“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 [...]
Report: Forced Evictions in India in 2019: An Unrelenting National Crisis
The report documents forced evictions in India over the last three years, highlights the severe and long-term human rights impacts on affected persons, and makes recommendations to the government to [...]
HIC and its Members contributions to the UN Special Rapporteur upcoming report on COVID-19 and the right to housing
Protecting human rights during and after the COVID-19 The Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Mr. Balakrishnan Rajagopal, invited National Human Rights Institutions, civil society organisations, networks, UN [...]
The HIC Annual Report 2018 is out!
This 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. [...]
Guidelines for the Implementation of the Right to Adequate Housing
Report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to nondiscrimination in this context Summary [...]
International Municipalism and the Right to the City: Cities in the Age of Globalization
Date of publication: Fecha de publicación:12/2019 Author: Raquel Rolnik and Eva Garcia Chueca, coordinadoras científicas In the era of globalization, cities are emerging on the international scene, demanding an [...]
United Nations Document related to Housing and Land Rights in India
This compilation prepared by HLRN presents recommendations, communications, and references to India—related to housing and land rights—in documents and reports of United Nations human rights mechanisms, including treaty bodies, Special [...]
Tackling climate change through Human Rights related to Habitat and the Right to the City
Download HIC Statement COP25 We, social movements, civil society and local governments organizations join forces to persuade COP25 delegates to finally reach and enforce their commitments to tackle the [...]
Report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights
The report addresses the importance of public spaces for the exercise of cultural rights and the challenges which must be addressed so that everyone can access and enjoy such spaces. [...]