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News (10)
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Lebanon: Israel Destroying Precious Historic Sites |
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By :Isha Chaudhary, Middle East Institute |
| 03 June 2026 |
Lebanon’s Heritage Sites Under Threat as Conflict Raises Cultural Preservation Concerns
Lebanon’s cultural heritage, spanning Phoenician, Roman, Byzantine, Islamic, Ottoman, and modern periods, is once again facing significant risks amid renewed hostilities in the country. Heritage experts, UNESCO, and Lebanese cultural authorities have warned that archaeological sites, historic monuments, religious landmarks, and
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The Baku Call to Action |
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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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Housing and Land Rights Issues in Azerbaijan |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 23 May 2026 |
HIC-HLRN has prepared this report on the occasion of the 13th World Urban Forum (WUF13), 17–22 September 2026. It summarizes the main housing and land rights issues since 2000 in Azerbaijan, the WUF13 host country. This review of events and developments explores the discrepancies between administrative practice and relevant law,
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Baku Call to Action |
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By :WUF13 stakeholders |
| 22 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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Cypriot MEP Warns over Israeli Land Grabs in Cyprus |
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By :Bill Giannopoulos, Greek City News |
| 11 May 2026 |
Greek Cypriot MEP warns over rising Israeli land acquisitions in Cyprus
Fidias Panayiotou has raised concerns over growing Israeli investment and land acquisitions in Cyprus, warning that increasing foreign ownership could gradually reshape the island’s social and economic landscape.
In comments posted on social media, the Greek Cypriot MEP claimed that Israelis
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Iraq`s Historic Marshes Revive after Years of Drought |
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By :Mohammed Aty, Reuters |
| 07 May 2026 |
Iraq`s historic marshes revive as water returns after years of drought
CHIBAYISH MARSHES, Iraq - After years of drought that left large swathes of Iraq`s historic marshes cracked and empty, rising water levels are beginning to revive the wetlands, drawing buffalo herders and fishermen back to areas once abandoned.
In Chibayish marshes
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Israeli Obliteration = Ecocide from Gaza to Lebanon and Beyond |
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By :Dr. Dan Steinbock, The Guardian |
| 02 May 2026 |
Obliteration Ecocide from Gaza to Lebanon and Beyond
Lebanon accuses Israel of committing ecocide in country since 2023. It is an extension of Israel’s destruction of Gaza – and its obliteration doctrine.
Israeli military aggression has “reshaped both the physical and ecological landscape” of southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese report (which
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The War on Yemen’s Antiquities |
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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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Israel Razing Entire Cities in Lebanon |
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By :Sprinter Press Agency |
| 20 April 2026 |
The current situation in the almost completely destroyed by Israel city of Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon, where about 30,000 people still lived at the beginning of the year.
Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon, where about 30,000 people still lived at the beginning of the year. The videos below show the city
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Lebanon: A Million Displaced, a System Broken |
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By :Maysa Baroud, Middle East Council on Global Affairs |
| 08 April 2026 |
In Lebanon, a New Wave of Displacement Exposes a Broken System
A new flood of displaced people in Lebanon faces shrinking access to shelter, protection, and the possibility of return. Their plight reflects not only Israeli policy, but systemic failure at both the national and international levels.
More than one million people have been displaced across
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Document Title
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Publication Date |
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The Baku Call to Action
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26 May 2026 |
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Baku Call to Action
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22 May 2026 |
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ورقة حقائق حول الوضع الجيوسياسي للضفة الغربية بما فيها شرقي القدس
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30 March 2026 |
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The Operational and Financial Crisis Facing UNRWA
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01 March 2026 |
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الاستدامة لمن؟ الطاقة المتجددة والعدالة البيئية في ظل الاحتلال
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25 October 2025 |
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The Mefane Declaration by the Bagyeli Indigenous Peoples of Akom II Subdivision for Recognition of Their Rights
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09 August 2025 |
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Land and the right to adequate housing: Iraq, Jordan and Syria
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30 May 2025 |
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في ذكرى النكبة الأولى .. تتجدد النكبة بصورة أشد
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15 May 2025 |
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Reparations Bibliography
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06 May 2025 |
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Climate Finance in Morocco (matrix)
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23 April 2025 |
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La Déclaration Mefane des Peuples Autochtones Bagyeli de la subdivision Akom II pour la reconnaissance de leurs droits
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09 August 2024 |
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Hamas ‘Civilian’ Targets on 7 October 2023
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30 October 2023 |
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Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism
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27 December 2022 |
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الإنتقال من العمل الخيري والإغاثة إلى التنمية (الأبعاد القانونية والمؤسسية المحلية في حالة الانتقال)
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18 September 2022 |
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Human Rights Related to Habitat (Land, Housing, Population Transfer, Natural Resources) in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara
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16 March 2022 |
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Joint Submission to the Human Rights Committee on Israel’s Sixth Periodic Review
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31 January 2022 |
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Entrenching and Maintaining an Apartheid Regime over the Palestinian People as a Whole
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07 January 2022 |
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Un derecho humano a la tierra
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05 August 2021 |
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حق الإنسان في الأرض
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18 June 2021 |
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Joint Input to SR on human rights in occupied Palestine
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30 April 2021 |
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A Human Right to Land
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24 February 2021 |
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الأرض كحق من حقوق الانسان
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24 February 2021 |
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Consolidating, Developing and Mainstreaming the Feminist Approach in HIC Africa
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10 February 2021 |
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Consolider, développer et intégrer l`approche féministe dans HIC Afrique
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10 February 2021 |
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How Israeli Apartheid Affects the Syrian Golan
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28 January 2021 |
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UNSRs Address Israel over Naqab Demolitions
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21 December 2020 |
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UNSRs Address Israel over Naqab Demolitions
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21 December 2020 |
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"A Pandemic of Violations"
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05 October 2020 |
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House Demolitions by Israeli Forces and Their Impacts across the Naqab Region
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25 September 2020 |
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Recognizing Israel’s Practice of Apartheid and Reconstituting the UN Centre against Apartheid
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16 September 2020 |
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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
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20 December 2019 |
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بيان بشأن اختتام الدراسة الأوّلية للحالة في فلسطين، واستصدار قرار بشأن نطاق الاختصاص الإقليمي للمحكمة
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20 December 2019 |
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Israel’s Implementation of Covenant Rights and Obligations Related to Habitat
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06 September 2019 |
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Revue Nationale Volontaire sur les Objectifs de Développement Durable en Mauritanie
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13 July 2019 |
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Al-Haq International Law Summer School 2019!
