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News (17)
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Urban Farming Benefits in Nairobi |
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By :Carolyn Fry, CGIAR Water, Land and Ecosystems |
| 03 July 2020 |
Understanding Nairobi’s urban agriculture sector helps to enhance equality and climate resilience
Food makes up almost half of trading in the vibrant informal sector of Kenya`s capital city. Every day, farmers, processors and traders sell goods that are either locally generated or brought in from up-country. An estimated 250,000 households generate
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Pakistan: HIC Member Assaulted, Threatened |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 31 October 2019 |
Human Rights Defender Dr. Khadim Hussain Dahot threatened and physically assaulted
Dr. Khadim Hussain Dahot, human rights defender and director of HIC Member organization has been attacked outside his home in Sindh Province, Pakistan. The mob of unidentified men attacking the defender accused him of inciting sectarian violence and committing blasphemy.
Dr.
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Leading Landless Women |
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By :Fredrick Mugira,Pulitzer center |
| 13 December 2018 |
Up to 10.3 million hectares of land has been acquired by investors from individuals, communities and governments in the 11 Nile basin countries since 2000. That is according to Land Matrix, a global and independent land monitoring initiative.
Apart from private investors, Land Matrix data shows that several countries outside of
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UN Peasants’ Rights Declaration Adopted in GA |
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By :HLRN |
| 20 November 2018 |
NEW YORK—The UN General Assembly’s Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) passed a draft that would have the Assembly adopt the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas. This vote assures that the Declaration will enter the next edition of Human Rights:
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HICtionary Newly Updated |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 06 May 2018 |
HIC-HLRN has just updated the HICtionary: Key Habitat Terms from A to Z. This reference work is the result of deliberation and debate across multiple specializations, regions and cultures within the membership of Habitat International Coalition (HIC). The purpose of that debate—and this reference work—have been to consolidate and harmonize
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1st Arab Conference on Land Governance |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 28 February 2018 |
Dubai Land Department announces the conclusion of the first Arab land governance conference
The conference, organized in partnership with the World Bank, the Global Land Tool Network, UN-HABITAT, the League of Arab States and the Arab Surveying Association, was attended by more than 300 participants, representing several regional and international bodies.
Dubai
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South Africa Shouldn’t Copy Mugabe’s Land Reform |
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By :Economist.com |
| 25 January 2018 |
Of the many grievances from South Africa’s decades of white rule, the theft of land still smarts more than most. The “Natives Land Act” of 1913 set aside 90% of the country for whites, who made up less than a third of its people. Over the next eight decades a
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New UN Declaration on Peasant Rights |
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By :Shivani Chaudhry, HLRN India/Open Global Rights |
| 04 January 2018 |
A new UN declaration could finally protect rural and landless peoples. The UN has drafted a groundbreaking declaration that has the potential to protect the human rights of peasants, rural workers and landless people. There is room, however, to strengthen its provisions.
Despite their significant contributions to food security, sustainable development,
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Out of Africa: Human Rights Habitat Struggles |
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By :Marie Huchzermeyer, CUBES/Wits Univ. and Joseph Schechla, HLRN |
| 07 November 2017 |
From Africa to the World: Struggling for Human Rights to Housing, Land and the City
Mid-October 2017, Nairobi was host to an intense engagement on housing rights, social justice and the right to the city. This was amid political turmoil in Kenyan towns and cities, and unrelated to this but largely
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“Spotlight” on UN High-Level Forum, SDGs |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 10 July 2017 |
As the UN High-Level Forum opens in New York, a global civil society report spotlights the role of big business in hindering development and deepening economic and social disparity.
Unbridled privatization, corporate capture and mass-scale tax abuse are blocking progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals, argues a new report by a
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Alternative Forums outside of Habitat III |
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By :Gregory Scruggs, Citiscope |
| 14 October 2016 |
Even as governments adopt the New Urban Agenda next week, multiple groups plan protests and contrary discussions.
