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World Bank Schemes to Privatize the Commons |
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By :Oakland Institute |
| 24 January 2019 |
The Highest Bidder Takes It All: The World Bank’s Scheme to Privatize the Commons details how the Bank’s prescribes reforms, via a new land indicator in the Enabling the Business of Agriculture (EBA) project, promotes large-scale land acquisitions and the expansion of agribusinesses in the developing world. This new indicator is
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1st Arab Conference on Land Governance |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 28 February 2018 |
Dubai Land Department announces the conclusion of the first Arab land governance conference
The conference, organized in partnership with the World Bank, the Global Land Tool Network, UN-HABITAT, the League of Arab States and the Arab Surveying Association, was attended by more than 300 participants, representing several regional and international bodies.
Dubai
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Out of Africa: Human Rights Habitat Struggles |
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By :Marie Huchzermeyer, CUBES/Wits Univ. and Joseph Schechla, HLRN |
| 07 November 2017 |
From Africa to the World: Struggling for Human Rights to Housing, Land and the City
Mid-October 2017, Nairobi was host to an intense engagement on housing rights, social justice and the right to the city. This was amid political turmoil in Kenyan towns and cities, and unrelated to this but largely
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Pennsylvania: 1st Fracking-related Earthquakes |
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By :Reid Frazier, The Allegheny Front |
| 18 February 2017 |
Pennsylvania officials say they’ve confirmed the state’s first fracking-related earthquakes took place last year in Lawrence County, northwest of Pittsburgh. As a result, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is stepping up its requirements for drilling in that part of the state, which is known for seismic activity.
In April 2016,
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fb Zuckerberg Sues to Take Native Hawaiian Land |
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By :Nathan Wellman, U.S. Uncut |
| 19 January 2017 |
Mark Zuckerberg is suing to force native Hawaiians off their ancestral land to build an island resort
Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg ended 2016 by suing hundreds of people native to Hawaii, apparently so that he can have 700 acres of land all to himself.
The billionaire’s lawsuit, filed on 30 December, was
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Public Payment for Royal Renovations Opposed |
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By :HIC-HLRN and Metro.uk |
| 19 November 2016 |
Britain is experiencing a national crisis in housing and the National Health Service, while austerity is forcing cuts in many social services. Yesterday, the press announced a decision by the British prime minister and chancellor to pay an additional £369m from the public purse for a major 10-year refurbishment to
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Alternative Forums outside of Habitat III |
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By :Gregory Scruggs, Citiscope |
| 14 October 2016 |
Even as governments adopt the New Urban Agenda next week, multiple groups plan protests and contrary discussions.
A large crowd gathers at the Urban Social Forum in Rio de Janeiro, which took place as an alternative to the World Urban Forum in March 2010. More such events are expected at next
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HIC Addresses Habitat III PrepCom3 |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 27 July 2016 |
The “New Urban Agenda,” from its inception, is inconsistent with historic agreements, today’s global priorities and the “world we need.” Particular interests have narrowed the Habitat Agenda to urban priorities, subordinated rural areas and ignored issues of forced migration, presuming that urbanization is “inevitable” and beyond human will or policy
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"Right to the City" Movement Goes Global |
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By :Francesca Perry, The Guardian |
| 19 April 2016 |
Right to the city: can this growing social movement win over city officials?
From the Taksim Square and Nuit Debout protests to bank takeovers in Barcelona and women’s workshops in Delhi, the pressure for more inclusive cities is mounting. As the UN gears up for Habitat III, will governments listen?
On
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Kochs Funding Bundy Land-seizure Agenda |
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By :Jenny Rowland and Matt Lee-Ashley, ThinkProgress |
| 13 February 2016 |
The ultra-conservative billionaire Koch brothers are now funding the Bundy land-seizure agenda
The political network of the conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch signalled last week that it is expanding its financial and organizational support for a coalition of anti-government activists and militants who are working to seize and sell America’s
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HIC-critics on Habitat III Policy Papers |
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By :HIC |
| 05 February 2016 |
Since the very early stages of the Habitat III preparations, Habitat International Coalition (HIC) has called for the integrity of the Habitat II (1996) commitments and modalities; this demand has three related aspects:
• Processes must uphold the Habitat II-established principle to be as inclusive as possible;
• Maintain the Habitat Agenda,
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Habitat III Sins of Omission |
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By :Habitat for People - Not for Profit! |
| 01 February 2016 |
Today, a movement of concerned partners engaged in the Habitat III preparations issued a public challenge to the organizers of the global process, calling on them to rethink the omissions and design flaws that narrow the Habitat III public debate and presuppose its outcomes. From the beginning of the deliberative and reporting
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COP21: Land & Water Convergence Speaks |
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By :Global Convergence of Land and Water Struggles |
| 08 December 2015 |
Parallel to the climate conference in Paris, social movements and allies within the “Global Convergence of Land and Water Struggles” stand up for climate justice and real solutions to the climate crisis. This alliance of struggles has delivered its message to the COP21 currently meeting at Paris. Their statement follows.
