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International Women’s Day: Palestinian Women’s Inspiring Resistance
By :BDS National Committee
08 March 2026
International Women’s Day: The Inspiring Resistance of Palestinian Women   On 8 March, the reality of Palestinian women cannot be separated from their tireless resistance to colonial violence and ongoing genocide — which demolishes their homes, threatens their land and throws them in prison cells. Women also carry most of the burden of caring
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The Operational and Financial Crisis Facing UNRWA
By :Palestine Refugee Policy Forum, Policy Brief 6
01 March 2026

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Indigenous Peoples and social movements reaffirm unity at ICARRD+20
By :IPC
28 February 2026
Political Declaration: closing session ICARRD+20 Indigenous Peoples and social movements reaffirm unity and support to ICARRD+20 organizers, but reject conference declaration at closing ceremony Cartagena de Indias, Colombia   Indigenous Peoples and social movements come today in front of you to express our irreducible unity. For centuries, oppressors have been using a divide
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Campaign of Falsehood to Silence Francesca Albanese on Gaza Genocide
By :Kurniawan Arif Maspul, Middle East Monitor
16 February 2026
Who Fears the Truth? The Deep Fake Campaign to Silence Francesca Albanese on the Gaza Genocide     Francesca Albanese has become one of the most polarising figures in contemporary diplomacy, not because she commands armies or signs treaties, but because she insists on describing what she sees. Since assuming her mandate as
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Israel Sprays Glyphosate Herbicide on Southern Lebanon Farms
By :Damien Gayle and William Christou, The Guardian
05 February 2026
Israel accused of spraying cancer-linked herbicide on farms in southern Lebanon President condemns ‘environmental and health crime’ as critics say Israel seeks to make southern Lebanon uninhabitable     Lebanon has accused Israel of spraying a herbicide linked to cancer on farmland in the south of the country as a “health crime” that would
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UN Risks “imminent financial collapse,” Secretary General Warns
By :Maia Davies and Imogen Foulkes, BBC
30 January 2026
UN risks `imminent financial collapse`, secretary general warns António Guterres said the organisation`s money could run out by July   The United Nations is at risk of “imminent financial collapse” due to member states not paying their fees, the body`s head has warned.   António Guterres said the UN faced a financial crisis which was
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Palestine: Israeli Law Cuts UNRWA Energy and Water
By :Adalah
20 January 2026
  Adalah Files Urgent Request to Israeli Supreme Court to Halt Implementation of New Anti-UNRWA Law Mandating Severance of Electricity and Water to UNRWA facilities      As Israeli forces raided and began demolishing UNRWA’s East Jerusalem headquarters today, Adalah submitted an urgent request demanding a halt to the December 2025 law, stating that
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New Commission of Inquiry on Palestine and Israel
By :OHCHR
28 November 2025
Human Rights Council President appoints Members of the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel   GENEVA - The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Jürg Lauber (Switzerland), has appointed Srinivasan Muralidhar (India), Florence Mumba (Zambia) and Chris Sidoti (Australia), to serve as members of the United Nations
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Sudan: Farmland Shrinks, Agricultural Collapses Due to the War
23 November 2025
Sudan: Farmland Shrinks and the Agricultural Sector Faces Severe Collapse Due to the War     Sudan’s agricultural sector, the lifeline of the country’s economy, is witnessing a severe collapse that has significantly affected the gross domestic product.   Cultivated areas in the country have shrunk to 35%, according to initial estimates by experts and
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Landmine Contamination in Western Sahara
By :Sahrawi Mine Action Coordination Office (SMACO)
11 November 2025
Statement on the Landmine Contamination in Western Sahara   Western Sahara remains heavily contaminated with landmines, cluster munitions, and explosive remnants of war as a result of the armed conflict between the Moroccan army and the Polisario Front from 1975 to 1991 resulting in more than 4000 victims. Since the resumption of
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Documents (40)

Document Title

Publication Date

The Operational and Financial Crisis Facing UNRWA

01 March 2026

Validation Meeting on the CCIAJT Application Findings

21 May 2025

Climate Finance in Morocco (matrix)

23 April 2025

Human Rights Related to Habitat (Land, Housing, Population Transfer, Natural Resources) in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara

16 March 2022

Joint Submission to the Human Rights Committee on Israel’s Sixth Periodic Review

31 January 2022

Un derecho humano a la tierra

05 August 2021

A Human Right to Land

24 February 2021

الأرض كحق من حقوق الانسان

24 February 2021

تقرير جديد: الأرض وسط الجائحة

11 December 2020

Joint Urgent Appeal on the escalating water and sanitation crisis in the Gaza Strip

10 November 2020

Violation du droit de logement et de l´habitat en Haïti durant la pandémie de COVID-19

05 October 2020

"A Pandemic of Violations"

05 October 2020

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

05 October 2020

الهدم الذاتي لمساكن الفلسطينيين في القدس: جريمة احتلالية مضاعفة بحق الإنسانية

04 October 2020

Patterns of Crime against Land & Housing amid COVID

12 August 2020

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

30 July 2020

The Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on Housing Rights

20 July 2020

Revue Nationale Volontaire sur les Objectifs de Développement Durable en Mauritanie

13 July 2019

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

02 July 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

ميثاق الحق في المدينة: بيروت الكبرى

17 November 2017

Right to the City Charter in Greater Beirut

17 November 2017

Human Rights Habitat Observatory

10 July 2017

General Comment No. 24 on State Obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Context of Business Activities

23 June 2017

The Right to Adequate Food Seminar: Promoting accountability of food security actions to the people most affected by food insecurity and malnutrition

24 January 2017

HIC Comments on Habitat III Issue Papers

31 July 2015

"تقرير الخبيرة المستقلة المعنية بمسألة التزامات حقوق الإنسان المتعلقة بالحصول على مياه الشرب المأمونة وخدمات الصرف الصحي: البعثة إلى مصر"

10 July 2010

Report of SR related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation Mission to Egypt July 2010

05 July 2010

مبادئ توجيهيـة بشأن الوثائق المتعلقة بمعاهدة محددة التي ينبغي أن تقدمها الدول الأطراف

24 March 2009

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

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

11 May 2006

التعليق العام رقم 15، الحق في الماء

20 January 2003

General Comment No. 15 (2002), The right to water

20 January 2003

Limburg Principles on the Implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

06 June 1986

الإعلان العالمي لحقوق الانسان

10 December 1948

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

10 December 1948

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