Palestine: HIC-HLRN Joins Accountability Report to SR
Palestinian, Regional, and International Human Rights Organisations Submit Joint Report on Accountability to UN Special Rapporteur Habitat International Coalition – Housing and Land Rights Network has joined Palestinian and regional organizations in presenting a joint submission
Published : 03 June 2020
NGO Calls Syrian to Document their Properties
The “Free Syrian Lawyers” organization renewed its calls for Syrians to retain their property documents for their lands and properties and to follow up on their real estate’s legal status. This came in conjunction with concerns
Published : 03 June 2020
Call for TNCs to Quit Saudi Neom Project
American consulting firm must withdraw support from human rights-violating megaproject in Saudi Arabia The Boston Consulting Group’s unlawful involvement in Saudi Arabia’s NEOM megaproject was the subject of an open letter endorsed by twelve human rights
Published : 02 June 2020
Sudan and Trade Integrity
Global Financial Integrity (GFI) has produced a comprehensive report, estimating the magnitude of trade misinvoicing since 2012 with a particular focus on the crucially important crude oil and gold sectors, given that these two commodities
Published : 31 May 2020
Call for Inputs: Food and Protracted Crises
The UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) endorsed the Framework for Action for Food Security and Nutrition in Protracted Crises (FFA) in October 2015 after a three-year preparation and negotiation process with CFS actors.
Published : 27 May 2020
Israel Closes 10 Palestinian Water Wells
Israeli Authorities Order Ten Palestinian-owned Water Wells Closed Israeli military authorities reportedly plan to shut down ten Palestinian-owned water wells, to the west of city Salfit, in the northern occupied West Bank. Local Palestinian sources in the
Published : 26 May 2020
Israeli Plan to Erase Green Line, Destroy Ecosystem
Israel plans West Bank industrial zone that would `destroy` unique ecosystem Settler leaders welcome the years-long planned move that would create urban continuity across the Green Line, while environmental activists warn of untold consequences Israel’s Civil Administration,
Published : 23 May 2020
Beirut: Migrants’ Eviction Sparks Xenophobia
Eviction of refugees from Beirut building sparks xenophobic comments online Dozens of refugees in Beirut were evicted on 22 May from the building they were living in under orders from the governor, sparking a flurry of
Published : 23 May 2020
World Distracted, Amazon Keeps Burning
With world distracted, the Amazon rainforest continues to burn Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon hit a new high in the first four months of this year, with 1,202 square kilometres of forest wiped out That was a
Published : 09 May 2020
