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Published in Monday October 17th, 2011
10 essential measures to be respected in case of development based evictions.
Published in Sunday October 16th, 2011
This Guide, prepared by the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing summarizes international standards applicable to involuntary displacement caused by public and private infrastructure and urbanization.
Published in Friday August 19th, 2011
This Guide was compiled by Human Rights Clinic students involved in the Dale Farm project inorder to give guidance to legal observers in the UK and around the world regarding best practices for the conduct of legal observation. It provides information on relevant international human rightsnorms and standards, along with monitoring methodologies, to aid legal observers in ensuring thatforced evictions are conducted in accordance with human rights standards
Published in Tuesday July 19th, 2011
The present document is intended to serve as a guidance tool for addressing situations of forced evictions.
Published in Wednesday January 19th, 2011
