HIC-HLRN and A.S.I.A. Report on Italy

Out of commitment to the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), HIC-HLRN and Associazione Inquilini e Abitante (A.S.I.A.) today submitted their parallel report to the Committee of Economic, Social

Veolia Dumps Jerusalem Rail

Turkey “Takes Israeli Gas over Egyptian”

Turkish energy expert Nusret Comert says Turkey will pay more for Israeli gas, and be a more reliable source of demand.   "As of now, exporting Israeli natural gas to Turkey is probably the main possibility for

German Hypocrisy over Greek Water

Greek activists are warning that the privatisation of state water companies would be a backward step for the country.   Under the terms of the bailout agreement (pdf) approved by the Greek parliament today, Greece has pledged to support an

Fractured Continuity: Habitat II to Habitat III

Wading through the knowledge products of the current Habitat process highlights a failure to account for previous commitments. HIC-HLRN’s Joseph Schechla critiques the process and content of Habitat III against the criteria forged at Habitat

Habitat II Baby, Habitat III Bathwater

The substantive debate toward the 2016 Habitat III Conference is warming up. The disappointment that states earlier expressed at PrepCom2 (Nairobi, April 2015) for slow progress in producing the draft material for the outcome document

People’s Assembly against Austerity

People’s Assembly against Austerity -  National 5 Days of Action - End Austerity Now!   When: Saturday 3rd–Wednesday 7th October 2015   Where: Manchester   Time:  All 5 days from 8:30 am - Midnight   The People`s Assembly have called 5 days of

USA: DoJ Condemns Criminalization of Homelessness

Justice Department Condemns Local Criminalization of Homelessness, Files Brief in Case against Boise, Idaho   WASHINGTON—On August 6, 2015, the Department of Justice put enforcement power behind longstanding federal policy against criminalization of homelessness by filing a statement

Gaza Strip’s Last Safety Net at Risk

The UN’s refugee agency is one of the few forces standing between the people of Gaza and humanitarian catastrophe. Canada’s recent withdrawal of funding “desperately damaging” to refugee lifeline.     Not long ago, I had a conversation