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Israel/Palestine: Court Cancels Threat to Displace Ras Jrabah Naqab Village
By :Adalah
25 June 2025
Be’er Sheva District Court Cancels Approval of Plan to Expand Dimona that Threatens to Displace Bedouin Village of Ras Jrabah and Its 500 Residents   The court accepted two separate petitions: one filed by Adalah on behalf of Bimkom and the residents of Ras Jrabah, and another by the Society for the
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Harvard Study Finds Israel ‘Disappeared’ Nearly 400,000 Palestinians in Gaza, Half of them Children
By :The Cradle
24 June 2025
Harvard-linked study finds Israel ‘disappeared’ nearly 400,000 Palestinians in Gaza, half of them children: Report The study by a Ben Gurion University professor uses data-driven analysis and spatial mapping to highlight a severe decline in Gaza’s population since October 2023     A study published via the Harvard Dataverse reveals that Israel has “disappeared” at least 377,000 Palestinians
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Al-Haq Endorses Call for ICC to Investigate US Officials for Palestine Genocide 25 Feb 2025
By :Al-Haq
20 February 2025
Al-Haq calls on ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan to hold Biden, Blinken and Austin Accountable for Aiding and Abetting Genocide in Gaza                                                    Prepared with the input of International Criminal Court-registered lawyers and other war crimes experts, Al-Haq strongly supports the 172-page communication submitted by DAWN [Democracy in the Arab World
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With Full Purpose and Intent: Israel’s Attacks on Palestinians in Their Home, Refuge and Displacement
By :HIC-HLRN
29 November 2024
On this International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, HIC-HLRN is sharing the most-recent products of its monitoring and documentation of the Indigenous People’s housing and land rights violations, abuses that form the heart of the Zionist colonial project. By invasion, acquisition of territory through force and deception, violent
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Year of Disregard for International Law: UN Experts Urge Accountability, End of Violence
By :OHCHR
07 October 2024
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 population in Gaza that followed and consequent expansion of violence to the rest of the
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High-level Political Forum: Adopting the Ministerial Declaration
By :HIC-HLRN
18 July 2024
In closed sessions at the High-level Political Forum (HLPF), 8–18 July 2024, state delegations had negotiated for over 70 hours, with 20 informal and three informal sessions. These aimed at “making every effort to bring together the different opposing positions and present an ambitious and balanced [outcome] document,” as Pres.
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Apartheid Israel`s Genocide against Palestine, People and Land (update)
03 July 2024
See the attached graphic to visualize the update of ongoing Israeli crimes in Gaza. The graphic, prepared by the South African Palestine Solidarity Campaign and South African BDS Coalition. Data are compiled from the Palestinian Ministry of Health (Gaza) and latest Aljazeera, European Human Rights Monitor, and Slingshot Media reports.   Download
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Sudan: Displacement Crisis amid Conflict and Climate Change
By :HIC-HLRN
15 June 2024
Since the outbreak of armed conflict in Sudan in mid-April last year between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), it has killed thousands of civilians, displaced millions, looted property and recruited child soldiers as the fighting spread from the capital to more areas of the country. According to
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Palestine/Israel War 2023: 124K Displaced
By :UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
08 October 2023
Escalation in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #2     Information on humanitarian needs is as of 12:00, while casualty figures and the number of people displaced are updated as of 21:00, 8 October 2023   Exchanges of fire in the towns and communities in Israel surrounding Gaza continued for the second
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General comment No. 26 (2023) on children’s rights and the environment, with a special focus on climate change
By :CRC
22 August 2023

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Documents (52)

Document Title

Publication Date

General comment No. 26 (2023) on children’s rights and the environment, with a special focus on climate change

