Habitat International Coalition (HIC) is an international collective of civil society organizations, social movements and individuals that mobilizes and advocates in defence, promotion and enforceability of the human rights of homeless, evicted, displaced, landless and inadequately housed people and communities, including those under occupation, in urban and rural areas. HIC seeks to empower people and communities to improve their conditions based on the principles, norms and standards of...


To the World Public and the World Press: A government who seems totally unaware of the concept of conscience and who definitely lacks any proper perception of humanity has been putting on an act of utmost violence in almost all parts of the city since last night. This dark page has unfortunately thus been added to the already known and very much debated human rights record of Turkey. History will certainly not forgive this government; this government with its brutal police, its...

Tournament aims to showcase the concerns of locals who say they are being forced from their homes to make way for World Cup stadiums and Olympic developments Action from the People's Cup in Rio de Janeiro. The banners read 'No to evictions' and 'Second occupation, Quilombo of the Warriors'. A quilombo refers to a community of runaway slaves. Photograph: Pilar Olivares/Reuters Physically, it's only a few kilometres away from the Maracanã stadium, but in symbolism, the People's Cup...

The Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario is pleased to announce that registration for a one day symposium on the right to housing inCanadaand internationally is now open. The symposium will be held on Thursday, October 24, 2013. Funding for this symposium has been generously provided by the Law Foundation of Ontario, Legal Aid Ontario,Osgoode Hall Law School, and the Canadian Homelessness Research Network. The Agenda and Speaker Bios are here. The Registration link is...

Today, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and FIFA President Sepp Blatter will officially mark the one-year countdown to the opening of the 2014 World Cup. Meanwhile, thousands of Brazil’s residents struggle to rebuild their lives after being forcibly removed from their homes to prepare for the multi-billion dollar sports event. Thousands more fear they will be the next victims as the government razes entire neighborhoods to make way for new infrastructure for the World Cup, as well as...