Housing discrimination and spatial segregation – UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing
The report from the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Mr. Balakrishnan Rajagopal, draws attention to the fact that discrimination in housing continues to be one of [...]
The Right to the City. Guide for its understanding and materialization – available in Spanish
The guide and the text are only available in Spanish Esta guía tiene una finalidad pedagógica: sensibilizar, socializar y promover aprendizajes básicos en relación con la noción, pilares, componentes, fundamentación [...]
The HIC Habitat Voices Manifesto
The Habitat Voices Manifesto brings together the voices of civil society organisations worldwide – HIC Members active as social movements, grassroots organizations, NGOs, academia and more – those who have [...]
Generative pedagogies from and for the social production of habitat: Learning from HIC-AL School of grassroots urbanism
Authors Julia Wesely University College London, UK Corresponding author: julia.wesely@ucl.ac.uk Adriana Allen University College London and Habitat International Coalition, UK Lorena Zárate Global Platform for the Right to the City, [...]
HIC Action Research: Lessons of Civil Society Movement Strategies for Influencing Policy Towards Adherence to Human Rights and the Right to the City’
The HIC General Secretariat Action Research (AR) entitled ‘A Framework for Understanding The Nature, Efficacy & Lessons of Civil Society Movement Strategies for Influencing Policy Towards Adherence to Human Rights [...]
The tenancy situation in Mexico in the context of the COVID-19 health contingency
The publication and the text are available in Spanish A report by the HIC Latin America Office (HIC-AL) and Indesig. This report aims to present a first approximation of the [...]
Feminisms in Loud Voice: Experiences of Gender and Habitat in Latin America
This book compiles the experiences of civil society organisations, activists, academics and social movements in the feminist organisation and struggle for human rights linked to Habitat in eight countries in [...]
Community-led housing: a concrete response to COVID-19
What influence do our housing situation and neighborhood relationships have on our individual and collective ability to cope with the health and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic? UrbaMonde and [...]
“Empowering and Improving the Life of Women by Protecting their Land, Housing and Property Rights in the Arab Region” in Arabic
Empower and Improve the Life of Women by Protecting their Land, Housing and Property Rights in the Arab Region. Key Messages. (Arabic) This set of key messages on “Empowering [...]
Annual Report 2019
This HIC Annual report gathers all the work from HIC Members and Allies, actively involved the defense of habitat rights in all continents: at the local, regional and global level. [...]
Local struggles for housing rights in the context of climate change, urbanization and environmental degradation
A joint initiative of the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and MISEREOR, and six civil society organizations some Members of HIC, who are working on the right [...]
A Pandemic of Violations, HIC-HLRN annual report from the HLRN Violation Database
On the occasion of World Habitat Day (5 October 2020) and “Urban October,” HIC-HLRN has produced its annual report from the HLRN Violation Database. This year’s review of patterns and [...]