Sul e Sudeste da Ásia e Pacífico

Inclusive approach to urban planning

Published in Monday November 5th, 2012

This is a short film made by Shelter Associates about a city-wide approach to slum rehabilitation. The film focuses on a project that is currently in progress in Sangli & Miraj. The film advocates that an inclusive approach, informed by a city-wide consciousness, and driven by an institutionalized monitoring system, is necessary to ensure tangible, long-lasting change, which results in the elevation of the quality of life of the urban poor.

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Learning From Urban Transitional Settlement Response in the Philippines: Housing, Land and Property Issues

Published in Friday November 2nd, 2012

This publication documents CRS’ experience in implementing an urban transitional settlement program following Tropical Storm “Washi” in Cagayan de Oro in the Philippines. Click here to read it.

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No more excuses for EU inaction on Cambodian exports tainted by land grabbing

Published in Thursday November 1st, 2012 In Social movement news

October 30, 2012 The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) welcomes the resolution adopted by the European Parliament on 26 October which calls on the European Commission to “investigate the escalation of human rights abuses in Cambodia.” The resolution points to the cause of this escalation being clearly tied to economic land concessions or land […]

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The Way to End Slums

Published in Thursday November 1st, 2012

Shot in high-definition in Thailand, Vietnam and Nepal, THE WAY TO END SLUMS tells through the first-person stories of activists, how lives and communities have been transformed by working with the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights (ACHR).

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Japan’s tsunami reconstruction money spent on unrelated projects as communities struggle

Published in Tuesday October 30th, 2012 In In the media

October 30, 2012 Japan’s government says about a quarter of its budget for reconstruction after the March 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster has been spent on unrelated projects, including subsidies for a contact lens factory and research whaling. The audit documents released last week buttress complaints over shortcomings in the reconstruction effort. More than half […]

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Inner Mongolia: ‘We Strongly Demand The Return Of Our Sacred Land’

Published in Monday October 29th, 2012 In Social movement news

October 10, 2012 Herders from Inner Mongolia, who rely on grazing herds to make a living, were protesting the “illegal leasing” of land by local government officials to large corporations. According to a previous report by the SMHRIC, the Chinese government is currently in the process of forcing three ethnic minority groups to abandon the […]

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In China, rise in forced evictions fuelling discontent, says Amnesty International

Published in Monday October 15th, 2012 In Social movement news

Violent forced evictions in China are on the rise as local authorities seek to offset huge debts by seizing and then selling off land in suspect deals with property developers, Amnesty International said as it urged government action. In a new 85-page report, Amnesty International highlights how forced evictions – a longstanding cause of discontent within China – have increased significantly in the past two years in order to clear the way for developments.

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Amnesty: China forced evictions in ‘significant rise’

Published in Monday October 15th, 2012 In In the media

Forced evictions in China have risen significantly in recent years as local officials sell off land to property developers, Amnesty International says. Many cases involve violence and harassment, in what the group called “a gross violation of human rights”. Pressure on local officials to meet economic goals and vested interests were behind the coercion, it said.
In the BBC link, it’s possible to watch a video about the forced evictions.

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Serious and systematic violations of land and housing rights continue in Cambodia

Published in Monday October 15th, 2012 In Social movement news

October 12, 2012 The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) released today a seven-page briefing note entitled “Cambodia: A Mounting Human Rights Crisis”. The briefing note warns that the violations of land and housing rights are “on-going, serious and systematic,” and that the use of judicial and extra-judicial means to harass, intimidate and criminalise activists […]

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Assam floods worsen in India, over one million displaced

Published in Tuesday September 25th, 2012 In In the media

September 25, 2012 Facing their third wave of floods this year, an estimated one million people have been forced to flee their homes in the northeastern state of Assam, where authorities have called a health alert. The flood situation continues to remain grim with an increasing portion of land in 18 of the state’s 27 […]

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