22 August 2023

New: In Pursuit of Climate Change

13 October 2022

World Habitat Day 2022

03 October 2022

Proposal for a UN Habitat Stakeholder-engagement Mechanism

01 September 2022

Conflict, Occupation, War amid Global Cease-fire

18 October 2021

Un derecho humano a la tierra

05 August 2021

حق الإنسان في الأرض

18 June 2021

جائحة من الانتهاكات الإخلاء القسري، وغيره من انتهاكات حقوق الإنسان المرتبطة بالموئل وسط جائحة كوفيد-19

05 October 2020

Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism for Sustainable Development

09 February 2020

نحو آلية مؤسسية لتشارك أصحاب المصلحة في حوكمة موئل الأمم المتحدة الجديدة

09 February 2020

Toward an Institutional Mechanism for Stakeholder Engagement in the New UN Habitat Governance

09 February 2020

Vers un Mécanisme Institutionnel d’Engagement des parties prenantes dans la Nouvelle Gouvernance d’ONU Habitat

09 February 2020

Integrating the engagement of local governments and stakeholders in UN HABITAT

22 October 2018

الحق في المدينة في بيروت الكبرى: تقييم السياق في ضوء أزمة اللاجئين والنازحين

23 April 2018

ميثاق الحق في المدينة: بيروت الكبرى

17 November 2017

Right to the City Charter in Greater Beirut

17 November 2017

Final Report of the Sixth Session of the Land Forum in MENA

30 October 2017

Human Rights Habitat Observatory

10 July 2017

HRHO Calendar, 2017-20

26 May 2017

“We are at breaking point,” Rohingya: Persecuted in Myanmar, Neglected in Bangladesh

19 December 2016

Draft outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), A/CONF.226/4

29 September 2016

Final draft "New Urban Agenda" of 10 September 2016

10 September 2016

Compilation of Habitat II Commitments

22 July 2016

Habitat II Commitments on Youth and Children

21 July 2016

Habitat II Commitments on Safety and Security

21 July 2016

HIC @ Habitat III

23 June 2016

The Role of Local Government in Addressing the Impact of Syrian Refugees: Jordan Case Study

03 June 2016

"Building Climate-resilient Societies," HIC statement to COP21

04 December 2015

HIC Comments on Habitat III Issue Papers

31 July 2015

Habitat II Evaluation Criteria

03 March 2015

Vienna, Menschenrechte in der Stadt: Eine Stadt für Alle

19 December 2014

Vienna, “Menschenrechte in der Stadt: Eine Stadt für Alle (English version)

19 December 2014

Concept Paper for a FAO Inventory of Legal Norms Applied to Protracted Crises

12 August 2013

Gwangju Human Rights Charter (Korean Language)

21 May 2012

Gwangju Human Rights Charter (English version)

21 May 2012

Sanctuary in the city_ Urban displacement and vulnerability in Damascus A desk study

15 December 2011

The Cruel Side of Delhi`s Beautification: Illegal Demolition in Baljeet Nagar

30 June 2011

Guidelines on Treaty-Specific Documents to be Submitted by States Parties, E/C.12/2008/2

24 March 2009

Urban policies and the right to the city: Rights Responsibilities and Citizenship

16 March 2009

The European Charter for Equality of Women and Men in Local Life

16 May 2006

Planned Dispossession: Forced Evictions and the 2010 Commonwealth Games

31 December 2005

Montréal Charter of Rights and Responsibilities (Arabic version)

20 June 2005

Montréal Charter of Rights and Responsibilities (English version)

20 June 2005

Montréal Charter of Rights and Responsibilities (French version)

20 June 2005

European Charter for the Safeguarding of Human Rights in the City

18 May 2000

NGO Treaty on Urbanisation. Towards Just Democratic and Sustainable Cities, Towns and Villages

16 June 1992

Comité des droits économiques, sociales et culturelles, "Le droit à un logement suffisant," Observation générale no 4

13 December 1991

The Convention on The Right of The Child, Adopted 20 November 1989.

20 November 1989

اتفاقية حقوق الطفل

20 November 1989

Health principles of housing

30 June 1989

Declaración de Vancouver

11 June 1976

Right to the City in Greater Beirut p

01 January 1970

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