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Israel’s West Bank Outposts Proliferate since 7 October 2023, Palestinians Fear Annexation
By :Allegra Goodwin, Nada Bashir and Gianluca Mezzofiore, with contributions by Kareem Khadder/CNN
20 March 2025
Israeli outposts have proliferated in the West Bank since Oct. 7, analysis shows. Palestinians fear annexation could be next       BARDALA, West Bank—Jihad Suleiman al-Sawafta, 46, has lived on his farm in the occupied West Bank village of Bardala his entire life. But when Israeli settlers showed up in December, al-Sawafta said
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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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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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New UNSR Report on Occupied Palestine
By :Palestine Chronicle
18 October 2022
UN Special Rapporteur New Report Calls for ‘Dismantling of Israeli Settler-Colonial Occupation’     The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, has submitted her much-anticipated report to the UN General Assembly, concluding that the realization of the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to self-determination requires dismantling
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Human Rights Related to Habitat (Land, Housing, Population Transfer, Natural Resources) in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara
By :SAUSA and HIC-HLRN
29 March 2022

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Sheikh Jarrah: Court Halts Evictions (for now)
By :Aljazeera
01 March 2022
Israeli top court suspends Palestinian evictions in Sheikh Jarrah The ruling is a culmination of a decades-long struggle for Palestinian residents to stay in their homes.     Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled that a group of Palestinian families slated for eviction from the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah can remain in their homes
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New Report on Apartheid over Palestine
By :Amnesty International
01 February 2022
Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians: a cruel system of domination and a crime against humanity   Israeli authorities must be held accountable for committing the crime of apartheid against Palestinians, Amnesty International said today in a damning new report. The investigation details how Israel enforces a system of oppression and domination against the
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Entrenching and Maintaining an Apartheid Regime over the Palestinian People as a Whole
By :Al-Haq, HIC-HLRN, CIHRS, Aldameer, Al Mezan
07 January 2022

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Israeli Demolitions Target Bedouin Villages
By :Ahmad Melhem, Al-Monitor
26 July 2021
Israel continues demolition of Palestinian homes in the West Bank Israel expanded its policy to demolish houses and facilities of Palestinians, including those funded by international donors.     RAMALLAH, West Bank — Dozens of Palestinians who live in the Bedouin community Ras al-Tin in the Jordan Valley were caught by surprise when Israeli forces raided the area
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al-Quds: UNSRs Deplore Brutal Policing, Evictions
By :OHCHR
11 May 2021
East Jerusalem: UN experts deplore brutal police response to protests, urge eviction threats to be lifted  GENEVA UN human rights experts today expressed grave concerns about Israel`s aggressive response to protests in East Jerusalem, and called on Israel, as the occupying power, to immediately lift its threat to evict hundreds of
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Documents (22)

Document Title

Publication Date

Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism

27 December 2022

Entrenching and Maintaining an Apartheid Regime over the Palestinian People as a Whole

07 January 2022

Counting on Justice: A Reckoning of Land Rights Violations and Their Consequences toward Reparations for Victims in Yemen

24 October 2021

حق الإنسان في الأرض

18 June 2021

Human Rights Habitat Observatory

10 July 2017

UN Special Rapporteurs joint communication to Permanent Mission of Turkey

21 September 2016

The Role of Local Government in Addressing the Impact of Syrian Refugees: Jordan Case Study

03 June 2016

"Key Issues and Recommendations," Housing in the City We Need UTC

18 November 2015

HIC Comments on Habitat III Issue Papers

31 July 2015

الممارسات العمرانية الموازية في مصر 2015

29 June 2015

ETOs and Situations of Conflict, Occupation and War: Applying the Maastricht Principles

11 July 2013

Mexico City Charter for the Right to the City

01 July 2010

السكن في مصر بين العشوائية والتحضر الرث

22 May 2010

Urban policies and the right to the city: Rights Responsibilities and Citizenship

16 March 2009

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

The European Charter for Equality of Women and Men in Local Life

16 May 2006

Função social da propriedade: análise histórica

31 August 2005

In Quest of Bhabrekar Nagar

31 December 2001

Constructing a New Social Alternative

03 February 1996

NGO Treaty on Urbanisation. Towards Just Democratic and Sustainable Cities, Towns and Villages

16 June 1992

The situation in the Middle East, A/RES/37/123

14 December 1984

Right to the City in Greater Beirut p

01 January 1970

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