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Europe and Arab States Seek Alternative to Trump’s Gaza Plan
By :Andrew England, Financial Times
15 February 2025
Israel must stop killing civilians returning to their homes in South Lebanon: UN experts     GENEVA – Israel must respect the ceasefire agreement with Lebanon, immediately end housing demolitions, ensure the safety of civilians returning to their homes, and fully withdraw its military from South Lebanon, UN experts* said today.   “We are gravely concerned
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Reflecting on World Urban Forum 12
By :HIC-GS
21 November 2024
This report by the HIC General Secretariat reflects on the events, activities, collaborations and commemorations of Coalition Members and friends at the 12th World Urban Forum, Cairo, 4-8 November 2024.   HIC Events    Social and feminist movement convergence around social production of habitat, with contributions by Massa Kone, HIC Board Representative for Social Movements,
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A New Report on LandForum VII 2024
By :HIC-HLRN
28 October 2024
In the midst of the horrific events and serious challenges facing the peoples of the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, from the COVID pandemic to the current state of armed conflicts in many countries of the region and climate change events, which led to a
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The Land and Its People: Civil Society Voices Address the Crisis over Natural Resources in the Middle East/North Africa
By :HIC-HLRN
20 August 2024

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Abidjan: Thousands of Families still awaiting Support after Forced Evictions
By :Hervey Delmas Kokou , Amnesty Int
14 August 2024
Tens of thousands of people evicted since January 2024 from the Gesco, Boribana, Banco 1 and Abattoir neighbourhoods Evictions without adequate and reasonable prior notice, some involving violence; children deprived of education; 133 farmers lost their livelihoods Support measures announced in March 2024 must be urgently implemented for all affected people. The Ivorian
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New: Arab Forum for Rural Advisory Services (AFRAS)
By :HIC-HLRN
26 July 2024
Culminating a process undertaken since 2021, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa in collaboration with International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), has established the Arab Forum for Rural Advisory Services (AFRAS). A side event at the Senior
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HLRN Statement: States Must Act for Peace with Justice in Palestine, not with Zionism
By :HIC-HLRN
24 November 2023
This statement updates the HIC Statement of 23 October 2023.   Amid the most-recent escalation of violence in Zionism’s century-long persecution of the Indigenous Palestinian People, the Palestinian Islamist Resistance Movement (Hamas) and its militant `Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, launched an unprecedented armed operation, retaliating against Israel on early 7 October 2023.
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Land Times/أحوال الأرض No. 29 Now Online
By :HIC-HLRN
21 September 2023
The current Issue 29 of Land Times /أحوال الأرض  seeks to fill some of the gaps in current discourse on the most pressing issues facing the human habitat. It looks beyond contradictions between words and actions to identify the applicable norms that are often forgotten and the need for data,
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World Habitat Awards Open for Entries
By :World Habitat
06 February 2023
Are you doing something remarkable to provide or promote adequate housing?   We’re looking for practical, innovative and sustainable solutions to current housing challenges that can inspire new projects and public policies.   Since 1985, more than 360 projects from 95 countries have been recognised by the competition. Find out more about who can enter and
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Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism
By :Al Haq
29 November 2022
Landmark Palestinian Coalition Report: Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism   On the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, 29 November 2022, Al-Haq launched its inaugural coalition report titled: Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism. It reflects the collaborative efforts of civil society and academic authors Rania Muhareb,
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Documents (48)

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سبل معالجة النزوح الناجم عن تغير المناخ والنزاعات في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا- يونيو 2024

27 October 2024

Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism

27 December 2022

الإنتقال من العمل الخيري والإغاثة إلى التنمية (مبادرة الاراضي العربية)

18 September 2022

Proposal for a UN Habitat Stakeholder-engagement Mechanism

01 September 2022

Event: Stakeholders Networking for Sustainable Development

28 July 2022

Proposed structure for UN-Habitat Stakeholder Engagement Policy

15 June 2022

UN system practices for selected agencies, funds and programmes

15 June 2022

Africities9 CSO statement on forced eviction

20 May 2022

Africities9 CSO statement on women`s political leadership

20 May 2022

Africities9 CSO statement on affordable housing

20 May 2022

Africities9 CSO statement on social justice

20 May 2022

Consolider, développer et intégrer l`approche féministe dans HIC Afrique

10 February 2021

Consolidating, Developing and Mainstreaming the Feminist Approach in HIC Africa

10 February 2021

HIC Women in Africa PPT

10 February 2021

Global Farmers Strike - First Wave

01 February 2021

"A Pandemic of Violations"

05 October 2020

Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism for Sustainable Development

09 February 2020

Revue Nationale Volontaire sur les Objectifs de Développement Durable en Mauritanie

13 July 2019

Toward a New Stakeholder Compact for the New Urban Agenda

30 May 2019

Milestones in UN Habitat’s Cooperation with Stakeholders: Forward and Backward

14 May 2019

Charting UN Habitat-Stakeholder Engagement

14 May 2019

Open Letter to UN Habitat Executive Director

14 May 2019

Al-Haq International Law Summer School 2019!

30 April 2019

Integrating the engagement of local governments and stakeholders in UN HABITAT

22 October 2018

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

International sources on the concept and criteria of “landlessness”

31 December 2017

Land Forum VI program

25 October 2017

برنامج منتدى الأرض لشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا

25 October 2017

Human Rights Habitat Observatory

10 July 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

برنامج ورشة العمل الأولى لمشروع الملجأ في المدينة،بيروت

21 December 2016

ملاحظات تمهيدية، الملجأ في المدينة، بيروت

21 December 2016

الحكومات المحلية والمجتمعات المستضيفة تجاه أزمة اللاجئين، الملجأ في المدينة، بيروت

21 December 2016

The Right to the City: Concepts & Principles of Human rights (Arabic)

20 December 2016

الحق في المدينة: التاريخ والتجارب من مدن أخرى

20 December 2016

دور البلديات والممارسات المحلية في تطبيق ميثاق الحق في المدينة

20 December 2016

دور المجتمع المدني وتطبيق الميثاق في لبنان

20 December 2016

مبادئ حقوق الإنسان وتطبيق الحق في المدينة في لبنان

20 December 2016

Alternativas desde la sociedad civil hacia Hábitat III,

12 August 2016

HIC @ Habitat III

23 June 2016

Livret vert de la Convergence

19 March 2016

Comments on Habitat III Policy Paper Frameworks (overview)

31 January 2016

"Toward a Global Alliance of Human Rights Cities for All II," Gwangju

17 May 2015

إعلان استمبول وجدول أعمال المستوطنات البشرية

14 April 1996

إعلان القدس: مشروع ميثاق حركة حقوق السكن الفلسطينية

29 May 1995

HIC Global Policy Declaration

15 June 1989

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