A large crowd gathers at the Urban Social Forum in Rio de Janeiro, which took place as an alternative to the World Urban Forum in March 2010. More such events are expected at next
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Toward Responsible Land Governance in LAC Region |
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By :GLTN |
| 04 August 2016 |
An Experts Group Meeting – EGM was organized to review and feedback the first report of the Scoping Study. More than 30 representatives from public and private sectors, CSOs, academia, international development agencies, social leaders and activists from all over the region were gathered on July14-15 2016 in San José,
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HIC Addresses Habitat III PrepCom3 |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 27 July 2016 |
The “New Urban Agenda,” from its inception, is inconsistent with historic agreements, today’s global priorities and the “world we need.” Particular interests have narrowed the Habitat Agenda to urban priorities, subordinated rural areas and ignored issues of forced migration, presuming that urbanization is “inevitable” and beyond human will or policy
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African New Habitat Agenda Priorities |
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By :Ahmed Mansour Ismail and Dr. Daniel W. Ambaye |
| 23 February 2016 |
HABITAT III Africa Regional Meeting
“African Priorities for the New Urban Agenda”
Land and African Sustainable Urbanization, side event organized by GLTN
Abuja, Nigeria, 23 February 2016
Summary prepared by Ahmed Mansour Ismail (HIC-HLRN) and Dr. Daniel W. Ambaye (Institute of Land Administration)
Mr Ernest Aubee, ECOWAS (as moderator) introduced the panelists and further emphasized
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HLRN-India Launches Habitat III Status Report |
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By :HLRN-India |
| 05 February 2016 |
New Delhi—On Friday, Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN) launched its first Habitat III country report titled, Housing and Land Rights in India: Status Report for Habitat III. The United Nations (UN) Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III)—the third bidecennial international conference on habitat issues—will be held
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HIC-critics on Habitat III Policy Papers |
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By :HIC |
| 05 February 2016 |
Since the very early stages of the Habitat III preparations, Habitat International Coalition (HIC) has called for the integrity of the Habitat II (1996) commitments and modalities; this demand has three related aspects:
• Processes must uphold the Habitat II-established principle to be as inclusive as possible;
• Maintain the Habitat Agenda,
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HIC Reviews Habitat III Issue Papers |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 31 July 2015 |
Habitat International Coalition has just issued its compilation of inputs from Members and officers following their review of the Habitat III Issue Papers. The 22 thematic contributions from technical experts selected by the UN-Habitat/Habitat III Secretariat have been drafted as a framework for the debate leading up to the Third
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Document Title
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Publication Date |
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Toward a New Stakeholder Compact for the New Urban Agenda
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30 May 2019 |
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HIC’s role in the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty: Representing the Urban Constituency
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02 July 2018 |
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SDG Land Indicators
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04 May 2018 |
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SDG Messages from Arab CSOs
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24 April 2018 |
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Final Report of the Sixth Session of the Land Forum in MENA
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30 October 2017 |
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التقرير النهائي للدورة السادسة لمنتدى الأرض لإقليم الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا
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30 October 2017 |
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Land Forum VI program
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25 October 2017 |
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Human Rights Habitat Observatory
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10 July 2017 |
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“Spotlight” on UN High-Level Forum, SDGs
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10 July 2017 |
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General Comment No. 24 on State Obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Context of Business Activities
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23 June 2017 |
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Final draft "New Urban Agenda" of 10 September 2016
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10 September 2016 |
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Queer Declaration calling for inclusion in Habitat 3
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07 September 2016 |
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Alternativas desde la sociedad civil hacia Hábitat III,
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12 August 2016 |
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Draft "New Urban Agenda" of 28 July 2016
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28 July 2016 |
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A Tool for Evaluative Habitat III Reporting: Responding to the Need for Implementation Reports
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24 July 2016 |
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Compilation of Habitat II Commitments
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22 July 2016 |
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Habitat II Commitments on Gender Equality
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21 July 2016 |
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HIC @ Habitat III
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23 June 2016 |
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General recommendation No. 34 (2016) on the rights of rural women
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07 March 2016 |
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Recommandation générale No 34 sur les droits des femmes rurales, CEDAW/C/GC/34
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07 March 2016 |
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HLRN-India Launches Habitat III Status Report
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05 February 2016 |
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Comentarios de HIC a los Documentos Marco sobre Políticas de Hábitat III (resumen)
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31 January 2016 |
