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Green-transition Discourse in MENA |
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 More...
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India: War on the Urban Poor in Haryana |
By :AICCTU |
24 August 2021 |
The urban poor of the Delhi-NCR region have been reeling under the disastrous impact of successive lockdowns and the fatal second wave of CoVID. The incessant spells of monsoon rain taking over the city’s roads and spaces have added to their woes. And now the Haryana government has dealt yet More...
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Special Rapporteurs on adequate housing @ 20 |
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 More...
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Deconstructing Israel`s Housing and Land Apartheid |
31 May 2021 |
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Jerusalem: Israeli Eviction Violence Injures 100s |
By :Kenny Stancil, Common Dreams |
08 May 2021 |
Hundreds of Palestinians Protesting Evictions in Jerusalem Injured in `State-Sanctioned Campaign of Israeli Violence`
"Israel`s violence has a clear purpose: ethnically cleanse Jerusalem of Palestinians to allow Israeli settlers to take over Palestinian homes."
More than 200 Palestinians were wounded and at least one partially blinded over night in East Jerusalem when More...
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UN Special Rapporteur to Consult with CSOs |
By :HIC-HLRN/OHCHR |
25 March 2021 |
CSO Consultation with UN Special Rapporteur on Housing
Discrimination and Spatial Segregation
Public consultation by the Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing with civil society organizations
Monday, 12 April 2021, 15:00–16:30 CET
Objective
The purpose of this public consultation is to collect input and recommendations from Civil Society Organizations in preparation More...
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Court to Cape Town: “redress apartheid legacy” |
By :Murray Williams, news24 |
31 August 2020 |
High Court sets aside R135m Sea Point school sale, frees land to address apartheid legacy
· The Tafelberg school property case has been running for five years.
· Finally, the High Court has ruled, upholding the legal challenge by two not-for-profit organisations.
· The sale of the land has now been reversed – much to More...
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South Korea: Neighborhoods Rallying before Death |
By :Isaiah Winters, Gwangju News |
06 December 2019 |
Lost in Gwangju
Every year in Korea, autumn foliage treats us to one last gasp of life before the bleak onset of winter. I can’t help but liken this to cases of terminal lucidity, when patients on their deathbeds regain a fleeting clarity of expression before suddenly passing away. In much More...
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Human Rights Obligations of Local Governments and Local Authorities |
By :Joseph Schechla |
31 August 2019 |
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Most South Africa Municipalities Don’t Deliver |
02 July 2019 |
Most South African municipalities not delivering for citizens
If the South African public were ever in doubt at the reasons for service delivery protests in townships and municipalities, a closer look should be taken at the municipal audit report released by Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu who expressed concern at the financial mismanagement More...
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