If your organization or movement would like to sign this Call, please send us an email to gs@hic-net.org International networks and organizations of inhabitants for urban reform and habitat rights will participate in the People’s Summit against the commodification of life and nature, and in defense of the common goods in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from June 15-23, 2012, to be held before the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). We are launching this call so that... [+] Read more

In June 2012, HIC will be present at two important events in Rio de Janeiro: the Peoples’ Summit for Social and Environmental Justice and the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), also referred to as Rio+20.The People’s Summit for Social and Environmental Justice during Rio+20 is an event organized by global civil society that will take place between the 15th and the 23rd of June at Flamengo, in Rio de Janeiro – alongside the United Nations Conference on Sustainable... [+] Read more

HIC General Assembly 2012Tuesday June 19 from 1pm to 5pm Location: Salón del Sindicato dos Engenheiros do Estado de Rio de Janeiro, SENGERJ, Avenida Rio Branco, 277, 17th floor (in the city centre) The Habitat International Coalition (HIC) convokes its annual General Assembly alongside the People’s Summit at Rio+20 which will take place from June 16-23 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We invite all HIC members who will be attending the People’s Summit to participate in the... [+] Read more

Paris, april 24, 2012On February 9, 2012, during a pacifist demonstration in front of the Tokyo City Hall in defense of the rights of the homeless who have been living for more than 20 years in the Tatekawa River Park, Sono Ryota was arrested and incarcerated in the Tokyo detention centre.For several years, he has been one of the spokespeople of social movements in Japan, struggling for the right to live. He has participated particularly in struggles against the evacuation of the homeless, young... [+] Read more

On this day, international networks and urban social movements salute peasants’ struggles and we express our solidarity in their denunciation and resistance to land grabbing around the world.For decades we have been conscious that the construction of just and egalitarian cities is inseparable from struggles for the social, equitable and sustainable enjoyment of common goods, the democratization of urban and rural land access, urban and agrarian reform, the democratization of territorial... [+] Read more