The
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HIC Reviews Habitat III Issue Papers |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 31 July 2015 |
Habitat International Coalition has just issued its compilation of inputs from Members and officers following their review of the Habitat III Issue Papers. The 22 thematic contributions from technical experts selected by the UN-Habitat/Habitat III Secretariat have been drafted as a framework for the debate leading up to the Third
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Land. That’s What Habitat Was About |
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By :Moira Farrow, The Vancouver Sun |
| 23 June 1976 |
In spite of the war of words between Israel and the Arabs, in spite of the militancy and marching over nuclear energy, the key word at Habitat was land.
Like a rock thrown into a pond, the land debate is going to ripple around the world for many years, because it’s as
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Document Title
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Publication Date |
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Human Rights Habitat Observatory
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10 July 2017 |
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الحق في المدينة المفاهيم العامة وتطبيقها على الصعيد المحلي
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14 June 2017 |
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Report of fourth “Sanctuary in the City: Beirut” Workshop Beirut
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24 May 2017 |
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Report of fourth “Sanctuary in the City: Beirut” Workshop Beirut May 2017
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05 May 2017 |
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Habitat III Statement
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20 October 2016 |
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Draft outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), A/CONF.226/4
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29 September 2016 |
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Final draft "New Urban Agenda" of 10 September 2016
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10 September 2016 |
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Alternativas desde la sociedad civil hacia Hábitat III,
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12 August 2016 |
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Draft "New Urban Agenda" of 28 July 2016
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28 July 2016 |
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What Papua New Guinea Said
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26 July 2016 |
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A Tool for Evaluative Habitat III Reporting: Responding to the Need for Implementation Reports
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24 July 2016 |
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HIC response to Habitat III revised zero draft
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28 June 2016 |
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HIC @ Habitat III
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23 June 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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Security of Tenure through the Habitat Agenda, 1976–2016
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16 November 2015 |
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Nothing about Us, without Us, Is for Us!
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26 October 2015 |
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Reporte National de México para Hábitat III
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20 October 2015 |
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HIC Comments on Habitat III Issue Papers
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31 July 2015 |
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Principios Básicos de Habitat III
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16 April 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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HIC response to HRC-AC Local government and human rights questionnaire
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15 November 2014 |
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The Right to the City: Cairo
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03 November 2014 |
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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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World Social Forum – Tunisia
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04 July 2012 |
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Urban Social Forum, Naples, Italy, 3-7 September 2012
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04 July 2012 |
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Gwangju Human Rights Charter (Korean Language)
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21 May 2012 |
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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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The challenges of the democratic management in Brazil: The right to the city
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17 September 2008 |
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United Nations Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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02 October 2007 |
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إعلان الأمم المتحدة بشأن حقوق الشعوب الأصلية
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02 October 2007 |
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Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas
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02 October 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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Enrique Ortiz Flores, "Hacia una Carta Mundial por el Derecho a la Ciudad"
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08 November 2006 |
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Social Production of Housing in Mexico: Its National Importance and Its Economic Impact on Poor Households
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30 September 2006 |
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“Tierra y Liberdad: The Social Function Doctrine and Land Reform in Latin America,” Tulane Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 19
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15 June 2006 |
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Função social da propriedade: análise histórica
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31 August 2005 |
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In Quest of Bhabrekar Nagar
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31 December 2001 |
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A Função Social da Propriedade
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01 November 2001 |
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Statute of the City (law No. 10257) general guidelines for urban policy and other measures
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21 July 2001 |
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Statut de la ville (Loi n° 10257) les directives générales de la politique urbaine
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10 July 2001 |
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El Estatuto da la Ciudad (Lei nº 10.257/01) las directrices generales de la política urb
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10 July 2001 |
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A Doutrina da Função Social da Propriedade
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01 March 2000 |
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Constructing a New Social Alternative
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03 February 1996 |
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NGO Treaty on Urbanisation. Towards Just Democratic and Sustainable Cities, Towns and Villages
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16 June 1992 |
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Land. That’s What Habitat Was About
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23 June 1976 |
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Declaración de Vancouver
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11 June 1976 |
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الملكية وظيفة غجتماعية" (خطاب حبيب بورقيبة)"
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17 January 1967 |
