Zimbabwe Land Reform Farmers to Become Owners
Statement by President Mnangagwa below Zimbabwe Gives Tenure to Farmers Who Benefitted from Land Grabs Zimbabwean black farmers who benefitted from land seizures more than two decades ago will have their 99-year leases converted to tenure, allowing
Published : 08 October 2024
Commemorating World Habitat Day
Nearly forty years ago, the UN General Assembly designated the first Monday in October as World Habitat Day, an annual reflection to renew our consciousness about the built environment we live in. At this moment,
Published : 07 October 2024
Message from the HIC Presidency on World Habitat Day, 2024
Engaging young people to realize their human right to housing and land through Social Production of Habitat This World Habitat Day, UN Habitat invites us to reflect on the role of youth in “creating a better urban
Published : 07 October 2024
Year of Disregard for International Law: UN Experts Urge Accountability, End of Violence
UN experts call for end of violence and accountability after year of human loss and suffering and blatant disregard for international law GENEVA—Marking the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023, the Israeli attack against the Palestinian
Published : 07 October 2024
EU Court Upholds Sahrawi Sovereignty, Annuls EU-Morocco Agreements
EU Court ruling: Morocco has no sovereignty over Western Sahara and EU-Morocco Agreements involving the Territory are invalid LUXEMBOURG (EU Court)—In a landmark decision delivered this morning, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) has reaffirmed that
Published : 04 October 2024
Britain to Return (Some) Chagos Islands to Mauritius
Britain to return Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending years of dispute Agreement to hand back UK’s last African colony follows 13 rounds of negotiations and international pressure The UK has agreed to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius,
Published : 03 October 2024
80 Households have Lost its Land to Construct an Oil Pipeline
In a glaring display of injustice, the Masaka High Court ruled against 80 Project-Affected Persons (PAPs) from the Lwengo, Kyotera, and Rakai districts on October 1, 2024. The court allowed the government to deposit the
Published : 03 October 2024
India`s Top Court Deliberates ‘Bulldozer Justice’: What has happened so far?
On 17 August 2024, Rashid Khan’s single storey house in the Khanjipeer locality of Udaipur was levelled to dust by bulldozers operating on the instructions of the Udaipur district administration. Khan, an autorickshaw driver, had built the
Published : 30 September 2024
Call for Urgent Action against Forced Displacement in Gaza
Joint Statement: Human Rights Organizations Call for Urgent Action against Forced Displacement in Gaza We, the undersigned human rights organizations, draw the attention of United Nations (UN) member states to Israel’s cataclysmic forced displacement of
Published : 24 September 2024
