UNSR Reminds Govts. about Human Rights in Habitat III
NEW YORK / GENEVA—The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, Leilani Farha, today has challenged governments to go further and commit to bold action to end homelessness and improve housing conditions on
Published : 22 October 2015
Amnesty Accuses Syrian Kurdish Group of Demolishing Homes
Amnesty International on Tuesday accused a Syrian Kurdish militia supported by the United States of committing war crimes by driving out thousands of non-Kurdish civilians and demolishing their homes. The London-based rights watchdog documented cases in
Published : 12 October 2015
Western Sahara: UN Urged to End Deadlock over the Issue
Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar urged the United Nations to "end the deadlock over the Western Sahara issue." "UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon will pay a visit to the region by the end of 2015 and
Published : 11 October 2015
Francis I: “Rights to housing, land, environment and city”
In his public appearance in New York City this week, Pope Francis delivered a spiritual message, but also addressed a bundle of corresponding human rights. Not least of these were the “three Ls”: lodging, land
Published : 25 September 2015
Syria War Prompts 1st Doomsday Seed Vault Draw
The Syrian Civil War prompts the first withdrawal from the "Doomsday Seed Vault" in the Arctic The Svalbard Global Seed Vault was opened on 26 February 2008. Carved into the Arctic permafrost and filled with samples of
Published : 23 September 2015
UN Erased Millennium of Palestinian Heritage
Last year, the UN recognized an area of outstanding archaeological and architectural remains, located south of Jerusalem and Bethlehem but lying within the current State of Israel, as a world heritage site. The documentation lists periods of
Published : 22 September 2015
Egypt: Ministers Say Sinai Evictions “Legal”
Cabinet of Ministers assets that “Egypt has complied with international law in Sinai.” The cabinet`s statement comes on the same day Human Rights Watch released a report criticising the treatment of residents in North Sinai
Published : 22 September 2015
Habitat III National Reporting Tool
Habitat III National Reporting Guidelines (merged with State obligations) This Excel file attempts to merge the national Habitat III report outline proffered by UN-Habitat with the already-standing commitments of states and UN bodies at Habitat II
Published : 21 September 2015
Egypt: The New Cabinet, What Changed and What Didn`t?
A new Cabinet was sworn in under the leadership of Prime Minister Sherif Ismail on Saturday, after the resignation of Ibrahim Mehleb’s Cabinet last week amid allegations of corruption against former ministers. The new Cabinet includes
Published : 19 September 2015
