Just Transformation: Climate & Housing Rights
Just transformation: climate crisis and the right to housing Remedies for losses and damage (L&D) associated with climate change call for a just transformation that merges principles of sustainable environment and adequate housing in a human
Published : 08 February 2023
To UN: Address Housing Rights in Western Sahara
Human Rights Related to Habitat (Housing, Land, Population Transfer, Natural Resources) in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara Housing rights and their violation are at the center of conflicts and military occupations that seek to replace Indigenous Peoples from
Published : 08 February 2023
Demolishing Muslim Properties in India
India’s far-right Bharatiya Janata Party is violently displacing Muslims. Visibly shaken but undeterred, Amjad Khan, 40, a community leader from Khargone town in central India’s Madhya Pradesh state, narrated his painful tale. Khan lost his life
Published : 08 February 2023
World Habitat Awards Open for Entries
Are you doing something remarkable to provide or promote adequate housing? We’re looking for practical, innovative and sustainable solutions to current housing challenges that can inspire new projects and public policies. Since 1985, more than 360 projects from
Published : 06 February 2023
Iraqi Environmental Activist Kidnapped
One of Iraq`s most prominent environmental activists and a leading expert on its marsh lands, Dr Jassim Al-Asadi, has been kidnapped near the capital by an unknown group, his family have said.His brother Nadhim told
Published : 05 February 2023
USA: Cops Kill Environmentalist amid National Crackdown
Twenty states have enacted laws restricting rights to peaceful protest, as environmentalists are increasingly criminalized Atlanta shooting part of alarming US crackdown on environmental defenders The shooting of Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, believed to be the first
Published : 02 February 2023
Jewish National Fund on Trial (again)
Jewish National Fund: A century of land theft, belligerence and erasure A US federal judge had dismissed the suit in 2021 for lack of evidence. However, the JNF argued in court to appeal the decision last
Published : 01 February 2023
Urgent Action: Reparation for 500 Foribly Evicted in Cameroon
Cameroon: Hundreds of families evicted, homeless in Douala Dear Members and Friends: The New Year began had a harsh beginning for 500 people forcibly evicted from the Vallée Berrengue quartier in Douala, Cameroon. We are
Published : 29 January 2023
Germany: Protesting Village Razed for Coal Mine
Climate activists dig in to defend German village from coal mine “(We) will fight for every tree, for every house, for every meter in this village,” said Luka Scott, a spokesperson for the alliance of groups
Published : 09 January 2023Partners
