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New York Law Aims to Stop Funding of Israeli Colonies
By :Chris McGreal, The Guardian
17 May 2023
New York law aims to stop funding of illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank State assembly member introduced law to prohibit tax-deductible donations from being used to expel Palestinians from their land     New York’s state assembly is to consider legislation to stop registered charities from sending tens of millions of dollars a
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UNWMO: Global Temps to Exceed Records by 2027
By :WMO Press Release Number 17052023
17 May 2023
Global temperatures set to reach new records in next five years   GENEVA—Global temperatures are likely to surge to record levels in the next five years, fueled by heat-trapping greenhouse gases and a naturally occurring El Niño event, according to a new update issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).    There is a 66% likelihood
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The Fight against Corporate Capture of Global Food Governance
11 May 2023
Social movements, Indigenous Peoples, and civil society organizations continue to fight against corporate capture of global food governance   ROME—Social movements, Indigenous Peoples, and civil society organizations are standing firm in their opposition to the corporate capture of global food governance and multistakeholderism, as the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) advances its
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How the Bezos Earth Fund Spends Its Billions
By :Bloomberg
03 May 2023
How the Bezos Earth Fund Spends Its Billions Amazon made Jeff Bezos very rich. In 2020, he decided to pledge a portion of that wealth — $10 billion — to launch the Bezos Earth Fund. It is the largest commitment to climate philanthropy ever made and, by most measures, a vast
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EU Commission Defies Court’s Western Sahara Ruling
By :WSRW
07 February 2023
EU Commission continues to disregard EU Court The EU Commission has authored a new report detailing how Moroccan settlers benefit from a trade agreement that has been found illegal by the EU Court of Justice multiple times.   Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) has got access to a highly controversial document, dated 13
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Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism
By :Al Haq
29 November 2022
Landmark Palestinian Coalition Report: Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism   On the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, 29 November 2022, Al-Haq launched its inaugural coalition report titled: Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism. It reflects the collaborative efforts of civil society and academic authors Rania Muhareb,
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Climate Crisis Is a Racial Justice Crisis
By :OHCHR
31 October 2022
There can be no meaningful solution to the global climate and ecological crisis without addressing systemic racism, and particularly the historic and contemporary racial legacies of colonialism and slavery, a UN human rights expert warned. “Climate justice seeks historical accountability from nations and entities responsible for climate change and calls for
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ETO Case: Lafarge and ISIS
By :HIC-HLRN
23 October 2022

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EACJ Dismisses Maasai Mass-eviction Case
By :Laurel Sutherland. Mongabay
01 October 2022
Maasai villages lose important court case as wildlife game reserve trudges on   The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) has ruled in favor of the Tanzanian government after a five-year legal battle between Maasai communities and the state over evictions that took place in 2017.   The East African Court of Justice (EACJ)
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How to consider climate change-related cases in the VDB
By :HIC-HLRN
07 September 2022

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Documents (52)

Document Title

Publication Date

Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism

27 December 2022

ETO Case: Lafarge and ISIS

23 October 2022

How to consider climate change-related cases in the VDB

07 September 2022

Evolving ETOs

16 June 2022

Gold Extractivism- Sudan

16 June 2022

تحديات التحوّل أخضر في السودان

23 April 2022

Human Rights Related to Habitat (Land, Housing, Population Transfer, Natural Resources) in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara

16 March 2022

How Israeli Apartheid Affects the Syrian Golan

28 January 2021

تقرير جديد: الأرض وسط الجائحة

11 December 2020

New from HIC-HLRN: "A Pandemic of Violations"

05 October 2020

Revue Nationale Volontaire sur les Objectifs de Développement Durable en Mauritanie

13 July 2019

HIC’s role in the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty: Representing the Urban Constituency

02 July 2018

برنامج منتدى الأرض لشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا

25 October 2017

Human Rights Habitat Observatory

10 July 2017

“Spotlight” on UN High-Level Forum, SDGs

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

23 June 2017

ชุมชนกะเหรี่ยงในพม่ำยื่นคำร้องเรียนต

19 June 2017

المياه في المنطقة العربية ... من الملك العام للخصخصة

23 January 2017

Alternativas desde la sociedad civil hacia Hábitat III,

12 August 2016

Restoring Human Rights and Habitat to the Habitat III Process and New Habitat Agenda

19 July 2016

HIC @ Habitat III

23 June 2016

Déclaration Finale, Atelier de formation des Communautés Locales d’Inga sur La Quantification des conséquences du déplacement

29 April 2016

Comments on Habitat III Policy Paper Frameworks (overview)

31 January 2016

"Key Issues and Recommendations," Housing in the City We Need UTC

18 November 2015

تحويل عالمنا: خطة التنمية المستدامة لعام ٢٠٣٠، A/RES/70/1

21 October 2015

The private modes of water capture in Lebanon

01 September 2015

HIC Comments on Habitat III Issue Papers

31 July 2015

National Habitat III Parallel-reporting Tool

20 July 2015

The Third Airport Project vis-à-vis Life, Nature, Environment, People and Law

15 May 2015

أساسيات الموئل الثالث

16 April 2015

Habitat II Evaluation Criteria

03 March 2015

ETOs and Situations of Conflict, Occupation and War: Applying the Maastricht Principles

11 July 2013

ETOs and Transnational Corruption

11 July 2013

Mexico City Charter for the Right to the City

01 July 2010

السكن في مصر بين العشوائية والتحضر الرث

22 May 2010

“De Vancouver 1976 a Vancouver 2006: Una revisión critica desde la perspectiva no gubernamental”

01 October 2008

Basic Principles and Guidelines on Development-based Evictions and Displacement, A/HRC/4/18

26 August 2007

Principios Básicos y Directrices sobre los Desalojos y el Desplazamiento Generados por el Desarrollo, A/HRC/4/18

26 August 2007

إعلان توصيات مؤتمر الفلاحين الدولى - إعلان نياليني

27 February 2007

Basic Principles and Guidelines on Development-based Evictions and Displacement, A/HRC/4/18

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

21 November 2006

Lessons in Privatization: Considerations for Arab States

01 January 2002

In Quest of Bhabrekar Nagar

31 December 2001

الإعلان العربي عن التنمية المستدامة

24 October 2001

The Investment Encouragement Act 1999 (Amended 2007)

22 July 1999

Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements and the Habitat Agenda, A/CONF.165/14

14 June 1996

Declaración de Estambul sobre los Asentamientos Humanos y Programa de Hábitat, A/CONF.65/14

14 June 1996

La Déclaration d`Istanbul sur les etablissements humains et le Programme pour l`habitat, A/CONF.65/14

14 June 1996

إعلان استمبول وجدول أعمال المستوطنات البشرية

14 April 1996

Constructing a New Social Alternative

03 February 1996

The human rights dimensions of population transfer, including the implantation of settlers, E/CN.4/Sub.2/1993/17

06 July 1993

Miriam Gould, "Profits and the Housing Crisis: Conflicting Interests of Banks, Industry and Real Estate"

01 March 1946

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