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News (10)
World Habitat Day: “Securing Homes, Ensuring Rights: A Call to Action against Forced Evictions”
By :Presidency statement for World Habitat Day 2026 by Habitat International Coalition
05 October 2026
“Securing Homes, Ensuring Rights: A Call to Action against Forced Evictions” As we commemorate World Habitat Day 2026, Habitat International Coalition (HIC) reaffirms its commitment to advocating for fundamental human rights, including secure land tenure, affordable and decent housing, and access to economic empowerment. Today, we face the grim reality that
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World Habitat Day 2026: Adequate Housing for All
By :UN Habitat for this year’s Global Observance, Muscat, Oman, 5-8 October 2026
04 October 2026
Global Observance of World Habitat Day 2026   The world is facing a global housing crisis. More than 3 billion people lack access to adequate housing today. Furthermore, more than 1.1 billion people, continue to live in an informal settlement, and hundreds of millions are experiencing homelessness. This crisis is exacerbated by
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Madrid: Thousands Protest, Return 87-year-old Woman Evicted after 71 Years
By :Adam England, People
30 September 2026
87-Year-Old Woman Who Was Evicted After 71 Years Allowed Home After Nearly 10,000 People Protest in the Streets María del Carmen Abascal’s lawyer has negotiated a deal setting rent on her Madrid apartment at 30% of her income for the next eight years   Summary   An 87-year-old woman evicted from her home of 70
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Colombia: Indigenous Leaders Murdered after Repeated Warnings about Risks
By :Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI)
11 September 2026
Colombia: María Ovidia Palechor and James Flor Murdered After Repeated Warnings About Risks to Indigenous Leaders   The Camino de los Ancestros Elders’ Collective and Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) condemn the murders of Yanakuna indigenous leader María Ovidia Palechor and her husband, James Flor, which happened on 1 September 2026, in
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UN Corrects Map of the World, Only US Opposes
By :HLRN
04 September 2026
UN Votes 164–1 for New World Map Showing Countries at Their True Size U.S. Casts Only “No” Vote   The United Nations General Assembly has voted 164 to 1 to support a new world map that shows countries and continents at their true relative sizes. The United States was the only country
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UNCCD CoP 17: Territories in Motion
By :ICCA Consortium
18 August 2026
Pastoralist voices, living territories and collective action for resilient rangelandsat UNCCD CoP17.   At UNCCD COP17, the ICCA Consortium is joining pastoralist communities, Members, partners and allies to highlight the vital role of pastoral territories of life. Through publications, community stories, policy messages and events, we are showing how mobility, customary governance,
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World Social Forum 2026: Achieving Another World through Resistance
By :World March of Women
10 August 2026
Another World Is Built Through Resistance: World Social Forum took place in Cotonou     On 6 August, the World Social Forum officially began in Cotonou, Benin. Despite attempts by the Beninese government to prevent the Forum from taking place, blocking caravans at the borders and trying to stop participants from entering the
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The Elders: Palestine must not disappear
By :The Elders: Hina Jilani, Mary Robinson, Graça Machel, Helen Clark
17 July 2026
Palestine must not disappear A statement by The Elders: Mary Robinson, Graça Machel, Helen Clark and Hina Jilani following their visit to the Middle East, 11–16 July 2026.         We have just concluded a visit to the West Bank, Israel, Jordan and Lebanon. From all that we have witnessed and heard, our inescapable conclusion is that the government of
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MGOS Publish Position Papers ahead of HLPF 2026
By :Major Group & Other Stakeholders (MGoS
16 June 2026
MGOS Publish Constituency Position Papers ahead of HLPF 2026     MGoS has published the 2026 position papers submitted by its constituencies ahead of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF).   MGoS brings together 22 constituencies representing diverse parts of civil society, including academia, women, workers, Indigenous Peoples, local authorities, persons with disabilities,
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The Baku Call to Action
By :WUF13 stakeholders
26 May 2026
The Baku Call to Action is an inclusive stakeholder-driven document from WUF13, addressing the global housing crisis and proposing integrated, inclusive solutions.   The document emphasizes the urgent need to prioritize housing as a human right, addressing systemic policy failures, inequality, climate impacts, and governance challenges through multi-stakeholder action and structural reform.   Recognizing
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Documents (87)

Document Title

Publication Date

The Baku Call to Action

26 May 2026

ورقة حقائق حول الوضع الجيوسياسي للضفة الغربية بما فيها شرقي القدس

30 March 2026

The Operational and Financial Crisis Facing UNRWA

01 March 2026

The Mefane Declaration by the Bagyeli Indigenous Peoples of Akom II Subdivision for Recognition of Their Rights

09 August 2025

Land and the right to adequate housing: Iraq, Jordan and Syria

30 May 2025

تقرير مركز أبحاث الأراضي، بمناسبة ذكرى النكبة السابع والسبعين- 2025

18 May 2025

Feminist Agenda Beyond Colonial Structures Reflections in the Post-Beijing Era

10 March 2025

أجندة نسوية عابرة للهياكل الاستعمارية

10 March 2025

بيان مشترك: سوريا، مزارعو عفرين تحت تهديد مصادرة أراضيهم مع حصاد الزيتون

07 October 2024

La Déclaration Mefane des Peuples Autochtones Bagyeli de la subdivision Akom II pour la reconnaissance de leurs droits

09 August 2024

Reflexiones de las OSC sobre el décimo aniversario de los VGGT

06 September 2023

Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism

27 December 2022

Housing and Property Restitution in Middle East and North Africa

30 November 2022

New: In Pursuit of Climate Change

13 October 2022

World Habitat Day 2022

03 October 2022

Evolving ETOs

16 June 2022

Proposed structure for UN-Habitat Stakeholder Engagement Policy

15 June 2022

Human Rights Related to Habitat (Land, Housing, Population Transfer, Natural Resources) in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara

