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Turkish Cypriots Call for EU Action over North`s `Demographic Changes`
By :Politis
21 October 2026
Turkish Cypriot Groups Calls for EU Action Over `Demographic Changes` in the North   Summary   The Movement of Cypriots for Peace and Solidarity delivered a letter to European Commission Vice-President Raffaele Fitto on 6 October, urging EU action over settlement and demographic change in the occupied areas. It said Turkey’s settlement, assimilation and integration
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Israel Demolishes Bedouin Palestinian Homes, 250 Homeless
By :Nadav Rapaport, Middle East Eye
13 October 2026
 Israel demolishes Bedouin Palestinian homes leaving 250 homeless Palestinian leaders have condemned the demolitions, accusing far-right ministers of using the displacement of Bedouin families to mobilise voters     Israeli forces demolished between 50 and 80 homes and a mosque belonging to a Bedouin Palestinian clan on Monday, leaving about 250 people homeless.   The Israeli
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The Tip of an Iceberg: Civil Society Interventions at HLPF
By :Bihter Moschini and Joseph Schechla
22 August 2026
The Tip of an Iceberg What underlies civil society’s 2-minute statements on Agenda 2030 reporting     In this contribution, Bihter Moschini and Joseph Schechla look beyond the highly visible two-minute statements delivered by civil society at the HLPF to examine the much larger body of work, coordination and advocacy that lies beneath them.
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Israel Renders Southern Lebanon ‘Unliveable’
By :Raya Jalabi and Aditi Bhandari, Financial Times
12 August 2026
Israel’s campaign to make southern Lebanon ‘unliveable’     For three days in early January, Fadia Bazzi’s house in the southern Lebanese border town of Bint Jbeil was filled with laughter as her family gathered to ring in the new year.   When they all departed, Bazzi realised she had never photographed the house into
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Morocco: Scrutinizing World Cup 2030-preparation Impacts
By :Osasu Obayiuwana ,The Guardian
22 July 2026
A host of issues: World Cup focus turns to Morocco with costs and legacy topping agenda With just over 1,400 days to go until 2030 kicks off, the co-hosts are facing a series of challenges familiar to their South African predecessors     Morocco’s World Cup adventure came to a halt with their quarter-final defeat
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For Gaza’s Palestinians, Israel’s ever expanding ‘buffer zone’ means endless displacement
By :Ahmed Alsammak and Ibtisam Mahdi, MEE
15 June 2026
For Gaza’s Palestinians, Israel’s ever expanding ‘buffer zone’ means endless displacement Many residents of the besieged territory have been displaced multiple times during Israel’s genocide   Jamal Abu Sukran, aged 32, and his three children have had little time to catch their breaths and thoughts following their latest displacement.   Their 25th displacement since the start
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The War on Yemen’s Antiquities
By :Mohammed Ali Thamer, The Yemen Review Quarterly, January–March 2026
24 April 2026
Yemen’s antiquities have endured centuries of looting, smuggling, and trafficking, rooted in a consistent pattern of colonial exploitation that dates back to the 19th century. In his travel memoir Vision of Yemen, Yemeni-Jewish scholar Hayyim Habshush captured Western orientalists’ fascination with Yemeni cultural and archeological wealth, drawing on his experience accompanying
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Message to the 1st Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels
By :various organizations
21 April 2026
The First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels aims to advance collective efforts to phase out fossil fuels. The conference will identify legal, economic, and social pathways to phase out fossil fuels.   The conference will take place from 28-29 April, and will comprise plenary and parallel thematic sessions with high-level
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HICtionary: Key Habitat Terms A to Z
By :HIC-HLRN
05 April 2026
The collection is the result of deliberation and debate across cultures within the membership of Habitat International Coalition (HIC). The purpose of that debate—and this reference work—have been to consolidate and harmonize understanding of the various terms of art confronted in the work of HIC and its Members in the
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Jerusalem’s Latest Threat to Occupied Palestinian Bedouin
By :Arab Organisation for Human Rights - UK
31 March 2026
 Warnings about Shami Neighborhood Settlement Plan East of Occupied Jerusalem   The Jerusalem Governorate has warned of a new settlement plan known as the “Shami Neighborhood,” emphasizing that it constitutes an advanced tool for reshaping the Bedouin presence in the Jerusalem desert, as part of a broader set of policies pursued by
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Documents (71)

Document Title

Publication Date

تعاون أصحاب المصلحة مع المنتدى الساسي رفيع مستوى

23 April 2026

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

09 August 2024

CSO reflections on the VGGT`s 10th anniversary

06 September 2023

Solutions to Loss and Damage Associated with Climate Change

21 March 2023

الإنتقال من العمل الخيري والإغاثة إلى التنمية (أسئلة أستراتيجية)

21 September 2022

حق الإنسان في الأرض

18 June 2021

How Israeli Apartheid Affects the Syrian Golan

28 January 2021

التعويل على العدالة: ضحايا انتهاكات الأرض ودعم مشروع العدالة الانتقالية لجبر الضرر في اليمن

