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In Pursuit of Climate Change |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 15 October 2022 |
This 2022 report from HLRN’s Violation Database (VDB), In Pursuit of Climate Justice, takes a hard look at violations of adequate housing land and other habitat-related human rights in the context of environmental hazards and climate change. Based on VDB entries spanning more than a century, each instance explores the root causes
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World Habitat Day 2022 |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 03 October 2022 |
On the occasion of World Habitat Day 2022, Habitat International Coalition (HIC) joins Members, allies and development actors to reflect on its journey of more than 45 years since the first Habitat Conference (1976) and common Habitat Agendas. Global activism has been indispensable in developing global consensus and commitments to
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Proposal for a UN Habitat Stakeholder-engagement Mechanism |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 01 September 2022 |
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IMF: Global Action Needed to Avoid MENA Food Crisis |
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By :Mustafa Alrawi, The National |
| 27 April 2022 |
Global action needed to prevent food crisis in Middle East and North Africa, warns IMF
In an exclusive interview, Jihad Azour, director of the fund`s Middle East and Central Asia Department, says rising prices risk social stability in lower-income countries.
Gathering international co-operation will be necessary to help prevent a food crisis in the
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Report on Housing & Land Rights in Western Sahara |
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By :hic-mena |
| 20 March 2022 |
On the occasion of an upcoming review of the Kingdom Morocco’s human rights record before the UN Human Rights Council, HIC-HLRN has partnered with the Sahrawi Association in the United States of America (SAUSA) to submit a specialized report on housing and land rights conditions in Western Sahara, under Moroccan
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MENA Civil Society Assesses SDG Progress |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 16 March 2022 |
HIC-HLRN participated with Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND) in the “Regional CSO Forum on Sustainable Development,” on 13–14 March 2022 at Beirut, Lebanon. The gathering of diverse policy analysts representing the Middle East/North Africa region’s civil society covered the range of contemporary development issues represented in the Sustainable-development Goals
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World Bank: Lebanon Elite’s `Zombie` Economy |
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By :Yousef Saba and Nadine Awadalla, Reuters |
| 25 January 2022 |
World Bank berates Lebanon`s elite for `zombie` economy
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Rulers have `captured` the state for economic gain, bank says
Lebanon`s economic implosion one of world`s worst ever
GDP has plunged by 58% since 2019 in `zombie` economy: report
DUBAI—The World Bank blasted Lebanon`s ruling class on Tuesday for "orchestrating" one of the world`s worst national
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Understanding Human Rights ETOs |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 15 January 2022 |
The new Routledge Handbook on Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations has just been published and it is available in open access here. This new handbook compiles lessons and analysis by world experts on the human rights obligations of states beyond their territorial borders. It is designed to give meaning and
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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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Special Rapporteurs on adequate housing @ 20 |
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By :OHCHR |
| 22 June 2021 |
Today, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Balakrishnan Rajagopal, presents his report to the UN Human Rights Council: “20 years Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing – Tacking stock – moving forward”
The report (A/HRC/47/43) highlights key achievements and contributions of the mandate since its establishment
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