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EGYPT: Homes destruction and forced displacement in Imbaba neighborhood, Giza - IMMEDIATE ACTION is needed !!!!!!! |
| HIC-HLRN and the Egyptian Center for Civic and Legislative Reform launch a joint appeal for urgent action |
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Adoption of the Global Charter-Agenda for Human Rights in the City by the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) World Council |
| More than 40 local government representatives participated in the debate to discuss about how to foster local policies aiming to take forward the recognition, respect and fulfilment of human rights in cities. |
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Habitat International Coalition Mexico Partners Use Video to Pressure Governor, Influence Media, Document Protests |
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Chile - Need for Gender Perspective in Post-Earthquake Response & Reconstruction |
| "A gender perspective has been completely absent from both the emergency response policies as well as the inadequate measures taken for reconstruction. The needs of Chilean women were overlooked in the aftermath of the disaster as well as in organizing the reconstruction." |
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Video of the Island of Gorée, Senegal |
| Gorée Island is located in front of Dakar and is famous for being the Atlantic slave trade island from where slaves were processed or transported |
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The Goldberg Opportunity: A Chance for Human Rights-based Statecraft in Israel |
| Report of the International Fact-finding Mission, offering solutions for applying the recommendations of the Commission for Regulating Bedouin Settlement in the Naqab/Negev. |
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HIC Statement Supporting Democratic Demands of the People of Bahrain |
| The Habitat International Coalition joins civil society worldwide in condemning the ruling al-Khalifa monarchy in Bahrain for its brutal and unwarranted attacks on peaceful and unarmed protesters demanding their democratic rights. The al-Khalifa regime has long been renowned for its corruption and nepotism, the torture of dissenters, material discrimination against the Shi`a majority population and looting the country’s wealth, leaving no more than 10 percent of the country’s land for all other Bahraini citizens to live on. |
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Report "Systematic Housing and Land Rights Violations against Syrian Kurds” |
| Habitat International Coalition’s Housing and Land Rights Network 's (HIC-HLRN)formal contribution on the Syrian Arab Republic to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process of the UN Human Rights Council. |
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Egyptian Army Arrests Human Rights Defenders against Tyranny |
| The group of arrested human rights defenders includes three staff of the Egyptian Center for Housing Rights, a long-standing HIC Members organization |
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Haiti’s 1.3 Million Camp Dwellers Waiting in Vain |
| Like about 70 percent of Haiti’s refugee camps, the residents here are on their own. Apart from water deliveries, they get nothing from the government and the massive humanitarian apparatus on the ground. No food. No jobs. And no news about their future |
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