No SDGs without Major Progress on Land
Land and the SDGs: Key takeaways from the 2017 HLPF and what we need to do next This was the clear and strong message that was brought by the land community into the major global forum
Published : 28 July 2017
UNHRC Resolution Links Human Rights to NUA
UN resolution seen as key win for New Urban Agenda’s contentious rights language A new resolution from the United Nations’ top human rights body is being lauded by supporters in part because it solidifies contentious new
Published : 27 July 2017
City of Johannesburg Defies Court, Evicts 257
City of Johannesburg leaves 257 men, women and children out in the cold, despite court orders The High Court has ordered the City of Johannesburg to accommodate 257 men, women and children who were yesterday
Published : 19 July 2017
Trump’s Beautiful (Real Estate Money) Launderette
Why Russia-probe investigators are looking at anti-money laundering database It has been reported that the Senate and House Intelligence committees investigating possible ties between Trump campaign officials and the Russians have begun to receive access to
Published : 19 July 2017
USA: EPA Dumps, Drops Duties
EPA Refuses to pay claims after mine spill dumps 3,000,000 gallons of toxic waste into water on Native American land The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has refused to pay more than $1.2 billion in claims filed against it
Published : 15 July 2017
“Spotlight” on UN High-Level Forum, SDGs
As the UN High-Level Forum opens in New York, a global civil society report spotlights the role of big business in hindering development and deepening economic and social disparity. Unbridled privatization, corporate capture and mass-scale tax
Published : 10 July 2017
Brazil: Indigenous Amazon Protectors v. Loggers
Inside Brazil`s Indigenous Reserve 124, Chief Geraldo Apurina walks along a muddy footpath, past towering trees as yet untouched by Amazon loggers. Much of the land around the reserve has been cleared of trees. Grazing
Published : 09 July 2017
UNESCO: Hebron Palestine World Heritage
The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Krakow, has inscribed Hebron / Al Khalil Old town (Palestine) on 7 July 2017. The Committee simultaneously added the site of Hebron/al-Khalil to the List of World Heritage in
Published : 07 July 2017
CSOs Denounce Brazil Urban Policy Regression
Since the 1980s, Brazil has been developing its legal frameworks and structuring policies progressively to reflect the international agreements that protect human rights and address the inequalities of cities, which exclude millions of people from
Published : 27 June 2017
