
Statement by the Quartet Principals on the Release of the Quartet Report	01 July 2016
HIC @ Habitat III	23 June 2016
التوصية العامة رقم 34 بشأن حقوق المرأة الريفية	07 March 2016
Recommandation générale No 34 sur les droits des femmes rurales, CEDAW/C/GC/34	07 March 2016
Recomendación general núm. 34 (2016) sobre los derechos de las mujeres rurales, CEDAW/C/GC/34	07 March 2016
HLRN-India Launches Habitat III Status Report	05 February 2016
Comentarios de HIC a los Documentos Marco sobre Políticas de Hábitat III (resumen)	31 January 2016
اتفاق باريس، FCCC/CP/2015/L.9/Rev.1	12 December 2015
"Building Climate-resilient Societies," HIC statement to COP21	04 December 2015
Rapport National de contribution du Cameroun à Habitat III	30 November 2015
Security of Tenure through the Habitat Agenda, 1976–2016	16 November 2015
Security of Tenure through the Habitat Agenda, 1976–2016	16 November 2015
تحويل عالمنا: خطة التنمية المستدامة لعام 2030 A/RES/70/1	21 October 2015
Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, A/RES/70/1	21 October 2015
Reporte National de México para Hábitat III	20 October 2015
Framework for Action for Food Security and Nutrition in Protracted Crises	15 October 2015
Marco de Acción para la Seguridad Alimentaria y la Nutrición durante Crisis Prolongadas (marco de acción del CSA)	15 October 2015
إطار العمل بشأن الأمن الغذائي والتغذية في الأزمات الممتدة	15 October 2015
Stakeholder Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the Republic of Sudan	21 September 2015
HIC Comments on Habitat III Issue Papers	31 July 2015
Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations of Local Government	20 July 2015
البيان الختامي من المؤتمر الثاني للحق الفلسطيني في الأرض والسكن: عيش بكرامة...وحق بالوجود	28 May 2015
Principios Básicos de Habitat III	16 April 2015
أساسيات الموئل الثالث	16 April 2015
Matthew J. Lister, “Self-Determination, Dissent, and the Problem of Population Transfers”	11 March 2015
Habitat II Evaluation Criteria	03 March 2015
Vienna, “Menschenrechte in der Stadt: Eine Stadt für Alle (English version)	19 December 2014
HIC response to HRC-AC Local government and human rights questionnaire	15 November 2014
The Right to the City: Jerusalem	26 October 2014
المبادئ الخاصة بإستثمات الارشيدة في الزراعة واانظم الغذئية	18 October 2014
“Self- Determination, Statehood, and the Refugee Question under International Law in Namibia, Palestine, Western Sahara, and Tibet”	01 September 2014
Susan M. Akram, “Self- Determination, Statehood, and the Refugee Question under International Law in Namibia, Palestine, Western Sahara, and Tibet”	01 September 2014
Concept Paper for a FAO Inventory of Legal Norms Applied to Protracted Crises	12 August 2013
ETOs and Situations of Conflict, Occupation and War: Applying the Maastricht Principles	11 July 2013
Report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context, Raquel Rolnik, Mission to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory, A/HRC/22/4	24 December 2012
World Social Forum – Tunisia	04 July 2012
Gwangju Human Rights Charter (English version)	21 May 2012
Violence in Lathor Village, Balangir District	24 January 2012
Systematic Housing and Land Rights Violations against Syrian Kurds	17 March 2011
Framework and Guidelines on Land Policy in Africa	01 September 2010
إعلان حول المسائل والتحديات المتعلقة بالأرض في أفريقيا	03 July 2009
Declaration on Land Issues and Challenges in Africa	03 July 2009
مبادئ توجيهيـة بشأن الوثائق المتعلقة بمعاهدة محددة التي ينبغي أن تقدمها الدول الأطراف	24 March 2009
Guidelines on Treaty-Specific Documents to be Submitted by States Parties, E/C.12/2008/2	24 March 2009
A Covenant of Dispossession and Genocide	15 July 2008
United Nations Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples	02 October 2007
إعلان الأمم المتحدة بشأن حقوق الشعوب الأصلية	02 October 2007
Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones	02 October 2007
Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas	02 October 2007
Basic Principles and Guidelines on Development-based Evictions and Displacement, A/HRC/4/18	26 August 2007
Principios Básicos y Directrices sobre los Desalojos y el Desplazamiento Generados por el Desarrollo, A/HRC/4/18	26 August 2007
إعلان توصيات مؤتمر الفلاحين الدولى - إعلان نياليني	27 February 2007
Basic Principles and Guidelines on Development-based Evictions and Displacement, A/HRC/4/18	05 February 2007
Principes de base et directives concernant les expulsions et les déplacements liés au développement, A/HRC/4/18	05 February 2007
Principios básicos y directrices sobre los desalojos y el desplazamiento generados por el desarrollo, A/HRC/4/18	05 February 2007
