América do Sul e Central

A Missed Opportunity in Rio

Published in Wednesday April 4th, 2012 In In the media

(Português) Rio de Janeiro is preparing to host the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016, and these mega-events give the nation’s elite a chance to speed up whatever strategies were already on their wish lists. In Rio, where real estate interests control the city’s politicians and media, decisions are made on their […]

Rapporteur visits Chile from April 26th to May 3rd

Published in Monday April 2nd, 2012 In News on the Rapporteurs

(Português) A Relatora Raquel Rolnik visitará o Chile, de 26 de abril a 3 de maio, a convite de organizações da sociedade civil chilena, para debater o processo de reconstrução após a ocorrência de desastres naturais.

Campesinos refusing to disappear: Guatemala’s Polochic Valley one year after the evictions

Published in Monday March 26th, 2012 In In the media

March 26th, 2012 Written by Tristan Call, Guatemala Solidarity Project Juan lived in the village of Paraná until August, when for the second time in six months the private security forces of an international sugar company reduced his home to ashes and tilled his crops under to plant sugarcane. Now he lives across the road […]

Brazil: Navy Surrounds Quilombo Community Slated for Eviction

Published in Thursday March 15th, 2012 In In the media

Quilombo Rio de Macacos in Bahia, one of the oldest communities of descendents of slaves in Brazil, woke up enclosed by military police threatening their eviction on Sunday morning, March 4, 2012.

Argentina’s statement on the country visit report and on the report “Women and Adequate Housing”

Published in Wednesday March 14th, 2012

On March 6th, 2012, the UN special rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Raquel Rolnik, presented at the 19th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva, the reports concerning her 2011 missions to Argentina and Algeria, as well as her thematic report on women and their right to adequate housing. After this […]

Chile’s statement on the report “Women and Adequate Housing”

Published in Tuesday March 13th, 2012

On March 6th, 2012, the UN special rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Raquel Rolnik, presented at the 19th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva, the reports concerning her 2011 missions to Argentina and Algeria, as well as her thematic report on women and their right to adequate housing. After this […]

Ecuador’s statement on the report “Women and Adequate Housing”

Published in Tuesday March 13th, 2012

On March 6th, 2012, the UN special rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Raquel Rolnik, presented at the 19th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva, the reports concerning her 2011 missions to Argentina and Algeria, as well as her thematic report on women and their right to adequate housing. After this […]

Cuba’s statement on the report “Women and Adequate Housing”

Published in Monday March 12th, 2012

On March 6th, 2012, the UN special rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Raquel Rolnik, presented at the 19th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva, the reports concerning her 2011 missions to Argentina and Algeria, as well as her thematic report on women and their right to adequate housing. After […]

Presentation of mission’s reports and report on Women and Right to Adequate Housing

Published in Tuesday March 6th, 2012

The Special Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik presented today (March 6th) her report on Women and the Right to Adequate Housing to the UN Human Rights Council. In the video below you can watch her presentation. It begins in the minut 21st.

Slum Dwellers Are Defying Brazil’s Grand Design for Olympics

Published in Monday March 5th, 2012 In In the media

It was supposed to be a triumphant moment for Brazil Rio de Janeiro, March 4th 2012 Gearing up for the 2016 Olympic Games to be held here, officials celebrated plans for a futuristic “Olympic Park,” replete with a waterside park and athlete villages, promoting it as “a new piece of the city.” There was just one problem: […]

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