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Nigeria`s Slum Lords Evict the Poorest |
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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
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In Wealthy City, a Marxist Mayor Wins over Voters |
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By :Denise Hruby, The New York Times |
| 12 August 2022 |
Yes, this Communist politician in Graz, Austria, wants to redistribute wealth, but a focus on housing, her own modest lifestyle and a hard childhood have helped her popularity.
The proudly Marxist mayor of Graz, Austria, was adopted at 4 and raised poor, with an outhouse for a toilet and a weekly
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Joint Submission to the Human Rights Committee on Israel’s Sixth Periodic Review |
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By :Al-Haq, Addameer, HIC-HLRN, JLAC, CIHRS |
| 31 January 2022 |
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Starving Displaced Afghans Make Desperate Choices |
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By :M Mursal and Zahra Nader, The Guardian |
| 23 January 2022 |
‘I’ve already sold my daughters; now, my kidney’: winter in Afghanistan’s slums
Crushing poverty is forcing starving displaced people to make desperate choices
The temperature is dropping to below zero in western Afghanistan and Delaram Rahmati is struggling to find food for her eight children.
Since leaving the family home in the country’s Badghis province
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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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World’s Most-expensive Cities Now |
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By :Time out |
| 21 December 2021 |
A new ranking by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has compared the cost of living in 170 cities – and there’s a surprising entry at number one
The world has been turned upside over the past two years. And so, it’s no wonder an annual ranking of the most expensive cities across
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“Climate Justice IS a Human Right” |
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By :HIC President Adriana Allen |
| 04 October 2021 |
The following is the statement by HIC President Adriana Allen on the occasion of World Habitat Day, 4 October 2021.
Back in 2008, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted for the first time a resolution (Resolution 7/231) that explicitly recognised the implications of climate change for the fulfilment of human
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Berliners Vote to Evict Corporate Landlords |
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By :Alexander Vasudevan, The Guardian |
| 29 September 2021 |
Berlin’s vote to take properties from big landlords could be a watershed moment
The successful referendum to expropriate the city’s apartments from corporate landlords is a potential template for Europe
With coalition talks that could last months under way to form Germany’s next government, the reverberations of Sunday’s election will be felt for quite
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India must Halt Mass Eviction during COVID-19 |
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By :TRT world - Time of India |
| 24 September 2021 |
The Indian state has been a cauldron of ethnic tensions for decades and the latest round of forced expulsions of hundreds of Muslims is only making the matters worse.
ASSAM -- On September 24, dawn broke to an eerie silence in the riverine char villages of Dhalpur 1 and 3 deep
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India Evicted 21 People Every Hour during COVID |
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By :Rina Chandran - Thomson Reuters Foundation |
| 09 September 2021 |
More than 250,000 people were evicted across India during the coronavirus pandemic, and millions more are at risk of being uprooted as authorities eye projects for faster economic growth, housing rights campaigners warned on Thursday.
From March 2020 to July 2021, authorities demolished more than 43,000 homes and evicted about 21
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Document Title
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Publication Date |
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Joint Submission to the Human Rights Committee on Israel’s Sixth Periodic Review
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31 January 2022 |
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SR_Questionnaire-discrimination-housing_AR
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07 April 2021 |
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تقرير جديد: الأرض وسط الجائحة
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11 December 2020 |
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Violaciones en el Perú sobre los derechos a la vivienda y a la tierra durante la pandemia
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05 October 2020 |
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جائحة من الانتهاكات الإخلاء القسري، وغيره من انتهاكات حقوق الإنسان المرتبطة بالموئل وسط جائحة كوفيد-19
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05 October 2020 |
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الهدم الذاتي لمساكن الفلسطينيين في القدس: جريمة احتلالية مضاعفة بحق الإنسانية
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04 October 2020 |
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Palestine/ZA: Sharpeville 60 Years on, Apartheid Continues
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22 March 2020 |
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Integrating the engagement of local governments and stakeholders in UN HABITAT
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22 October 2018 |
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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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NAHT recommendations for the FY 2018 CPC Peoples Budget
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20 February 2017 |
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Habitat III Statement
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20 October 2016 |
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Herramienta para la evaluation de impacto de desalojos
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28 August 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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Restoring Human Rights and Habitat to the Habitat III Process and New Habitat Agenda
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19 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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Commentarios de la HIC sobre el borrador cero revisado del Habitat III
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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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HLRN-India Launches Habitat III Status Report
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05 February 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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The Global Crisis of Displacement and Evictions: A Housing and Land Rights Response
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14 January 2016 |
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Cairo Declaration on Housing, and Sustainable Urban Development
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22 December 2015 |
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Rapport National de contribution du Cameroun à Habitat III
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30 November 2015 |
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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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تحويل عالمنا: خطة التنمية المستدامة لعام ٢٠٣٠، A/RES/70/1
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21 October 2015 |
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Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, A/RES/70/1
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21 October 2015 |
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منهجية لتقارير قطرية للموئل الثالث (مدمجة)
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21 September 2015 |
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Private interest closing social space? A critical analysis of Lebanon`s real-estate sector
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01 September 2015 |
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HIC-HLRN and A.S.I.A. Report on Italy
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27 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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Rapport de la Rapporteuse spéciale sur le logement convenable en tant qu’élément du droit à un niveau
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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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National Habitat III Parallel-reporting Tool
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20 July 2015 |
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الممارسات العمرانية الموازية في مصر 2015
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29 June 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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Le rôle de l’échelon local et des autres échelons infranationaux d’administration en matière de droit à un logement convenable, A/HRC/28/62
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22 December 2014 |
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The Right to the City: Cairo
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03 November 2014 |
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Stakeholder Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the Kingdom of Spain
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15 June 2014 |
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Urban Social Forum, Naples, Italy, 3-7 September 2012
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04 July 2012 |
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Prequantification Analysis Summary: Muthalath Maspero, Cairo
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11 February 2012 |
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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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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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Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, A/RES/70/1
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05 September 2000 |
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Cities and Homes for All: The Habitat Agenda
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30 June 1996 |
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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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Agenda 21
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14 June 1992 |
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Declaración de Vancouver
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11 June 1976 |
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Miriam Gould, "Profits and the Housing Crisis: Conflicting Interests of Banks, Industry and Real Estate"
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01 March 1946 |
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Miriam Gould, "Profits and the Housing Crisis: Conflicting Interests of Banks, Industry and Real Estate"
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01 March 1946 |