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"Key Issues and Recommendations," Housing in the City We Need UTC
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18 November 2015 |
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تحويل عالمنا: خطة التنمية المستدامة لعام ٢٠٣٠، A/RES/70/1
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21 October 2015 |
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Transformer notre monde : le Programme de développement durable à l’horizon 2030, A/RES/70/1
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21 October 2015 |
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Transformar nuestro mundo: la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible, A/RES/70/1
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21 October 2015 |
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Marco de Acción para la Seguridad Alimentaria y la Nutrición durante Crisis Prolongadas (marco de acción del CSA)
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15 October 2015 |
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Papel de la administración local en la promoción y protección de los derechos humanos, A/HRC/30/49
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07 August 2015 |
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تقرير المقرر الخاص بالسكن اللائق كعنصر من عناصر الحق في مستوى معيشي مناسب وبالحق في عدم التمييز في هذا السياق، A/70/270
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04 August 2015 |
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HIC Comments on Habitat III Issue Papers
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31 July 2015 |
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National Habitat III Parallel-reporting Tool
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20 July 2015 |
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Principios Básicos de Habitat III
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16 April 2015 |
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أساسيات الموئل الثالث
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16 April 2015 |
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Habitat II Evaluation Criteria
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03 March 2015 |
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Vienna, Menschenrechte in der Stadt: Eine Stadt für Alle
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19 December 2014 |
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Vienna, “Menschenrechte in der Stadt: Eine Stadt für Alle (English version)
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19 December 2014 |
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Gwangju Human Rights Charter (Korean Language)
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21 May 2012 |
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Sanctuary in the city_ Urban displacement and vulnerability in Damascus A desk study
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15 December 2011 |
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Gwangju Declaration on Human Right City
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17 May 2011 |
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مبادئ توجيهيـة بشأن الوثائق المتعلقة بمعاهدة محددة التي ينبغي أن تقدمها الدول الأطراف
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24 March 2009 |
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Guidelines on Treaty-Specific Documents to be Submitted by States Parties, E/C.12/2008/2
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24 March 2009 |
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“De Vancouver 1976 a Vancouver 2006: Una revisión critica desde la perspectiva no gubernamental”
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01 October 2008 |
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إعلان توصيات مؤتمر الفلاحين الدولى - إعلان نياليني
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27 February 2007 |
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The European Charter for Equality of Women and Men in Local Life
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16 May 2006 |
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Charter for Women`s Right to the City
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01 September 2004 |
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Gender Equality in UN-Habitat
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01 January 2004 |
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Women and Habitat: A History
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01 January 2004 |
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El Estatuto da la Ciudad (Lei nº 10.257/01) las directrices generales de la política urb
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10 July 2001 |
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European Charter for the Safeguarding of Human Rights in the City
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18 May 2000 |
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Gender and the Habitat Agenda: Engendering Our Human Settlements
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01 April 1999 |
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Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements and the Habitat Agenda, A/CONF.165/14
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14 June 1996 |
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Declaración de Estambul sobre los Asentamientos Humanos y Programa de Hábitat, A/CONF.65/14
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14 June 1996 |
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La Déclaration d`Istanbul sur les etablissements humains et le Programme pour l`habitat, A/CONF.65/14
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14 June 1996 |
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إعلان استمبول وجدول أعمال المستوطنات البشرية
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14 April 1996 |
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Constructing a New Social Alternative
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03 February 1996 |
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The Jerusalem Declaration (darf Charter of the Palestinian Housing Rights Movement)
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29 May 1995 |
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European Charter for Women in the City
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01 March 1994 |
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NGO Treaty on Urbanisation. Towards Just Democratic and Sustainable Cities, Towns and Villages
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16 June 1992 |
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HIC Global Policy Declaration
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15 June 1989 |
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Declaración de Vancouver
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11 June 1976 |
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Déclaration universelle des droits de l`homme
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10 December 1948 |
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Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos
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10 December 1948 |
