Palestine/Israel: ACAP/Mossawa Train in HRAH
Professional workshops to promote the human right to adequate housing (HRAH) and land In 2018, the Arab Center for Alternative Planning (ACAP) and the Mossawa Center organized several events aimed at providing public committees and
Published : 28 November 2018
Palestine/Israel: Demolishing Naqab Bedouin
The human right to adequate housing is recognized in the international law system, enshrined in treaties already ratified by the State of Israel. The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) stresses that
Published : 28 November 2018
Israel Court OKs Evicting 700 Jlem Palestinians
The Israeli Supreme Court yesterday rejected a petition submitted by 104 Palestinians against claims by a right-wing Israeli organisation paving the way for 700 Palestinians to be forced from their homes, Haaretz reported. The 700 Palestinians,
Published : 22 November 2018
UN Peasants’ Rights Declaration Adopted in GA
NEW YORK—The UN General Assembly’s Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) passed a draft that would have the Assembly adopt the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural
Published : 20 November 2018
Israeli Tech: Robbing Farmers from Palestine to India
Israeli Technology: Dispossessing Farmers from Palestine to India For the past few years, Israeli technology is being hailed as a panacea for Indian farmers. Israel is making great strides in winning major state funded agriculture projects and is
Published : 20 November 2018
40-yr Struggle: Rights to Housing, Land and City
Are our global property rights still guaranteed? 40 years of global struggle for rights to housing, land and the city Gentrification, forced evictions, lack of access to housing - these are all concepts familiar to us.
Published : 12 November 2018
Iraq: Massive Fish Death in Middle Euphrates
Fishermen, fishpond owners and local residents in Babylon Province, south of Baghdad, are in shock as hundreds of thousands of carp fish suddenly died in the Middle Euphrates. This distressing news comes after major water
Published : 03 November 2018
Israeli Settler Effluent on Qalqiliya School
Israel settlers dump sewage on Palestinian school in Qalqiliya Israeli settlers dumped their sewage on a Palestinian school in the northern occupied West Bank district of Qalqilia yesterday. The Azzun Beit Amin School playground was flooded with
Published : 02 November 2018
Lebanon: Evicting Syrian Refugees
This article is based on a forthcoming policy paper examining the causes, characteristics, and consequences of the eviction of Syrian migrants and refugees from Riyak, Lebanon in 2017, in light of recent developments encouraging Syrian
Published : 24 October 2018
