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Housing and Land Rights in South Africa’s UPR |
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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,
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ZA: Killing Land Defenders & Constitutional Order |
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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 -
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Australia: Counting Nation-wide Cost of Natural Disasters |
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By :Merve Küçük and Mehmet Ulubasoglu, The Conversation |
| 20 April 2022 |
Natural Disasters Cost the Nation: We’ve Calculated the Income Tax Revenue Lost in their Wake
Understanding the true cost of natural disasters is critical for governments to develop policies to deal with them.
Historically, calculations have been based on toting up insurance claims and government aid. But these don’t account for intangible social costs
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Rest in Peace and Power, Khadija Catherine Razavi |
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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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Green-transition Discourse in MENA |
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By :Joseph Schechla |
| 24 March 2022 |
The economic slowdown associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and other simultaneous crises has done little to slow the climate crisis. Preliminary data show global greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) increased in 2020 while the global average temperature in 2020 was about 1.2°C above pre-industrial level, dangerously close to the 1.5°C limit
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Petition for UN to Divest from Bolloré Group |
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By :Oakland Institute |
| 14 February 2022 |
While the United Nations works to fight poverty and hunger, UN organizations such as the UNDP, WFP and UNICEF show a striking lack of due diligence when choosing contractors such as the French Bolloré Group. Bolloré`s subsidiary Socfin is accused of corruption and land grabbing. Tell the UN to drop
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Understanding Human Rights ETOs |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 15 January 2022 |
The new Routledge Handbook on Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations has just been published and it is available in open access here. This new handbook compiles lessons and analysis by world experts on the human rights obligations of states beyond their territorial borders. It is designed to give meaning and
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Palestine: Environmental Colonization and Apartheid |
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By :Ben Lorber, Red-Green Labour |
| 16 December 2021 |
Israel’s environmental colonialism and eco-apartheid
This article follows an earlier post on Red-Green Labour about the campaign to keep the JNF out of Cop 26, and reprints a 2012 article by the author, with updates.
In 1997, a bridge collapsed at an international sports event in Israel, pitching more than 100 Austrian athletes
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South Africa: Communities Sue over Extractivism |
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By :Victoria Schneider, Mongabay |
| 10 December 2021 |
Indigenous communities in South Africa sue, protest off-shore oil and gas exploration
Thousands of South Africans, including Indigenous communities, mobilized in a national protest last Sunday against Shell’s planned seismic survey in search for oil and gas reserves off the country’s eastern Wild Coast – with more protests planned this weekend.
Two
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2021 Urban Planning and Housing Symposium |
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By :Francis Lungu, Zambia Daily Mail |
| 30 October 2021 |
Government to promote climate-resilient cities
LUSAKA—Government will not tolerate lawlessness in land allocation, but will promote smart and resilient cities to withstand shocks of changing climatic conditions.
Minister of Local Government and Rural Government Gary Nkombo says that disregard for the law with impunity as witnessed in recent years resulted in
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حق الإنسان في الأرض
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18 June 2021 |
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How Israeli Apartheid Affects the Syrian Golan
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28 January 2021 |
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التعويل على العدالة: ضحايا انتهاكات الأرض ودعم مشروع العدالة الانتقالية لجبر الضرر في اليمن
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28 January 2021 |
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UNSRs Address Israel over Naqab Demolitions
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21 December 2020 |
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Recognizing Israel’s Practice of Apartheid and Reconstituting the UN Centre against Apartheid
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16 September 2020 |
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Interpreting the Human Right to Land within ICESCR
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03 April 2020 |
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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
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20 December 2019 |
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Human Rights Obligations of Local Governments and Local Authorities
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31 August 2019 |
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Revue Nationale Volontaire sur les Objectifs de Développement Durable en Mauritanie
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13 July 2019 |
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Situation in the State of Palestine, ICC-01/18
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30 April 2019 |
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HIC’s role in the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty: Representing the Urban Constituency
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02 July 2018 |
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Rapport d’inventaire des biens des communautés locales de Mvuzi 3, Lubuaku, Lundu et Kilengo à Inga
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06 June 2018 |
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SDG Messages from Arab CSOs
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24 April 2018 |
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برنامج منتدى الأرض لشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا
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25 October 2017 |
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Peace Block letter on Sur, Diyarbakır
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19 August 2017 |
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Human Rights Habitat Observatory
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10 July 2017 |
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“Spotlight” on UN High-Level Forum, SDGs
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10 July 2017 |
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UN Special Rapporteurs joint communication to Permanent Mission of Turkey
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21 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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What Papua New Guinea Said
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26 July 2016 |
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تعاون منظمات المجتمع المدني في مجال الغذاء والتغذية والزراعة، لإقليمالشرق الأدنى / شمال أفريقيا 2018-2016
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09 April 2016 |
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Making social regulation of real estate markets an issue at Habitat III
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02 February 2016 |
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Comments on Habitat III Policy Paper Frameworks (overview)
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31 January 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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Nothing about Us, without Us, Is for Us!
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26 October 2015 |
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Le_Messager_14_08_2015
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14 August 2015 |
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“The role of local government in the promotion and protection of human rights,” A/HRC/30/49
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07 August 2015 |
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Papel de la administración local en la promoción y protección de los derechos humanos, A/HRC/30/49
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07 August 2015 |
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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 |
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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 |
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HIC Comments on Habitat III Issue Papers
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31 July 2015 |
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دليل للحق في المدينة
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21 July 2015 |
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HIC Comments to the HRC-AC Local government and human rights draft report
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15 June 2015 |
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The Third Airport Project vis-à-vis Life, Nature, Environment, People and Law
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15 May 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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Concept Paper for a FAO Inventory of Legal Norms Applied to Protracted Crises
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12 August 2013 |
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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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Gwangju Declaration on Human Right City
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17 May 2011 |
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Framework and Guidelines on Land Policy in Africa
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01 September 2010 |
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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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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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Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones
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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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Planned Dispossession: Forced Evictions and the 2010 Commonwealth Games
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31 December 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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قانون المدينة: مفاهيم ووسائل جديدة (برازيل)
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10 September 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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A Doutrina da Função Social da Propriedade
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01 March 2000 |
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The Investment Encouragement Act 1999 (Amended 2007)
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22 July 1999 |
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“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
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22 June 1999 |
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Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, done in London, on 17 June 1999.
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17 June 1999 |
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Convention on the Law of the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses, New York, 21 May 1997.
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21 May 1997 |
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Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements and the Habitat Agenda, A/CONF.165/14
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14 June 1996 |
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Declaración de Estambul sobre los Asentamientos Humanos y Programa de Hábitat, A/CONF.65/14
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14 June 1996 |
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إعلان استمبول وجدول أعمال المستوطنات البشرية
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14 April 1996 |
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Constructing a New Social Alternative
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03 February 1996 |
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"إعلان ريو بشأن البيئة والتنمية"، "جدول أعمال القرن 21،" تقرير الأمم المتحدة المعني بالبيئة والتنمية، A / CONF.151 / 26 (المجلد الأول)
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12 August 1992 |
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الاتفاقية رقم 169 بشأن الشعوب الأصلية والقبلية في البلدان المستقلة
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27 June 1989 |
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Henri Lefebvre, “Le droit à la ville,” L`Homme et la société, Vol. 6, No. 1 (1967)
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01 June 1967 |
