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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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Proposal for a UN Habitat Stakeholder-engagement Mechanism |
By :HIC-HLRN |
01 September 2022 |
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Human Rights Related to Habitat (Land, Housing, Population Transfer, Natural Resources) in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara |
By :SAUSA and HIC-HLRN |
29 March 2022 |
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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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HIC-HLRN Statement on Ukraine War |
By :HIC-HLRN |
19 March 2022 |
Habitat International Coalition (HIC) and its Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN) condemn forced evictions as a gross violation of the human right to adequate housing in every context. In the case of Russian Federation forces’ invasion of the sovereign state of Ukraine, millions of civilians stand as a frontline More...
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Ukraine Refugees: How Many and Where to? |
By :BBC News |
05 March 2022 |
More than one million civilians have fled Ukraine because of the Russian invasion, according to the United Nations (UN).The European Union (EU) says up to four million people may try to leave and that it will welcome refugees with "open arms".Which countries are Ukraine`s refugees fleeing to?Refugees are crossing to More...
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Ukraine Crisis: Denying Shelter by `Race` |
By :Middle East Monitor |
03 March 2022 |
UN slams double standards by West towards refugees
The spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Shabia Mantoo, has criticised the double standards applied by some Western countries against refugees.
In a press statement on Tuesday, Mantoo explained that open racist statements by some Western politicians and journalists have caused More...
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USA: Most COVID Aid for Low-income Renters |
By :Michael Casey and Fatima Hussein, Associated Press |
25 February 2022 |
Treasury: Most COVID rental aid went to low-income residents
WASHINGTON—More than 80% of the billions of dollars in federal rental assistance aimed at keeping families in their homes during the pandemic went to low-income tenants, the Treasury Department said.
It also concluded Thursday that the largest percentage of tenants receiving pandemic aid More...
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Joint Submission to the Human Rights Committee on Israel’s Sixth Periodic Review |
By :Al-Haq, Addameer, HIC-HLRN, JLAC, CIHRS |
31 January 2022 |
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Jerusalem: IOF Demolish Sheikh Jarrah Home |
By :Patrick Kingsley and Rawan Sheikh Ahmad, The New York Times |
19 January 2022 |
Israel Evicts Palestinians in Flashpoint Area of East Jerusalem
Israelis evicted an extended family and destroyed their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, where attempted evictions last year helped spark a war with Gaza.
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JERUSALEM—Israeli police evicted two Palestinian families from their homes on Wednesday to make way More...
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