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Humanitarians in Gaza: “Let us do our jobs!”
By :Various aid agencies
17 April 2025
“Let us do our jobs” — CEOs of major aid groups in Gaza warn aid system is collapsing   After 18 months of war, a staggering toll on civilians and aid workers, and now a six-week total siege, the humanitarian aid system in Gaza is facing total collapse with the CEOs of
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Humanitarian Aid to Gaza: ‘A drop in an ocean of need’
By :Doaa El-Bey, ahram.online
03 December 2024
‘A drop in an ocean of need’  Participants in a conference aiming to enhance humanitarian aid to Gaza underlined the importance of the role played by UNRWA     The flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza is “grossly insufficient, inconsistent and unpredictable — a drop in an ocean of need”, said UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina
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Statement: Israel Bans UNRWA, the Palestinian People`s Lifeline
30 October 2024
Israel Bans UNRWA, Gaza’s Lifeline: Latest Move in Ongoing Campaign Against the Palestinian People and Their Right of Return   On 28 October 2024, the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) nearly unanimously passed two laws explicitly designed to disrupt the operations and essential services of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine
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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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Assault on UNRWA: “refugee status in the region has been routinely violated”
By :Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention
01 February 2024
The safety and sanctity of refugee status in the region has been routinely violated by Israel – this is no longer an allegation, but forms a critical part of the South African case before the ICJ. Taking action against UNRWA as a whole represents an intensification of anti-refugee acts, including
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Evolving ETOs
By :Joseph Schechla
16 June 2022

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Earth Day Workshop: Green Transition in Sudan
24 April 2022
The challenges of the green transition in Sudan Who should fill the gap and how? Public workshop on the occasion of Earth Day 2022, in cooperation between Housing and Land Rights Network – Habitat International Coalition and GoGreen Sudan. Sudan is going through difficult transitional conditions,
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UNESCO Resolutions to Protect Jerusalem
By :QNN
07 April 2022
UNESCO unanimously adopts two resolutions on state of Palestine   OCCUPIED PALESTINE—The Executive Council of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has unanimously adopted two resolutions on the State of Palestine.   At its 214th session held in Paris on Wednesday, the UNESCO [Executive Board] adopted a resolution on old Jerusalem
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MENA Civil Society Assesses SDG Progress
By :HIC-HLRN
16 March 2022
HIC-HLRN participated with Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND) in the “Regional CSO Forum on Sustainable Development,” on 13–14 March 2022 at Beirut, Lebanon. The gathering of diverse policy analysts representing the Middle East/North Africa region’s civil society covered the range of contemporary development issues represented in the Sustainable-development Goals
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Documents (22)

Document Title

Publication Date

Evolving ETOs

16 June 2022

تحديات التحوّل أخضر في السودان

23 April 2022

Ndola Rural Research Study, 2021

30 August 2021

"A Pandemic of Violations"

05 October 2020

Incidents of infrastructure development that displace people: Baseline assessment of women’s wealth, wellbeing and habitat including potential losses

30 July 2020

HIC’s role in the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty: Representing the Urban Constituency

02 July 2018

SDG Messages from Arab CSOs

24 April 2018

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

23 April 2018

Maastricht Guidelines on Violations of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

26 January 2018

Right to the City Charter in Greater Beirut

17 November 2017

Human Rights Habitat Observatory

10 July 2017

تحويل عالمنا: خطة التنمية المستدامة لعام ٢٠٣٠، A/RES/70/1

21 October 2015

ACIJ دراسات الحالة

06 September 2013

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

24 March 2009

Report on Indicators for Monitoring Compliance with International Human Rights Instruments, HRI/MC/2008/3

06 June 2008

Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones

02 October 2007

Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas

02 October 2007

Namibia: amendments to draft resolution A/C.3/61/L.18/Rev.1 concerning Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

21 November 2006

Report on Indicators for Monitoring Compliance with International Human Rights Instruments, HRI/MC/2006/7

11 May 2006

الاتفاقية الخاصة بوضع اللاجئين

28 July 1951

الإعلان العالمي لحقوق الانسان

10 December 1948

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

10 December 1948

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