Palestine: Social Production of Habitat—Protection
Neighbors gather to protest West Bank eviction order. Abdullah Abu Nab was ordered to leave his home to allow Israeli settlers to move in, but he refuses to comply. Silwan, occupied West Bank - For days,
Published : 16 August 2015
Palestine: Neighbours Gather to Protest Eviction Order
Silwan, occupied West Bank - For days, neighbours, friends and family have been gathering at the home of Abdullah Abu Nab in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan, hoping to stop his family`s looming eviction. A
Published : 16 August 2015
German Hypocrisy over Greek Water
Greek activists are warning that the privatisation of state water companies would be a backward step for the country. Under the terms of the bailout agreement (pdf) approved by the Greek parliament today, Greece has pledged to support an
Published : 14 August 2015
Sudan: 35,000 Displaced from Bau Locality
Over 35,000 people, who were forcibly displaced from Bau in Sudan’s Blue Nile State, have recently been forced to relocate to areas on the outskirts of Ed Damazin town and Roseires, a local official said. Abdel-Ghani
Published : 13 August 2015
Fractured Continuity: Habitat II to Habitat III
Wading through the knowledge products of the current Habitat process highlights a failure to account for previous commitments. HIC-HLRN’s Joseph Schechla critiques the process and content of Habitat III against the criteria forged at Habitat
Published : 10 August 2015
Habitat II Baby, Habitat III Bathwater
The substantive debate toward the 2016 Habitat III Conference is warming up. The disappointment that states earlier expressed at PrepCom2 (Nairobi, April 2015) for slow progress in producing the draft material for the outcome document
Published : 10 August 2015
Gaza Strip’s Last Safety Net at Risk
The UN’s refugee agency is one of the few forces standing between the people of Gaza and humanitarian catastrophe. Canada’s recent withdrawal of funding “desperately damaging” to refugee lifeline. Not long ago, I had a conversation
Published : 06 August 2015
World Bank Rolls back Safeguards Further
Dangerous rollback in environmental and social protections with the World Bank’s new Framework, undermining President Kim’s commitment to “no dilution” Washington—The World Bank has released new draft safeguard policies[i] that will vastly weaken protections for affected
Published : 04 August 2015
Israel/Palestine: PM Approves 300 More Settler Homes
The Israeli government has announced the "immediate construction" of some 300 new units at Beit El in the occupied West Bank as two illegally constructed buildings were demolished in the same area after a court order. "After
Published : 01 August 2015
