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Gaza Reconstruction Principles: It Must Be Palestinian Led
05 March 2025
Gaza Reconstruction Must Be Palestinian Led—Breaking the Cycle of Destruction     The signatories of this position—groups and organizations representing a broad swath of Palestinian civil society in Palestine and in exile—stand firmly by key principles and demands that must guide Gaza’s reconstruction and recovery, as well as Palestine’s broader future. This process
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New report: GOLD VI by KNOW
By :UCLG-KNOW and contributors
14 October 2022
The sixth edition of the GOLD report, “Pathways to Urban and Territorial Equality: Addressing inequalities through local transformation strategies”, is being produced by United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and part of the KNOW team and will be published in October 2022. GOLD VI will focus on how local and
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Demolitions in Jeddah turn residents into `strangers`
By :AFP
22 April 2022
Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) – The Saudi doctor still had 15 years left on the loan he used to build his family`s "dream" home in Jeddah when bulldozers razed it to the ground, turning his life into "hell". The operation was part of a $20-billion clearance and construction project that stands
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Australia: Counting Nation-wide Cost of Natural Disasters
By :Merve Küçük and Mehmet Ulubasoglu, The Conversation
20 April 2022
Natural Disasters Cost the Nation: We’ve Calculated the Income Tax Revenue Lost in their Wake     Understanding the true cost of natural disasters is critical for governments to develop policies to deal with them.   Historically, calculations have been based on toting up insurance claims and government aid. But these don’t account for intangible social costs
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Green-transition Discourse in MENA
By :Joseph Schechla
24 March 2022
The economic slowdown associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and other simultaneous crises has done little to slow the climate crisis. Preliminary data show global greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) increased in 2020 while the global average temperature in 2020 was about 1.2°C above pre-industrial level, dangerously close to the 1.5°C limit
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Half a Million Migrants Evicted in Jeddah
By :Migrant rights.org
09 March 2022
This is the second time in a decade that Abdullah and his family have had to pack everything they could and hurriedly move to a new house because their neighbourhood would soon turn to dust. The first time that this happened, Abdullah and his family – his wife, and their two
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Land Times issue 20
By :HIC-HLRN
08 August 2020
HIC’s Housing and Land Rights Network (HIC-HLRN) welcomes you to its 20th issue of Land Times. This milestone edition emphasizes the role of civil society in identifying and remedying housing and land rights problems in the context of a global pandemic. Amid this protracted crisis, events and developments in the Middle
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Israel/Palestine: Ending TIPH May Breach Oslo
By :MEMO
31 January 2019
Member nations call on Israel to renew TIPH mandate. Norway says Israel’s removal of international observers from Hebron may breach Oslo Accords.     Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to dismiss international observers in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron may breach the Oslo Accords, a Norwegian minister has said. “The one-sided
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Human Rights Habitat Observatory
By :HIC-HLRN
10 July 2017

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UNSRs: Saudi Demolition Violates Human Rights
By :OHCHR
24 May 2017
Saudi Arabia’s use of force and demolitions in the al-Masora (al-Masawara ) neighborhood violates human rights The following press release from three UN human rights Special Rapporteurs addresses the Saudi Arabian government’s demolition of the historic neighborhood of al-Masora (al-Masawara), in the village of al-Awamiya as the action causes
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Human Rights Habitat Observatory

10 July 2017

الإطار الحقوقي لمبادرة الحق في المدينة

14 June 2017

“Sanctuary in the City: Beirut” Workshop Beirut

24 May 2017

Report of fourth “Sanctuary in the City: Beirut” Workshop Beirut May 2017

05 May 2017

Alternativas desde la sociedad civil hacia Hábitat III,

12 August 2016

تحويل عالمنا: خطة التنمية المستدامة لعام 2030 A/RES/70/1

21 October 2015

Reporte National de México para Hábitat III

20 October 2015

منهجية لتقارير قطرية للموئل الثالث (مدمجة)

21 September 2015

دور الحكومة المحلية في تعزيز وحماية حقوق الإنسان - التقرير النهائي للجنة الاستشارية لمجلس حقوق الإنسان، A/HRC/30/49

07 August 2015

HIC Comments on Habitat III Issue Papers

31 July 2015

الممارسات العمرانية الموازية في مصر 2015

29 June 2015

Vienna, Menschenrechte in der Stadt: Eine Stadt für Alle

19 December 2014

Gwangju Human Rights Charter (Korean Language)

21 May 2012

Gwangju Human Rights Charter (English version)

21 May 2012

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

30 June 2011

Montréal Charter of Rights and Responsibilities (French version)

20 June 2005

Restructuring New Delhi`s Urban Habitat, Building an Apartheid City, A Report on the Resettlement process of Delhi, India

01 January 2002

European Charter for the Safeguarding of Human Rights in the City

18 May 2000

Cities and Homes for All: The Habitat Agenda

30 June 1996

Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements and the Habitat Agenda, A/CONF.165/14

14 June 1996

إعلان استمبول وجدول أعمال المستوطنات البشرية

14 April 1996

Constructing a New Social Alternative

03 February 1996

Declaración de Vancouver

11 June 1976

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