Implementing the Right to the City
So how do we implement the ‘right to the city’, anyway? Many were surprised last month when negotiations on the New Urban Agenda kept the term in the final document. Now, efforts have been made
Published : 20 October 2016
Arab Declaration at Habitat III
The League of Arab States Chief of Natural Resources Sustainability and Global Partnerships Shahira Wahbi addressed the Habitat III process, introducing the Jordanian Minister of Housing and Public Works H.E. Sami Hilsa and Bahraini Minister
Published : 19 October 2016
UNESCO Passes Contentious Jerusalem Resolution
UNESCO Passes Contentious Jerusalem Resolution The United Nations cultural agency has adopted a controversial resolution that makes no reference to Jewish ties to a key holy site in Jerusalem, and criticizes Israel`s activities at holy places
Published : 18 October 2016
Alternative Forums outside of Habitat III
Even as governments adopt the New Urban Agenda next week, multiple groups plan protests and contrary discussions. A large crowd gathers at the Urban Social Forum in Rio de Janeiro, which took place as an alternative
Published : 14 October 2016
UN Warns: E. Aleppo “Totally Destroyed” by 2017
Staffan de Mistura said Thursday that the thousands of civilians trapped could die The United Nations envoy to Syria warned Thursday that rebel-held eastern Aleppo could undergo “total” destruction by the end of the year. Staffan de
Published : 06 October 2016
U.S. Castigates Israel over Colonies
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration on Wednesday castigated the Israeli government for approving plans to create a new Jewish settlement on the West Bank, three weeks after it signed a lucrative military aid package with the United
Published : 05 October 2016
Turkey: Forced Eviction and Urban Transformation as a Tool of War
In light of the Habitat III conference in October 2016, HIC-HLRN returns to the scene of its fact-finding mission in March 1996, ahead of the Habitat II conference in Istanbul, Turkey. There, HIC investigated reports
Published : 03 October 2016
Aerial View of Urban Warfare in Aleppo
Located in the northwestern area of the country, Aleppo is Syria’s largest city and commercial hub, with a population of over two million people. On 15 July 2012, the International Committee of the Red Cross
Published : 29 September 2016
Drought Grips Iran, Farmers Lose All
As drought increasingly afflicts Iran, farmers lament loss of a way of life Watermelons once sprung from this soil, the giant striped fruit dotting the arid landscape like mushrooms after a rain. “It was such a garden,” farmer Hossain
Published : 28 September 2016
