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Brazil: UN housing expert urges authorities to suspend Pinheirinho evictions

Published in Monday January 30th, 2012 In News

GENEVA – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, on Friday called on Brazilian authorities to find a peaceful and appropriate solution, including housing alternatives, for those evicted this week from the Pinheirinho settlement in São Jose dos Campos city, São Paulo.

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Reconstruction after natural disasters: developments

Published in Sunday November 20th, 2011 In News

The presentation of the report on post-disaster reconstruction to the UN General Assembly on October 19 in New York and the performing of a parallel event on the theme – with participation of delegations from various countries, international NGOs and multilateral organisations – created an intense debate and some interesting developments.

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Check the speakers that have confirmed presence at the side event on post-disaster reconstruction

Published in Tuesday October 4th, 2011 In News

On October 21, following the presentation of her report on reconstruction after natural disasters and the right to adequate housing to the UN General Assembly, in New York, Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik will present a side event on the matter, at the same place.

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Together let’s shout enough to violations! Together we will win the right to housing and to land!

Published in Thursday September 29th, 2011 In News

Resistances and Alternatives are the key words chosen by the Liaison Committee, established during the World Assembly of Inhabitants (WAI) in order to unify the Global Campaign for the right to housing and to land from the 16th September until the 31st October this year.

Special Rapporteur promotes debate during the UN General Assembly

Published in Friday September 16th, 2011 In News

In October, the Special Rapporteur will coordinate a side event during the United Nations General Assembly, in New York. More than Housing Reconstruction: The Right to Adequate Housing in Disaster Relief and Recovery? aims to bring together governments, humanitarian and human rights specialists experienced
in addressing disasters to discuss the integration of the right to adequate
housing in disaster response.

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Communications reports are available for consultation

Published in Friday September 16th, 2011 In News

Read below the summaries of the communications sent by the Rapporteur to various countries from December 2010 to last May. To read the complete version of each communication, click on the summary title.

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Olympic Evictions Come to Russia

Published in Thursday September 15th, 2011 In In the media

Nate Berg

September 15th, 2011

The seaside resort town of Sochi, Russia, is preparing to play host to the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Much of that preparation consists of building—arenas, athlete housing, roads and so on. But with an urban population of about 350,000, transforming Sochi into an Olympic village also means tearing down some of the city that’s already there. With the games less than two-and-a-half years away, that’s already led to the eviction and forced relocation of some locals. […]

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Brazil: Road to World Cup and Olympics Paved with Forced Evictions

Published in Tuesday September 6th, 2011 In In the media


Juliana Ricón Parra

September 6th, 2011

In the run up to Brazil’s World Cup 2014 and Olympics 2016, thousands
of people are being forcefully evicted from their homes to make room for
office buildings, stadiums and roads. Video activists are making a stand,
producing documentaries to raise awareness, inform and empower communities
at risk of eviction.

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Russians evicted from homes for Olympics

Published in Sunday September 4th, 2011 In In the media

Maria Antonova, SOCHI, Russia (AFP)

(Sochi, RUS) – Sochi native Vladimir Tkachenko needed a decade to build a house on his modest salary. He then had 11 hours to move all belongings out of the way for the bulldozers clearing the way for a new road.

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Proposals of Non Governmental Organizations and innovator habitat politics in Argentina

Published in Thursday September 1st, 2011 In News

There are 100.000 empty properties in the Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires – it is to say that no inhabitants are living in there. Since 2005 different organizations – local and international ones – have been presenting this problem wherever it corresponds, it is to say not only to the “Senado de la Nación” (National Senate Parliament) but also to the local and national authorities as well.

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