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30 April 2019 |
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Transmission letter to Israel’s Implementation of Covenant Rights and Obligations Related to Habitat
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17 January 2019 |
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ICTY judgments
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10 December 2018 |
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الحق في المدينة في بيروت الكبرى: تقييم السياق في ضوء أزمة اللاجئين والنازحين
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23 April 2018 |
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العدالة الانتقالية وحقوق الأرض والسكن في اليمن: محافظة تعز نموذجا
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28 February 2018 |
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ميثاق الحق في المدينة: بيروت الكبرى
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17 November 2017 |
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Right to the City Charter in Greater Beirut
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17 November 2017 |
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Peace Block letter on Sur, Diyarbakır
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19 August 2017 |
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The Walled City of Diyarbakır: Conflict, Dispossession and Destruction Damage Assessment Report
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01 August 2017 |
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Human Rights Habitat Observatory
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10 July 2017 |
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Permanent Mission of Turkey response to UN Special Rapporteurs
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20 January 2017 |
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Gains and Losses of Habitat III
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31 December 2016 |
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UN Special Rapporteurs joint communication to Permanent Mission of Turkey
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21 September 2016 |
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What Papua New Guinea Said
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26 July 2016 |
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Habitat II Commitments on Indigenous People
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21 July 2016 |
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HIC @ Habitat III
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23 June 2016 |
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"Key Issues and Recommendations," Housing in the City We Need UTC
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18 November 2015 |
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Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, A/RES/70/1
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21 October 2015 |
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منهجية لتقارير قطرية للموئل الثالث (مدمجة)
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21 September 2015 |
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تقرير المقرر الخاص بالسكن اللائق كعنصر من عناصر الحق في مستوى معيشي مناسب وبالحق في عدم التمييز في هذا السياق، A/70/270
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04 August 2015 |
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HIC Comments on Habitat III Issue Papers
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31 July 2015 |
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National Habitat III Parallel-reporting Tool
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20 July 2015 |
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Cyprus Property Claims and Judgments
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30 June 2015 |
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The Third Airport Project vis-à-vis Life, Nature, Environment, People and Law
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15 May 2015 |
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Habitat II Evaluation Criteria
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03 March 2015 |
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The Right to the City: Jerusalem
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26 October 2014 |
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“Self- Determination, Statehood, and the Refugee Question under International Law in Namibia, Palestine, Western Sahara, and Tibet”
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01 September 2014 |
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Prequantification Analysis Summary: Muthalath Maspero, Cairo
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11 February 2012 |
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العراق: قانون هيئة دعاوي الملكية
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09 March 2010 |
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Centre for Minority Rights Development (Kenya) and Minority Rights Group (on behalf of Endorois Welfare Council) / Kenya, 276/03 :
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02 February 2010 |
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Guidelines on Treaty-Specific Documents to be Submitted by States Parties, E/C.12/2008/2
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24 March 2009 |
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United Nations Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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02 October 2007 |
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إعلان الأمم المتحدة بشأن حقوق الشعوب الأصلية
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02 October 2007 |
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Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones
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02 October 2007 |
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Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas
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02 October 2007 |
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Namibia: amendments to draft resolution A/C.3/61/L.18/Rev.1 concerning Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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21 November 2006 |
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Government of China’s Implementation of the Human Right to Adequate Housing (Article 11 of the Covenant)
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11 March 2005 |
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La petite Sicile : inventaire avant disparition
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01 July 2003 |
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Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, A/RES/70/1
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05 September 2000 |
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Legal Issues arising from Certain Population Transfers and Displacements on the Territory of the Republic of Cyprus in the Period since 20 July 1974
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27 June 1999 |
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Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements and the Habitat Agenda, A/CONF.165/14
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14 June 1996 |
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Declaración de Estambul sobre los Asentamientos Humanos y Programa de Hábitat, A/CONF.65/14
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14 June 1996 |
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La Déclaration d`Istanbul sur les etablissements humains et le Programme pour l`habitat, A/CONF.65/14
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14 June 1996 |
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إعلان استمبول وجدول أعمال المستوطنات البشرية
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14 April 1996 |
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Constructing a New Social Alternative
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03 February 1996 |
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Limburg Principles on the Implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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06 June 1986 |
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Declaración de Vancouver
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11 June 1976 |
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Right to the City in Greater Beirut p
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01 January 1970 |
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“Legal Problems Concerning the Juridical Status and Political Activities of the Zionist Organization / Jewish Agency: A Study in International and United States Law,” William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 9, No. 1
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31 December 1967 |
