The Right to the City: Cairo
Egypt’s capital city, Cairo, embodies one of the longest and most-dramatic transformations of any large urban center. Its current “transition,” following the 2011 popular uprising against a long-standing kleptocracy, suggests a well-developed and organized civil
Published : 03 November 2014
Israel’s HRC Review: Abuses Affect All Rights
Geneva—The UN Human Rights Committee (HRC), overseeing implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, has issued its Concluding Observations on Israel. In its review the Committee recognizing the interdependence and indivisibility of
Published : 02 November 2014
OECD Calls for Privatizing Tunisia’s Water
Overcoming the Challenges to Private Sector Participation A new report diagnoses of the OECD addresses the main governance and financing challenges to management of the water supply and wastewater sector of Tunisia, and provides ways
Published : 27 October 2014
Palestine: 1,000 Settlements will be built in East Jerusalem
JERUSALEM – The Israeli government is advancing construction plans to build about 1,000 housing units built in parts of Jerusalem that Palestinians demand for their future state. A government official says the plans also include building
Published : 27 October 2014
The Right to the City: Jerusalem
HIC-HLRN has produced a new report from an ongoing study on the prospects of realizing the principles of the “right to the city” for specific cities in several regions. This report finds that applying the "right to
Published : 26 October 2014
Israel Political Threat: Increase Colonization, or Else
Habayit Hayehudi warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday that if construction in the West Bank settlements is not expedited, the party’s MKs may absent themselves during a no-confidence vote scheduled for Monday, the first
Published : 23 October 2014
SR`s Survey: Housing and Local Authorities
Responsibilities of sub-national governments with respect to the right to adequate housing Introduction In her first report to the General Assembly, the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Ms Leilani Farha, outlines some of the priority themes for
Published : 23 October 2014
Palestine: IDF Court Convicts Land Defender
IDF court convicts Palestinian non-violent organizer, EU human rights defender Israeli military court convicts Abdullah Abu Rahmah of obstructing a bulldozer building the separation barrier. His previous trial and imprisonment was followed closely by western governments. Abdullah Abu
Published : 23 October 2014
Battle Heats up between Israel, JNF over Land Sales
Netanyahu’s team, which wants revenue from land sales to fund infrastructure projects, could strip the Jewish National Fund of tax exemptions. The government and the Jewish National Fund (JNF) have still not struck a deal
Published : 17 October 2014
