News (10)
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Nigeria`s Slum Lords Evict the Poorest |
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 More...
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World Habitat Day 2022 |
By :HIC-HLRN |
03 October 2022 |
On the occasion of World Habitat Day 2022, Habitat International Coalition (HIC) joins Members, allies and development actors to reflect on its journey of more than 45 years since the first Habitat Conference (1976) and common Habitat Agendas. Global activism has been indispensable in developing global consensus and commitments to More...
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Crooked in Kushnerville |
By :Alec MacGillis, reporter for ProPublica. |
27 September 2022 |
Jared Kushner’s Firm to Pay $3.25M for Deceiving & Cheating Tenants in Baltimore’s “Kushnerville”
Guest: Alec MacGillis, reporter for ProPublica.
A property management company partly owned by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner has agreed to pay a $3.25 million fine to the state of Maryland and to reimburse potentially tens of thousands More...
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Housing and Land Rights in South Africa’s UPR |
By :HIC side event |
23 September 2022 |
Housing and Land Rights ahead of South Africa’s UPR
The upcoming Universal Periodic Review of South Africa and the current Human Rights Council 51st session should focus on the human rights to adequate housing and land rights and protection of their defenders
Date: 30 September 2022
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
In person: Room XXV, More...
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Bengaluru Flood “tyranny of small decisions” |
By :Aishwarya Iyer, Scroll.in |
06 September 2022 |
‘Bengaluru’s flood devastation is the tyranny of small decisions’: Water expert Vishwanath S
The waterlogging has not been caused by the heavy rain but by bad planning, he says.
On Tuesday morning, Gaurav Munjal, the chief executive officer of education-technology firm Unacademy tweeted a video of his family and pet dog leaving their Bengaluru More...
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Proposal for a UN Habitat Stakeholder-engagement Mechanism |
By :HIC-HLRN |
01 September 2022 |
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ZA: Killing Land Defenders & Constitutional Order |
By :Raymond Suttner, Polity |
25 August 2022 |
Mnguni is part of a broader attack on our constitutional order
The murder of Lindokuhle Mnguni, the 24th leader of Abahlali baseMjondolo to be gunned down, has met with indifference on the part of the state and the ANC. Not a word, as before. Violence - primarily against the poor - More...
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South Africa: Lindokuhle Mnguni Assassinated |
By :Abahlali baseMjondolo |
20 August 2022 |
Press statement
In the early hours of this morning Lindokuhle Mnguni, the chairperson of the eKhenana Commune and the Youth League, was assassinated at the Commune.
Mnguni was a powerful intellectual with a mind like a razor. He was a young man with real vision and commitment, a brave man whose will More...
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Uganda: 400 HHs Face Forced Eviction in Hoima |
By :The Independent |
10 July 2022 |
More than 400 residents in Hoima are on the verge of being forcefully evicted from their ancestral land.
The affected residents are from the village of Ngobye in Buraru parish, Buraru sub county. They are feuding with Neko Isingoma, a prominent businessman in Hoima town over a piece of land measuring More...
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What`s Missing in Green Policies for Durban |
By :Richard Meissner, The Conversation |
21 April 2022 |
Green policies are in place for South Africa’s major port city: but a key piece is missing
The floods of April 2022 in the South African city of Durban (eThekwini municipality) placed the spotlight on the management of urban areas and their vulnerability to natural disasters. That homes had been built close to rivers More...
