UN Expert: Homeless are not Cockroaches or Vermin

How is it that homelessness – one of the most egregious violations of human rights globally – can be so invisible? The answer lies in the fact that we have done pretty much everything we can

Tunisia: World Bank Deregulation Manipulation

In November 2015, the Tunisian Observatory of the Economy (TOE) published a critical analysis of a recent World Bank report, the latter of which is entitled "All in the Family: State Capture in Tunisia." What

EU Parliament Affirms Sahrawi Self-determination Struggle

BRUSSELS—This afternoon, the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) narrowly approved (258 votes to 251) an amendment[1] on Western Sahara to the 2014 annual report on human rights and democracy in the world and on

UN: Over 2.5 Billion Lack Access to Sanitation

GENEVA (18 December 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human right to water and sanitation, Léo Heller, and the Chair of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Waleed Sadi,

مصر: نهب بحيرة المنزلة لصالح شركة خاصة

حصلت «الوطن» على مستندات تفيد الاستيلاء على أرض مزرعة «طيبة» التى تقدر مساحتها بـ٤٣٣ فداناً بقيمة ٤٣٣ مليون جنيه من بحيرة المنزلة بمنطقة شطا بدمياط التابعة لهيئة الثروة السمكية، حيث قام الدكتور خالد الحسنى، رئيس

UN-Habitat: Restitution for Sinjar Yazidis

Declaration on the occasion of Human Rights Day 2015

HIC`s Human Rights Day Declaration

Download text of the HIC Declaration on the occasion of Human Rights Day, 2015

UN Experts: It is Time to Turn Norms into Action

GENEVA (9 December 2015) – Speaking ahead of Human Rights Day 2015, the largest body of independent experts of the United Nations Human Rights system renews its commitment with the implementation of the Covenants, the