India: Environment, Land-use Laws Threaten Human Rights
Recent changes made and proposed to India’s environment and land acquisition policies strike at the right of communities to be consulted on decisions affecting them, Amnesty International India said today. India’s Ministry of Environment, Forests and
Published : 05 November 2014
The Right to the City: Cairo
Egypt’s capital city, Cairo, embodies one of the longest and most-dramatic transformations of any large urban center. Its current “transition,” following the 2011 popular uprising against a long-standing kleptocracy, suggests a well-developed and organized civil
Published : 03 November 2014
Canada Accused of Failing to Prevent Overseas Mining Abuses
WASHINGTON—The Canadian government is failing either to investigate or to hold the country’s massive extractives sector accountable for rights abuses committed in Latin American countries, according to petitioners who testified here Tuesday before an international
Published : 31 October 2014
OECD Calls for Privatizing Tunisia’s Water
Overcoming the Challenges to Private Sector Participation A new report diagnoses of the OECD addresses the main governance and financing challenges to management of the water supply and wastewater sector of Tunisia, and provides ways
Published : 27 October 2014
The Right to the City: Jerusalem
HIC-HLRN has produced a new report from an ongoing study on the prospects of realizing the principles of the “right to the city” for specific cities in several regions. This report finds that applying the "right to
Published : 26 October 2014
SR`s Survey: Housing and Local Authorities
Responsibilities of sub-national governments with respect to the right to adequate housing Introduction In her first report to the General Assembly, the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Ms Leilani Farha, outlines some of the priority themes for
Published : 23 October 2014
3D-printed Postdisaster Homes
Amsterdam—Architects in Amsterdam are building a 3D-printed house, an effort some say could soon transform disaster reconstruction and help the homeless around the world as the technology becomes increasingly more affordable. The idea behind the project,
Published : 23 October 2014
SR on Water Condemns Discrimination against Poor
DETROIT / NEW YORK (Issued as received) – The unprecedented scale of water shut-offs taking place in Detroit is disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable and poorest, most of whom are African American, two United Nations
Published : 20 October 2014
Protests Disrupt London Property Fair
London—It was billed as the ultimate “property marketplace”, a high-profile networking event for investors, developers and local authorities to broker big deals, but the first day of the Mipim conference in Olympia, west London ended
Published : 15 October 2014
