No SDGs without Major Progress on Land
Land and the SDGs: Key takeaways from the 2017 HLPF and what we need to do next This was the clear and strong message that was brought by the land community into the major global forum
Published : 28 July 2017
UNHRC Resolution Links Human Rights to NUA
UN resolution seen as key win for New Urban Agenda’s contentious rights language A new resolution from the United Nations’ top human rights body is being lauded by supporters in part because it solidifies contentious new
Published : 27 July 2017
Palestine/Israel: Further Dividing Jerusalem
New Knesset bill would allow parts of Jerusalem to be transferred to a new Israeli local authority. Sponsored by Education Minister Bennett and Jerusalem Affairs Minister Elkin, the bill, breaks taboo over talk of the
Published : 25 July 2017
W. Sahara/Morocco: Gdeim Izik Eviction Trial Flawed
Verdict in Sahrawi trial marred by failure to adequately investigate torture claims A court today convicted 23 Sahrawi activists over deadly clashes in Western Sahara after failing to exclude evidence tainted by allegations of torture during
Published : 19 July 2017
Palestine: Israel Grants 99.7% of Land to Settlers
In the West Bank, Israel “grants” 99.7% of Palestinian public-land to colonial Jewish settlers. JERUSALEM — Over five decades in control of the West Bank, Israel has marked out hundreds of thousands of acres as public
Published : 17 July 2017
“Spotlight” on UN High-Level Forum, SDGs
As the UN High-Level Forum opens in New York, a global civil society report spotlights the role of big business in hindering development and deepening economic and social disparity. Unbridled privatization, corporate capture and mass-scale tax
Published : 10 July 2017
Brazil: Indigenous Amazon Protectors v. Loggers
Inside Brazil`s Indigenous Reserve 124, Chief Geraldo Apurina walks along a muddy footpath, past towering trees as yet untouched by Amazon loggers. Much of the land around the reserve has been cleared of trees. Grazing
Published : 09 July 2017
UNESCO: Hebron Palestine World Heritage
The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Krakow, has inscribed Hebron / Al Khalil Old town (Palestine) on 7 July 2017. The Committee simultaneously added the site of Hebron/al-Khalil to the List of World Heritage in
Published : 07 July 2017
IOF Seize Palestinian Solar Panels, Dutch Protest
Dutch protest Israeli seizure of Palestinian solar panels they funded in West Bank. Netherlands` Foreign Ministry requested Israel return equipment it confiscated, valued at over 40,000 euros. Israeli occupation forces even failed to issue demolition
Published : 30 June 2017
