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In Pursuit of Climate Change |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 15 October 2022 |
This 2022 report from HLRN’s Violation Database (VDB), In Pursuit of Climate Justice, takes a hard look at violations of adequate housing land and other habitat-related human rights in the context of environmental hazards and climate change. Based on VDB entries spanning more than a century, each instance explores the root causes
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World Habitat Day 2022 |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 03 October 2022 |
On the occasion of World Habitat Day 2022, Habitat International Coalition (HIC) joins Members, allies and development actors to reflect on its journey of more than 45 years since the first Habitat Conference (1976) and common Habitat Agendas. Global activism has been indispensable in developing global consensus and commitments to
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Proposal for a UN Habitat Stakeholder-engagement Mechanism |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 01 September 2022 |
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Understanding Human Rights ETOs |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 15 January 2022 |
The new Routledge Handbook on Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations has just been published and it is available in open access here. This new handbook compiles lessons and analysis by world experts on the human rights obligations of states beyond their territorial borders. It is designed to give meaning and
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Copping-out at CoP26 |
| 14 November 2021 |
The 26th Conference of Parties (CoP26) ended in grave disappointment at the state delegations who weakened the needed commitments to save the planet from multiple climate disasters. This CoP, the supreme governing body of international agreements on climate change action, finally took place in Glasgow, Scotland, on 31 October–13 November
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Special Rapporteurs on adequate housing @ 20 |
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By :OHCHR |
| 22 June 2021 |
Today, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Balakrishnan Rajagopal, presents his report to the UN Human Rights Council: “20 years Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing – Tacking stock – moving forward”
The report (A/HRC/47/43) highlights key achievements and contributions of the mandate since its establishment
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Arab CSO Forum on sustainable development |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 23 March 2021 |
We invite you to attend the regional meeting of civil society organizations on #sustainable development in the Arab region. Representatives of civil society and experts in Arab countries will participate in the meeting to discuss efforts to achieve sustainable development in the Arab region and the challenges it faces.
The "regional
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COVID Could Add 150mil Extreme Poor by 2021 |
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By :World Bank |
| 07 October 2020 |
COVID-19 to Add as Many as 150 Million Extreme Poor by 2021
Decades of progress have gone into reverse; ‘the worst setback that we’ve witnessed in a generation’. Eight out of 10 ‘new poor’ will be in middle-income countries
WASHINGTON— Global extreme poverty is expected to rise in 2020 for the first
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"A Pandemic of Violations" |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 05 October 2020 |
On the occasion of World Habitat Day (5 October 2020) and “Urban October,” HIC-HLRN has produced its annual report from the HLRN Violation Database.
This year’s review of patterns and trends in housing and land rights violation around the world is dedicated to the theme: A Pandemic of Violations: Forced Evictions
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New from HIC-HLRN: “A Pandemic of Violations” |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 05 October 2020 |
On the occasion of World Habitat Day (5 October 2020) and “Urban October,” HIC-HLRN has produced its annual report from the HLRN Violation Database.
This year’s review of patterns and trends in housing and land rights violation around the world is dedicated to the theme: A Pandemic of Violations: Forced Evictions
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