16 March 2022

Joint Parallel Report to CEDaW

20 January 2022

Joint Parallel Report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

20 January 2022

Entrenching and Maintaining an Apartheid Regime over the Palestinian People as a Whole

07 January 2022

Climate Justice

25 November 2021

Counting on Justice: A Reckoning of Land Rights Violations and Their Consequences toward Reparations for Victims in Yemen

24 October 2021

Conflict, Occupation, War amid Global Cease-fire

18 October 2021

Un derecho humano a la tierra

05 August 2021

حق الإنسان في الأرض

18 June 2021

Joint Input to SR on human rights in occupied Palestine

30 April 2021

Global Farmers Strike - First Wave

01 February 2021

Counting on Justice: A Reckoning of Land Rights Violations and Their Consequences toward Reparations for Victims in Yemen

28 January 2021

UNSRs Address Israel over Naqab Demolitions

21 December 2020

UNSRs Address Israel over Naqab Demolitions

21 December 2020

تقرير جديد: الأرض وسط الجائحة

11 December 2020

Zimbabwe Technical Workshop Report

08 December 2020

"A Pandemic of Violations"

05 October 2020

جائحة من الانتهاكات الإخلاء القسري، وغيره من انتهاكات حقوق الإنسان المرتبطة بالموئل وسط جائحة كوفيد-19

05 October 2020

House Demolitions by Israeli Forces and Their Impacts across the Naqab Region

25 September 2020

Incidents of infrastructure development that displace people: Baseline assessment of women’s wealth, wellbeing and habitat including potential losses

30 July 2020

Statement of the Major Group and Other Stockholders on VNR Libya

16 July 2020

Arguments Raised in Amici Curiae Submissions in the Situation in the State of Palestine before the International Criminal Court

29 April 2020

Palestine/ZA: Sharpeville 60 Years on, Apartheid Continues

22 March 2020

Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism for Sustainable Development

09 February 2020

بيان بشأن اختتام الدراسة الأوّلية للحالة في فلسطين، واستصدار قرار بشأن نطاق الاختصاص الإقليمي للمحكمة

20 December 2019

Joint Submission to 100th Session of CERD on Israel`s Periodic Report

05 September 2019

Revue Nationale Volontaire sur les Objectifs de Développement Durable en Mauritanie

13 July 2019

HIC Open Letter to UN Leadership

21 June 2019

Toward a New Stakeholder Compact for the New Urban Agenda

30 May 2019

HIC-proposed CSM for UN Habitat

27 May 2019

Milestones in UN Habitat’s Cooperation with Stakeholders: Forward and Backward

14 May 2019

Charting UN Habitat-Stakeholder Engagement

14 May 2019

Open Letter to UN Habitat Executive Director

14 May 2019

HIC’s role in the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty: Representing the Urban Constituency

02 July 2018

Rapport d’inventaire des biens des communautés locales de Mvuzi 3, Lubuaku, Lundu et Kilengo à Inga

06 June 2018

HICtionary: Key Habitat Terms A to Z

06 May 2018

New York City SDG-reporting press release

01 May 2018

SDG Messages from Arab CSOs

24 April 2018

إعلان دبي بشأن حوكمة الأراضي في الدول العربية

26 February 2018

ميثاق الحق في المدينة: بيروت الكبرى

17 November 2017

Right to the City Charter in Greater Beirut

17 November 2017

Land Forum VI program

25 October 2017

برنامج منتدى الأرض لشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا

25 October 2017

The Walled City of Diyarbakır: Conflict, Dispossession and Destruction Damage Assessment Report

01 August 2017

Human Rights Habitat Observatory

10 July 2017

“Spotlight” on UN High-Level Forum, SDGs

10 July 2017

The Right to Adequate Food Seminar: Promoting accountability of food security actions to the people most affected by food insecurity and malnutrition

24 January 2017

المياه في المنطقة العربية ... من الملك العام للخصخصة

23 January 2017

Queer Declaration calling for inclusion in Habitat 3

07 September 2016

Alternativas desde la sociedad civil hacia Hábitat III,

12 August 2016

Commentarios de la HIC sobre el borrador cero revisado del Habitat III

28 June 2016

Livret vert de la Convergence

19 March 2016

Making social regulation of real estate markets an issue at Habitat III

02 February 2016

HIC Comments on Habitat III Issue Papers

31 July 2015

أساسيات الموئل الثالث

16 April 2015

Habitat II Evaluation Criteria

03 March 2015

Gwangju Guiding Principles for a Human Rights City

17 May 2014

UPR: The Dilemma over Non-participating States, A/HRC/24/NGO/81

04 September 2013

"Neo‐liberalism on crack Cities under siege in Iraq," City, Vol. 11, Issue 1 (2007)

21 May 2007

إعلان توصيات مؤتمر الفلاحين الدولى - إعلان نياليني

27 February 2007

إعلان نييليني

27 February 2007

"Land, Territory and Dignity" Forum Declaration

09 March 2006

الإعلان العربي عن التنمية المستدامة

24 October 2001

Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements and the Habitat Agenda, A/CONF.165/14

14 June 1996

إعلان استمبول وجدول أعمال المستوطنات البشرية

14 April 1996

Constructing a New Social Alternative

03 February 1996

إعلان القدس: مشروع ميثاق حركة حقوق السكن الفلسطينية

29 May 1995

HIC Global Policy Declaration

15 June 1989

The Two Galilees

01 September 1982

Right to the City in Greater Beirut p

01 January 1970

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