28 April 2013 As stipulated in the current Constitution, the HIC General Secretariat presented members with proposed amendments to the Constitutions on 28 January 2013, two months before the General Assembly (GA) meeting in Tunis. The proposed amendments were discussed and presented for approval by the GA during its meeting on 28 March in Tunis. Before beginning the voting process, the GA decided: - to maintain an open voting process from 28 March to 28 April. - that the members...


This video is part of the "Claiming the City. Civil Society Mobilisation by the Urban Poor” Conference, organised by Uppsala Centre for Sustainable Development at Uppsala University, in cooperation with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation. * To watch the video, click here. * To know more about the Claiming the city Conference, click here. ...

Between April 19th and 23rd, the Special Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik participated in the "Civil Society Policy Forum", an event part of the "Spring Meeting" promoted by the World Bank, in Washington, United States. The Rapporteur participated in discussions about the process of reviewing and updating the safeguard policies of the Bank and referred to the housing policies promoted by the institution and its impacts on the right to housing. In March, Rolnik presented to the UN Human Rights...

Amsterdam Seminar, 12th-14th June 2013 –Registrations Now Open A European seminar on local homelessness strategies, addressing the theme of "Social investment in homelessness: key tools for showing the value of homelessness policies" and co-hosted by FEANTSA and HABITACT, will take place on Wednesday 12th June 2013. The theme will be how tackling homelessness can be a social investment, and will look at the social, economic and innovative value of homelessness services. The full...

(As amended by the 2013 HIC General Assembly)               Name and Seat Article 1 The name of the Association is Habitat International Coalition (HIC). The Association is registered in The Hague, The Netherlands. Objectives Article 2 1. HIC is dedicated to action for the recognition, defence and full implementation of the right of everyone to a secure place in which to live in peace and dignity, in all countries. 2. HIC defines ‘habitat’ as the set...