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UN report accuses Israel of pushing Palestinians from Jerusalem, West Bank

Published in Monday February 13th, 2012 In In the media

JERUSALEM – Israel is dispossessing Palestinians in east Jerusalem and the West Bank as well as its Arab minority with a “strategy of Judaisation,” a United Nations representative charged on Sunday.

UN: Israel dispossessing Palestinians via Judaization policy

Published in Monday February 13th, 2012 In In the media

The UN says Israel is dispossessing the Palestinians in the Tel Aviv-occupied territories as well as the members of its Arab minority of their residences through a ‘strategy of Judaization.’

Press Release: “Israel’s policies violate right to housing and need urgent revision”

Published in Monday February 13th, 2012 In News on the Rapporteurs

Raquel Rolnik, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, has said that “after the recent privatization, deregulation and commercialization of public assets in Israel, urban and housing policies have made it increasingly difficult for low income families to obtain affordable accommodation, violating their right to adequate housing.”

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Most EU Member States Fail to Ensure the Right to Housing

Published in Wednesday February 8th, 2012 In News

European Federation of National Organisations Working With the Homeless / Press Release – 6th February 2012
The Council of Europe’s European Committee on Social Rights (ECSR) released its annual conclusions at the end of January. This year they looked at whether countries live up to their responsibilities to ensure the right to housing.

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Olympic housing crunch: London landlords evict tenants to gouge tourists

Published in Friday February 3rd, 2012 In News

By Marian Smith, msnbc.com LONDON — Landlords in Britain’s capital are evicting tenants so they can cash in on this summer’s Olympic Games by charging tourists many times the usual rent. Homes in the east London boroughs where many events are to be held are fetching between five and 15 times their typical rates as […]

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Cambodia: Resolution of Boeung Kak Lake dispute in sight

Published in Thursday February 2nd, 2012 In News

TN reader Bronwyn was kind enough to update my earlier post on the standoff between the Cambodian government and the World Bank over resettlement assistance to residents of the Boeung Kak Lake area of Phnom Penh. It seems that the Bank’s announcement that it had frozen funding for projects in Cambodia pending resolution of the dispute caught somebody’s attention.

The report on the mission to Argentina is already available

Published in Wednesday February 1st, 2012 In News

The report on the 2011 visit to Argentina is already available. The Special Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik was invited by the government of that country to verify the situation of the right to housing in the country. In the report she presents her conclusions and recommendations to the government.

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Press Release: UN Special Rapporteur to visit Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Published in Wednesday February 1st, 2012 In News

GENEVA – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, will visit Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory from 29 January to 12 February 2012. Among other issues, the mission will examine challenges in access to adequate housing and housing affordability, the situation of groups vulnerable to discrimination, forced evictions and access to construction materials.

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Download the booklet and brochure about women and the right to housing

Published in Wednesday February 1st, 2012 In News

Since December last year, the Rapporteur’s site has made available a booklet and brochure about women and the right to housing in four languages (English, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic). The material aims to show how violations to the right to housing especially affect women.

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As Police Invade Another Favela, Brazil Vents Fury

Published in Wednesday February 1st, 2012 In News

As many of the homemade videos posted on YouTube show, the invasion of the Pinheirinho favela by some 1,800 police in riot gear — throwing tear-gas bombs and firing rubber bullets — left residents frightened, furious and homeless.