28 January 2021

UNSRs Address Israel over Naqab Demolitions

21 December 2020

Recognizing Israel’s Practice of Apartheid and Reconstituting the UN Centre against Apartheid

16 September 2020

Interpreting the Human Right to Land within ICESCR

03 April 2020

Statement on the conclusion of the preliminary examination of the Situation in Palestine, and seeking a ruling on the scope of the Court’s territorial jurisdiction

20 December 2019

Human Rights Obligations of Local Governments and Local Authorities

31 August 2019

Revue Nationale Volontaire sur les Objectifs de Développement Durable en Mauritanie

13 July 2019

Situation in the State of Palestine, ICC-01/18

30 April 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

SDG Messages from Arab CSOs

24 April 2018

برنامج منتدى الأرض لشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا

25 October 2017

Peace Block letter on Sur, Diyarbakır

19 August 2017

Human Rights Habitat Observatory

10 July 2017

“Spotlight” on UN High-Level Forum, SDGs

10 July 2017

UN Special Rapporteurs joint communication to Permanent Mission of Turkey

21 September 2016

Alternativas desde la sociedad civil hacia Hábitat III,

12 August 2016

What Papua New Guinea Said

26 July 2016

تعاون منظمات المجتمع المدني في مجال الغذاء والتغذية والزراعة، لإقليمالشرق الأدنى / شمال أفريقيا 2018-2016

09 April 2016

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

02 February 2016

Comments on Habitat III Policy Paper Frameworks (overview)

31 January 2016

"Key Issues and Recommendations," Housing in the City We Need UTC

18 November 2015

“The role of local government in the promotion and protection of human rights,” A/HRC/30/49

07 August 2015

دور الحكومة المحلية في تعزيز وحماية حقوق الإنسان - التقرير النهائي للجنة الاستشارية لمجلس حقوق الإنسان، A/HRC/30/49

07 August 2015

تقرير المقرر الخاص بالسكن اللائق كعنصر من عناصر الحق في مستوى معيشي مناسب وبالحق في عدم التمييز في هذا السياق، A/70/270

04 August 2015

HIC Comments on Habitat III Issue Papers

31 July 2015

دليل للحق في المدينة

21 July 2015

HIC Comments to the HRC-AC Local government and human rights draft report

15 June 2015

The Third Airport Project vis-à-vis Life, Nature, Environment, People and Law

15 May 2015

أساسيات الموئل الثالث

16 April 2015

Habitat II Evaluation Criteria

03 March 2015

HIC response to HRC-AC Local government and human rights questionnaire

15 November 2014

Concept Paper for a FAO Inventory of Legal Norms Applied to Protracted Crises

12 August 2013

ETOs and Situations of Conflict, Occupation and War: Applying the Maastricht Principles

11 July 2013

Report of Cairo 2050 Plan Workshop

30 September 2011

Gwangju Declaration on Human Right City

17 May 2011

Mexico City Charter for the Right to the City

01 July 2010

السكن في مصر بين العشوائية والتحضر الرث

22 May 2010

United Nations Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples

02 October 2007

إعلان الأمم المتحدة بشأن حقوق الشعوب الأصلية

02 October 2007

Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones

02 October 2007

Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas

02 October 2007

Namibia: amendments to draft resolution A/C.3/61/L.18/Rev.1 concerning Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

21 November 2006

Planned Dispossession: Forced Evictions and the 2010 Commonwealth Games

31 December 2005

In Quest of Bhabrekar Nagar

31 December 2001

A Função Social da Propriedade

01 November 2001

قانون المدينة: مفاهيم ووسائل جديدة (برازيل)

10 September 2001

Statute of the City (law No. 10257) general guidelines for urban policy and other measures

21 July 2001

A Doutrina da Função Social da Propriedade

01 March 2000

The Investment Encouragement Act 1999 (Amended 2007)

22 July 1999

“Study on treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous populations,” Final report by the Special Rapporteur, E/CN.4/Sub.2/1999/20

22 June 1999

Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, done in London, on 17 June 1999.

17 June 1999

Convention on the Law of the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses, New York, 21 May 1997.

21 May 1997

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

14 June 1996

Declaración de Estambul sobre los Asentamientos Humanos y Programa de Hábitat, A/CONF.65/14

14 June 1996

إعلان استمبول وجدول أعمال المستوطنات البشرية

14 April 1996

Constructing a New Social Alternative

03 February 1996

"إعلان ريو بشأن البيئة والتنمية"، "جدول أعمال القرن 21،" تقرير الأمم المتحدة المعني بالبيئة والتنمية، A / CONF.151 / 26 (المجلد الأول)

12 August 1992

الاتفاقية رقم 169 بشأن الشعوب الأصلية والقبلية في البلدان المستقلة

27 June 1989

The Two Galilees

01 September 1982

Right to the City in Greater Beirut p

01 January 1970

Right to the City in Greater Beirut p

01 January 1970

Henri Lefebvre, “Le droit à la ville,” L`Homme et la société, Vol. 6, No. 1 (1967)

01 June 1967

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