CESCR: Spain Violated Debtor’s Housing Rights
New York—Today, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) published its first recommendations in response to an individual complaint, regarding a violation of the right to housing, under the Optional Protocol to
Published : 17 September 2015
Right to the City and Yerevan’s Construction “Doom”
The growth path of urbanization under capitalism is devouring the city of Yerevan. Luxurious high-rise hotels and residential towers, serving tourists and seasonal dwellers, are replacing Soviet social housing blocks that once lodged the ordinary
Published : 16 September 2015
UK: 141 Families Evicted Make a way for Luxury Flats
the story of Mostafa Aliverdipour, a 50-year-old wheelchair user raising his family on an estate in north London, could tell politicians plenty about what has become of the principle of social housing in our capital. Looking
Published : 15 September 2015
Question of Palestine Debated at Brussels
Brussels—The UN General Assembly (UNGA) Committee on the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) is a unique mechanism at the political level of the United Nations that commemorates its 40th year of establishment. CEIRPP
Published : 10 September 2015
Developing Nations Outdo Big Powers in Climate Pledges
Scientists find poorer nations more ambitious in plans to reduce global warming emissions ahead of UN summit Developed countries “ought to be embarrassed” by less-wealthy nations’ pledges to fight global warming by changing agriculture, forestry and
Published : 10 September 2015
Vision Critical in City Planning
Cities: love them or hate them, they are likely to be the future for most of our children. Developed well, they can provide high quality of life and convenience – and huge environmental efficiencies. But
Published : 09 September 2015
All of Europe Cities Open Doors to Refugees
The question now is how much city governments will be able to accomplish until there is a commitment at the national and EU levels. As August rolled to a close, Barcelona’s new left-wing mayor Ada Colau
Published : 08 September 2015
The Refugees and the Imaginative Urban Planning
Not only politicians are looking for solutions to ease the refugee crisis. Architects are also devising ways to integrate new arrivals that avoid ghettos arising on city limits while also fostering urban regeneration. One fixture in
Published : 05 September 2015
New Extractionism in Occupied Western Sahara:
Amid Saharawi protests, San Leon Energy has begun to drill an on-shore well in occupied Western Sahara on 21 August. The El Aaiun-4 conventional well is located on the so-called Tarfaya licence, near Foum el
Published : 31 August 2015
