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Forced evictions and desperate plight of homeless in Zimbabwe
Video and information about the conflict in Zimbabwe (Fri, April 25 2008)
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Introduction to the debate, review of the thesis of Hernando de Soto in light of the analysis by Naomi Klein.
HIC-GS would like to invite HIC members and everyone involved in the issue, to participate in that space of debate. (Tue, April 22 2008)
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Governance and natural disasters:addressing flooding in Saint Louis, Senegal
Description of an initiative to develop responses to flooding, in the city of Saint Louis, that focused both on reducing risks and on better preparedness in a city with very limited investment capacity. (Fri, April 18 2008)
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"Disowned by the Ownership Society" by Naomi Klein
"Before the ownership society had a neat label, its creation was central to the success of the right-wing economic revolution around the world. The idea was simple: if working-class people owned a small piece of the market (...) they would cease to identify as workers and start to see themselves as owners, with the same interests as their bosses (...). Class consciousness would be a relic.
(Wed, March 26 2008)
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International Conference « SPATIAL JUSTICE », University of Paris X, Nanterre, March 12-14-2008.
Spatial justice is the ultimate goal of many planning policies. This idea has held such way that some have even argued that planning and the search for spatial justice are equivalent . The diversity of definitions of “justice” (and of the possible “social contracts” that legitimate them), however, has meant that the political objectives of planning can be quite different and even contradictory. It has become essential therefore that the question of spatial justice be reopened and freshly debated. (Wed, March 19 2008)
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Promotion and Protection of All Human Rights, Civil, Political, Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Including the Right to Development
Report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living (Miloon Kothari) (Mon, March 17 2008)
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Housing at the basis for human rights development from the Habitat for Humanity experience
In this issue we examine "housing as a human right", and what it means in the different contexts in which Habitat for Humanity works worldwide.
The Forum, Volume 14, N.4, Habitat for Humanity and Housing Rights (Mon, March 17 2008)
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Situation of Homeless People in Japan
(Tue, March 11 2008)
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HIC General Assembly 2008 Summary
Main Points of the HIC General Assembly 2008 (Wed, February 27 2008)
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Address to the HIC General Assembly by Davinder Lamba, HIC President
HIC President Davinder Lamba addresses the General Assembly (Barcelona, 2008) (Wed, February 27 2008)
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