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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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Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism
By :Rania Muhareb, Elizabeth Rghebi, Pearce Clancy, Joseph Schechla, Nada Awad and Maha Abdallah
29 November 2022
On 29 November 2022, HIC-HLRN joined Al-Haq in launching the inaugural coalition report titled: ‘Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism’. Together leading Palestinian civil society organisations, Al-Haq Law in the Service of Man (Al-Haq), Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association (Addameer), Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights (Al
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Proposal for a UN Habitat Stakeholder-engagement Mechanism
By :HIC-HLRN
01 September 2022

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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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Lebanon ‘brutally impoverished,’ ‘lost trust’
By :Olivier De Schutter
12 November 2021
Statement by Professor Olivier De Schutter, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, on his visit to Lebanon, 1–12 November 2021   Beirut, 12 November 2021 Introduction "Lebanon has been embroiled in an economic, social, financial and cost of living crisis that has pushed the country to the verge of complete
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Conflict, Occupation, War amid Global Cease-fire
By :HIC-HLRN
18 October 2021
HLRN has produced a new publication on the occasion of World Human Rights Habitat Day 2021 and the ensuing month of related activities. The study Conflict, Occupation and War disaggregates data from the HLRN Violation Database to focus on the gross violations of the human rights to adequate housing and
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Yemen: Shelter Needs Soar for Marib Displaced
By :UN News
24 August 2021
Shelter needs soar for displaced in Yemen’s Marib region     Humanitarian needs, including a lack of shelter, are soaring among displaced communities, as fighting continues in Yemen’s Marib governorate, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday.   Settlements hosting nearly 190,000 people are now beyond capacity, and conditions are ‘deplorable’, UNHCR spokesperson Aikaterini
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Palestine: Israel Destroys Khirbat Humsa Again!
By :Tovah Lazaroff, Times of Israel
03 February 2021
IDF razes Palestinian herding village Khirbet Humsa twice in one week     The Civil Administration attempted to raze tents in the illegal Palestinian herding village of Khirbat Humsa twice in one week.   The Civil Administration initially destroyed a small village of 18 tents and modular structures located in the Jordan Valley in November, housing 11
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`What Hell Feels Like`: Israel Razes Family`s Hut
By :Gideon Levy and Alex Levac, Haaretz
16 October 2020
`What Hell Feels Like`: Israel Demolished This Palestinian Family`s Hut. They Have Nowhere to Go   For 20 years, a diabetic Palestinian woman who is going blind lived with her family in a wretched encampment in the Jordan Valley. In recent weeks, Israeli forces demolished the site twice, and they threaten to
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Palestine/Israel: Naqab Land Defenders Imprisoned
By :Naqab/Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality (NCF)
22 September 2020
Update: Court Sentences Bedouin Human Rights Defenders to Imprisonment     The Human Rights Defenders Fund (HRDF) and the Naqab/Negevoexistence Forum for Civil Equality (NCF) wish to update you on the highly disturbing situation surrounding the Israeli Government`s continuing harassment and persecution of the Bedouin people, residents of al-‘Arāqīb. On 21
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Documents (39)

Document Title

Publication Date

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

Customary Practices That Displace Women from Their Habitats

30 August 2020

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

30 July 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

Toward a New Stakeholder Compact for the New Urban Agenda

30 May 2019

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

Right to the City Charter in Greater Beirut

17 November 2017

Human Rights Habitat Observatory

10 July 2017

Habitat III Statement

20 October 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 Safety and Security

21 July 2016

Habitat II Commitments on Older Persons

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

Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, A/RES/70/1

21 October 2015

منهجية لتقارير قطرية للموئل الثالث (مدمجة)

21 September 2015

HIC Comments on Habitat III Issue Papers

31 July 2015

Habitat II Evaluation Criteria

03 March 2015

Violence in Lathor Village, Balangir District

24 January 2012

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

15 December 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

Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, A/RES/70/1

05 September 2000

Declaración de Estambul sobre los Asentamientos Humanos y Programa de Hábitat, A/CONF.65/14

14 June 1996

La Déclaration d`Istanbul sur les etablissements humains et le Programme pour l`habitat, A/CONF.65/14

14 June 1996

إعلان استمبول وجدول أعمال المستوطنات البشرية

14 April 1996

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

13 December 1991

Health principles of housing

30 June 1989

Right to the City in Greater Beirut p

01 January 1970

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