UN Experts Insist on Human Rights-based Habitat III
UN experts issue statement on Habitat III: new agenda must be based in human rights NEW YORK/GENEVA—As independent human rights experts appointed by the Human Rights Council, we call for a New Urban Agenda that embraces the
Published : 29 June 2016
HIC/GPR2C Statement on the New Habitat Agenda
Speaking on behalf of Habitat International Coalition, in partnership with the Global Platform on the Right to the City, HIC President Lorena Zárate delivered the following statement at intergovernmental negotiations at UN Headquarters, New York,
Published : 29 June 2016
HIC Responds to Habitat III’s Revised Zero Draft
The following are Habitat International Coalition`s comments on the revised zero draft of the Habitat III outcome documents, submitted to the Habitat III Secretariat on 28 June 2016: Habitat International Coalition was born out of, and—for
Published : 28 June 2016
Palestine: Israel Grabs More Land in WB
ESH KODESH, West Bank // Mohammed Kamal was at work when he received a call from his distraught father that the Israeli army had delivered an eviction order to their family home in the Palestinian
Published : 26 June 2016
Israel Cuts Water: West Bank “in full crisis mode”
Israel stands accused of using “water as a weapon” as some West Bank homes have gone without water for a week. SALFIT, occupied West Bank—Salfit sits atop an underground wealth of water, but the city`s residents
Published : 23 June 2016
Demise of World Bank Accountability
A forthcoming article in the American University International Law Review(AUILR) addressed “The Demise of Accountability at the World Bank?” The article by Natalie Bugalski, of Inclusive Development, examines recent trends in the accountability system at
Published : 22 June 2016
Palestine/Israel: Enforcing Naqab Housing Distress
A new report by the Negev Coexistence Forum (NCF) presents new figures about house demolitions in the Naqab/Negev. Based on discriminatory planning law-enforcement authorities’ data, the report reveals how the State of Israel uses demolition
Published : 21 June 2016
Israel: Water as a Tool to Dominate Palestinians
Israel deliberately denies Palestinians control over their water sources and sets the ground for water domination. Occupied West Bank—As temperatures rise and summer months approach, yet again this year, thousands of Palestinians in the occupied West
Published : 20 June 2016
Building an Island off Gaza Coast?
Israel wants someone to build a $5 billion island off Gaza — for a seaport, hotels, airport JERUSALEM—The Israeli government is considering a proposal to build an artificial island off the Gaza Strip that a top
Published : 20 June 2016