Namibia: amendments to draft resolution A/C.3/61/L.18/Rev.1 concerning Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples	21 November 2006
إدارة المياه العابرة للحدود	15 June 2006
"Land, Territory and Dignity" Forum Declaration	09 March 2006
Montréal Charter of Rights and Responsibilities (English version)	20 June 2005
“Forced Population Transfers in Early Ottoman Imperial Strategy: A Comparative Approach,”	05 May 2003
تقرير المقرر الخاص المعني بالسكن اللائق بوصفع عنصراً من عناصر الحق في مستوى معيشي لائق، السيد ميلون كوتهاري، في زيارته إلى الأراضي الفلسطينية المحتلة، زيارة الأرض الفلسطينية المحتلة، E / CN.4 / 2003/5 / ADD.1	17 June 2002
Report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, Mr. Miloon Kothari, on his visit to the occupied Palestinian territories, E/CN.4/2003/5/Add.1	17 June 2002
الإعلان العربي عن التنمية المستدامة	24 October 2001
Assessing the gains and losses of Istanbul+5	24 June 2001
Right to Adequate Housing in Occupied Territories of the World!	06 June 2001
"Back to the Future," statement before the General Assembly Special Session Habitat II+5 Review	07 April 2001
Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, A/RES/70/1	05 September 2000
“Study on treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous populations,” Final report by the Special Rapporteur, E/CN.4/Sub.2/1999/20	22 June 1999
”دراسة في المعاهدات والاتفاقات وغيرها من الترتيبات البنّاءة بين الدول والسكان الشعوب الأصلية،" تقرير نهائي مقدم من المقرر الخاص، E/CN.4/Sub.2/1999/20	22 June 1999
Draft Declaration on Population Transfer and the Implantation of Settlers, E/CN.4/Sub.2/1997/23	27 June 1997
مشروع إعلان عن نقل السكان وغرس المستوطنين، E/CN.4/Sub.2/1997/23	27 June 1997
“Human rights and population transfer,” Final report of the Special Rapporteur, E/CN.4/Sub.2/1997/23	27 June 1997
"حقوق الإنسان ونقل السكان،" التقرير النهائي للمقرر الخاص،E/CN.4/Sub.2/1997/23	27 June 1997
Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements and the Habitat Agenda, A/CONF.165/14	14 June 1996
Declaración de Estambul sobre los Asentamientos Humanos y Programa de Hábitat, A/CONF.65/14	14 June 1996
La Déclaration d`Istanbul sur les etablissements humains et le Programme pour l`habitat, A/CONF.65/14	14 June 1996
إعلان استمبول وجدول أعمال المستوطنات البشرية	14 April 1996
إعلان القدس: مشروع ميثاق حركة حقوق السكن الفلسطينية	29 May 1995
The human rights dimensions of population transfer, including the implantation of settlers, E/CN.4/Sub.2/1994/18	30 June 1994
أبعاد حقوق الإنسان اللتي يحتوي عليها نقل السكان، بما في ذلك توطين المستوطنين" تقرير مرحلي أعده السيد عون شوكت الخصاونة، المقرر الخاص، E/CN.4/Sub.2/1994/18	30 June 1994
Christopher M. Goebel, “A Unified Concept of Population Transfer”	01 October 1993
The human rights dimensions of population transfer, including the implantation of settlers, E/CN.4/Sub.2/1993/17	06 July 1993
The human rights dimensions of population transfer, including the implantation of settlers, E/CN.4/Sub.2/1993/17	06 July 1993
إبعاد حقوق الانسان اللتي تنطوي عليها نقل السكان، بما في ذلك التوطين والمستوطنين	06 July 1993
NGO Treaty on Urbanisation. Towards Just Democratic and Sustainable Cities, Towns and Villages	16 June 1992
Claire Palley, "Population Transfer and International Law"	12 January 1992
لجنة الحقوق الاقتصادية و الاجتماعية و الثقافية، التعليق العام رقم 4 "الحق في السكن"	13 December 1991
Comité des droits économiques, sociales et culturelles, "Le droit à un logement suffisant," Observation générale no 4	13 December 1991
Health principles of housing	30 June 1989
الاتفاقية رقم 169 بشأن الشعوب الأصلية والقبلية في البلدان المستقلة	27 June 1989
The situation in the Middle East, A/RES/37/123	14 December 1984
The situation in the Middle East, A/RES/39/146	16 December 1982
The situation in the Middle East, A/RES/39/146	16 December 1982
S/RES/465 (1980)	01 March 1980
Letter of the State Department Legal Advisor, Mr. Herbert J. Hansell, Concerning the Legality of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Territories	21 April 1978
“Legal Problems Concerning the Juridical Status and Political Activities of the Zionist Organization / Jewish Agency: A Study in International and United States Law,” William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 9, No. 1	31 December 1967
The Zionist-Israel Juridical Claims to Constitute “the Jewish People” Nationality and to Confer Membership in It: Appraisal in Public International Law	01 January 1964
تقسيم فلسطين: قرار الجمعية العامة رقم 181 (II)	29 November 1947

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