Davinder Lamba Appointed Interim Chair of Kenya Human Rights Commission
Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) is a premier Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) established in April 1992 with a mandate of enhancing human rights-centred governance at all levels in the society. [...]
Why are collaborative housing models needed today?
Our President Adriana Allen joined the opening of the Collaborative Housing Day at the Third International Social Housing Festival that took place in Helsinki between 14–17 June 2022. “Why are collaborative housing [...]
HIC thematic priorities
* Go back to HIC at the World Urban Forum 11 Activities developed during WUF11 will help highlight some of HIC’s key strategic lines of work: Housing and land rights [...]
Takeaways from the High Level Meeting on the five years of implementation of the New Urban Agenda
Background On Thursday 28 April 2022 the President of the United Nations General Assembly convened a one-day High-Level Meeting (HLM) to assess the progress of the implementation of the New Urban [...]
Civil Society Messages to the 9th Africities Summit
A self-organized civil-society initiative hosted 45 civil organization representatives this week at Kisumu, Kenya on 15–16 May to deliberate and consolidate messages to the Africities9 Summit. The Civil Society Forum [...]
Durban: 2nd eKhenana leader martyred since March
Nokuthula Mabaso was assassinated in eKhenana on 5 May 2022 A second Abahlali baseMjondolo martyr has fallen within as many months. Nokuthula Mabaso, a powerful leader in the eKhenana Commune [...]
UN Special Rapporteur calls for inputs: Right to adequate housing and climate change
The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Mr. Balakrishnan Rajagopal welcomes contributions from civil society organizations, States, local and regional governments, national human rights institutions, academics, UN [...]
Getting back to the Agenda – High Level Meeting on NUA implementation 2022
Our Statement Agenda About the HLM HIC reaffirms its commitment to contribute to the implementation of the New Urban Agenda, the third global Habitat Agenda since 1976. It also welcomes [...]
Apply to Participate! Co-Learning Space: Land Rights
Deadline: Monday 2nd May, 6 pm GMT Are you interested in exchanging ideas about the human right to land, beyond traditional focus on private property? Would you like to help [...]
Human Rights Council adopts new resolution on discrimination, racism, women, climate change
The Human Rights Council adopted a new resolution on adequate housing by consensus. The resolution was presented by Germany, Brazil, Finland and Namibia. Its main focus is on racial discrimination [...]
[Videos] How do we learn to become collective agents of change to advance habitat-related human rights?
For decades, Paulo Freire’s seminal work on emancipatory pedagogies has been augmented by the co-learning practices of social movements and grassroots organisations across the world. This series of short films [...]
How do HIC Members and Allies learn cross-regionally to strengthen our collective advocacy muscles on feminist approaches to habitat?
Illustration by Pilar Emitxin This question was at the heart of the first in a series of HIC co-learning spaces, which over six months brought together a team from the [...]

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