April 24th, 2012 Members of the Turkish civil society contacted the Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing to inform about a draft law currently under discussion in the Parliament that is generating some discussion and polemics in the country. The draft deals with transformation of areas under disaster risks. What concerns the civil society is that […]
April 23rd, 2012 UN agencies in the occupied West Bank said on Sunday that Israel last week destroyed 21 homes of Palestinian Bedouin refugees, making 54 people including 35 children homeless. A joint statement from the refugee agency UNRWA and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs condemned the April 18 demolition of the […]
Published in Monday April 23rd, 2012
We will publish in the next months an informative material on mega-events and right to housing, then we decided to open this topic of discussion for you to share your opinion and experiences on the issue. You can also send documents, studies, articles, news stories and reports.
The European Union missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah condemned on Saturday the recent eviction of a Palestinian family from its east Jerusalem home, ahead of its inhabitation by Jewish settlers.
April 18th, 2012 A senior United Nations official has condemned the eviction today of two Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem and called for an end to such violations of international law.The eviction today follows a court case brought against the families by an Israeli association, according to a news release issued by […]
Published in Thursday April 12th, 2012
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Thematic reports: Women
Mission reports: Argentina and Algeria
The Egyptian Center for Housing Rights launched a campaign to enshrine explicitly the right to adequate housing in the Egyptian constitution. One of its basis is the fact that the right to adequate housing is a human right, recognized on a wide scale by international human rights instruments signed and ratified by Egypt.
Turkey’s cultural capital is undergoing a huge construction programme that is driving out communities Constanze Letsch in Istanbul Thursday 1 March 2012 23.00 GMT A few hundred metres from the bustling Taksim Square in Istanbul, the sound of jackhammers reverberates through the street: demolitions in the nearby neighbourhood of Tarlabasi are under way despite legal […]
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 […]
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 […]