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Document Title
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Publication Date |
Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons: Implementing the Pinheiro Principles in the Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced PersonsMiddle East and North Africa
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30 November 2022 |
World Habitat Day 2022
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03 October 2022 |
Proposal for a UN Habitat Stakeholder-engagement Mechanism
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01 September 2022 |
Un derecho humano a la tierra
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05 August 2021 |
حق الإنسان في الأرض
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18 June 2021 |
Crowborough letter
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25 February 2021 |
Declarar una moratoria a desalojos en CDMX es una urgencia sanitaria
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11 February 2021 |
Global Farmers Strike - First Wave
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01 February 2021 |
جائحة من الانتهاكات الإخلاء القسري، وغيره من انتهاكات حقوق الإنسان المرتبطة بالموئل وسط جائحة كوفيد-19
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05 October 2020 |
Customary Practices That Displace Women from Their Habitats
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30 August 2020 |
Incidents of infrastructure development that displace people: Baseline assessment of women’s wealth, wellbeing and habitat including potential losses
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30 July 2020 |
The Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on Housing Rights
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20 July 2020 |
Hacia un Mecanismo Institucional para la participación de las Partes Interesadas en la Nueva Gobernanza de ONU Hábitat
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12 February 2020 |
Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism for Sustainable Development
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09 February 2020 |
نحو آلية مؤسسية لتشارك أصحاب المصلحة في حوكمة موئل الأمم المتحدة الجديدة
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09 February 2020 |
Toward an Institutional Mechanism for Stakeholder Engagement in the New UN Habitat Governance
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09 February 2020 |
Vers un Mécanisme Institutionnel d’Engagement des parties prenantes dans la Nouvelle Gouvernance d’ONU Habitat
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09 February 2020 |
WLH Kampala Workshop Report
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14 May 2019 |
Integrating the engagement of local governments and stakeholders in UN HABITAT
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22 October 2018 |
الحق في المدينة في بيروت الكبرى: تقييم السياق في ضوء أزمة اللاجئين والنازحين
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23 April 2018 |
Carta a la Presidenta de Chile
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12 February 2018 |
Recurso de protección Balmaceda Antofamagasta
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12 February 2018 |
Boston Tenants Fighting Displacement
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02 September 2017 |
Human Rights Habitat Observatory
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10 July 2017 |
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 |
NAHT recommendations for the FY 2018 CPC Peoples Budget
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20 February 2017 |
Habitat III Statement
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20 October 2016 |
Alternativas desde la sociedad civil hacia Hábitat III,
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12 August 2016 |
Draft "New Urban Agenda" of 28 July 2016
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28 July 2016 |
Habitat II Commitments on Housing
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21 July 2016 |
Habitat II Commitments on Safety and Security
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21 July 2016 |
HIC @ Habitat III
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23 June 2016 |
HLRN-India Launches Habitat III Status Report
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05 February 2016 |
Making social regulation of real estate markets an issue at Habitat III
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02 February 2016 |
Comentarios de HIC a los Documentos Marco sobre Políticas de Hábitat III (resumen)
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31 January 2016 |
The Global Crisis of Displacement and Evictions: A Housing and Land Rights Response
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14 January 2016 |
"Key Issues and Recommendations," Housing in the City We Need UTC
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18 November 2015 |
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 |
Security of Tenure through the Habitat Agenda, 1976–2016
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16 November 2015 |
Security of Tenure through the Habitat Agenda, 1976–2016
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16 November 2015 |
Security of Tenure through the Habitat Agenda, 1976–2016
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16 November 2015 |
Nothing about Us, without Us, Is for Us!
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26 October 2015 |
تحويل عالمنا: خطة التنمية المستدامة لعام ٢٠٣٠، A/RES/70/1
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21 October 2015 |
Transformar nuestro mundo: la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible, A/RES/70/1
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21 October 2015 |
Private interest closing social space? A critical analysis of Lebanon`s real-estate sector
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01 September 2015 |
“The role of local government in the promotion and protection of human rights,” A/HRC/30/49
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07 August 2015 |
دور الحكومة المحلية في تعزيز وحماية حقوق الإنسان - التقرير النهائي للجنة الاستشارية لمجلس حقوق الإنسان، A/HRC/30/49
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07 August 2015 |
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, A/70/270
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04 August 2015 |
تقرير المقرر الخاص بالسكن اللائق كعنصر من عناصر الحق في مستوى معيشي مناسب وبالحق في عدم التمييز في هذا السياق، A/70/270
