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Special Rapporteur visits Curitiba, Brazil, to address the impacts of the World Cup to the right to housing

Published in Sunday October 7th, 2012 In News on the Rapporteurs

(Português) A Relatora Especial da ONU, Raquel Rolnik, visitou Curitiba para abordar a questão do direito à moradia no contexto dos megaeventos esportivos e dos mega-projetos. A capital paranaense será uma das cidades-sede da Copa do Mundo de 2014 no Brasil.
A visita fez parte da “I Semana de Cultura e Cidade – Metrópolis”, evento realizado pelo Ministério Público do Paraná, em parceria com o Programa de Educação Tutorial da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). O objetivo principal das visitas e reuniões é debater a situação das comunidades ameaçadas de remoção.

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Burkina Faso, Kenya and Niger provide funds for slum upgrading initiatives

Published in Friday October 5th, 2012 In In the media

October 04, 2012 In order to support the implementation of tangible actions that will help in the improvement of the living conditions for slum dwellers, Burkina Faso, Niger and Kenya recently made financial contributions to the Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme. Burkina Faso committed to provide USD 800, 000, thus setting the record as the highest […]

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African land grabs are ‘out of control’

Published in Friday October 5th, 2012 In In the media

October 04, 2012 Oxfam called on the World Bank to stop aiding foreign investors, including the oil-rich Persian Gulf monarchies, buying up vast tracts of farmland in Africa. The Oxfam charity has called on the World Bank to stop aiding foreign investors, including oil-rich Persian Gulf monarchies that can’t grow their own food, buying up […]

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Declaration by HIC President for World Habitat Day 2012

Published in Tuesday October 2nd, 2012 In Social movement news

September 30th, 2012 World Habitat Day No more profit! Defending our rights to land, housing and the city In the past few years, documents of all kinds have tirelessly repeated an unprecedented fact: for the first time in history, half of the global human population –about 3.4 billion– lives in cities. It is expected that […]

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In Niger, flooding adds to humanitarian woes

Published in Monday October 1st, 2012 In In the media

September 29th, 2012 Already beset with a severe hunger crisis, the West African nation of Niger is now grappling with the worst flooding in 80 years. At least a half-million people have been displaced, according to the aid agency Oxfam, and cholera rates are expected to rise. More than 80 people have died in the floods, […]

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The Roma in France: “Is Hollande going to expel us all?”

Published in Monday October 1st, 2012 In In the media

(Português) October 1st, 2012 Like their classmates, Roma children in one Paris suburb are getting to grips with a new school year – but French ministers continue to play politics with their future. The Roma families who live in the Voltaire settlement in Saint-Denis, near Paris, count themselves lucky. They live on a piece of […]

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Roma camp dismantled in Rome

Published in Monday October 1st, 2012 In In the media

October 1st, 2012 The city of Rome has dismantled a large settlement occupied by about 400 members of the Roma community in Tor de’ Cenci, between Via Cristoforo Colombo and Via Pontina in the southern outskirts of the capital. The demolition and eviction, which took place on 28 September, was condemned by human rights groups […]

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Vigilantes burn Roma camp in Marseille, France

Published in Monday October 1st, 2012 In In the media

September 28, 2012 A group of vigilantes have evicted a group of Roma (Gypsies) from a Marseille housing estate and burnt down their camp, French media report. There were no reports of violence when the 35 Roma people were forced out of the city’s Creneaux estate. Furniture and other items were set on fire at the […]

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“Fewer housing opportunities for the world’s poor” – UN expert on housing

Published in Friday September 28th, 2012 In News

“Opportunities for whom?” asked the United Nations Special Rapporteur on housing, Raquel Rolnik, when assessing this year’s World Habitat Day theme ‘Changing cities, building opportunities.’

People Before Profit: New Video on Global Forced Evictions

Published in Friday September 28th, 2012 In Social movement news

WITNESS has supported forced evictions campaigns for more than 10 years. During this time, these projects have amplified the voices of communities across the world. For World Habitat Day we are bringing many of these voices together for the first time to tell another story.

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