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04 August 2015 |
Herramienta para los Informes Nacionales Paralelos de Hábitat III
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03 August 2015 |
HIC Comments on Habitat III Issue Papers
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31 July 2015 |
HIC Comments to the HRC-AC Local government and human rights draft report
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15 June 2015 |
Counting the Cost of Forced Eviction: Muthurwa Estates
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11 May 2015 |
Principios Básicos de Habitat III
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16 April 2015 |
أساسيات الموئل الثالث
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16 April 2015 |
Habitat II Evaluation Criteria
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03 March 2015 |
Vienna, Menschenrechte in der Stadt: Eine Stadt für Alle
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19 December 2014 |
HIC response to HRC-AC Local government and human rights questionnaire
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15 November 2014 |
The Right to the City: Cairo
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03 November 2014 |
Counting the Cost of Forced Eviction: Kenya
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14 August 2014 |
Use of the HLRN “Eviction Impact Assessment” Tool in a Post-disaster Situation: An assessment of the loss of property resulting from floods in Bainsiria Village, Bari Block, Jajpur District, Odisha
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14 July 2014 |
Stakeholder Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the Kingdom of Spain
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15 June 2014 |
ETOs and Situations of Conflict, Occupation and War: Applying the Maastricht Principles
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11 July 2013 |
Eviction Impact Assessment in Chilla Khadar Village
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12 December 2012 |
The Cruel Side of Delhi`s Beautification: Illegal Demolition in Baljeet Nagar
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30 June 2011 |
Mexico City Charter for the Right to the City
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01 July 2010 |
السكن في مصر بين العشوائية والتحضر الرث
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22 May 2010 |
“De Vancouver 1976 a Vancouver 2006: Una revisión critica desde la perspectiva no gubernamental”
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01 October 2008 |
Basic Principles and Guidelines on Development-based Evictions and Displacement, A/HRC/4/18
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26 August 2007 |
إعلان توصيات مؤتمر الفلاحين الدولى - إعلان نياليني
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27 February 2007 |
Basic Principles and Guidelines on Development-based Evictions and Displacement, A/HRC/4/18
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05 February 2007 |
Principes de base et directives concernant les expulsions et les déplacements liés au développement, A/HRC/4/18
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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
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21 November 2006 |
"Land, Territory and Dignity" Forum Declaration
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09 March 2006 |
Informe sobre el Pacto Internacional de los Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales –PIDESC
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14 November 2004 |
In Quest of Bhabrekar Nagar
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31 December 2001 |
قانون المدينة: مفاهيم ووسائل جديدة (برازيل)
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10 September 2001 |
Statute of the City (law No. 10257) general guidelines for urban policy and other measures
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21 July 2001 |
Statut de la ville (Loi n° 10257) les directives générales de la politique urbaine
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10 July 2001 |
El Estatuto da la Ciudad (Lei nº 10.257/01) las directrices generales de la política urb
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10 July 2001 |
European Charter for the Safeguarding of Human Rights in the City
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18 May 2000 |
A Doutrina da Função Social da Propriedade
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01 March 2000 |
Gender and the Habitat Agenda: Engendering Our Human Settlements
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01 April 1999 |
Cities and Homes for All: The Habitat Agenda
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30 June 1996 |
Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements and the Habitat Agenda, A/CONF.165/14
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14 June 1996 |
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 |
إعلان استمبول وجدول أعمال المستوطنات البشرية
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14 April 1996 |
Constructing a New Social Alternative
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03 February 1996 |
NGO Treaty on Urbanisation. Towards Just Democratic and Sustainable Cities, Towns and Villages
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16 June 1992 |
لجنة الحقوق الاقتصادية و الاجتماعية و الثقافية، التعليق العام رقم 4 "الحق في السكن"
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13 December 1991 |
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, General Comment No. 4 "The right to housing"
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13 December 1991 |
Comité des droits économiques, sociales et culturelles, "Le droit à un logement suffisant," Observation générale no 4
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13 December 1991 |
Health principles of housing
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30 June 1989 |
Declaración de Vancouver
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11 June 1976 |
Henri Lefebvre, “Le droit à la ville,” L`Homme et la société, Vol. 6, No. 1 (1967)
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01 June 1967 |
Miriam Gould, "Profits and the Housing Crisis: Conflicting Interests of Banks, Industry and Real Estate"
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01 March 1946 |
Miriam Gould, "Profits and the Housing Crisis: Conflicting Interests of Banks, Industry and Real Estate"
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01 March 1946 |