Published in Monday April 23rd, 2012
We will publish in the next months an informative material on mega-events and right to housing, then we decided to open this topic of discussion for you to share your opinion and experiences on the issue. You can also send documents, studies, articles, news stories and reports.
April 19th, 2012 After unemployment, and closely associated to it, housing evictions have become the most frightening face of the economic crisis in Spain, shooting up rates of poverty and social exclusion. The evictions of owners or tenants in debt last year recorded a record high, up nearly 22 percent over 2010, reaching 58 000 […]
April 1st, 2012 Around 20 officers from Avon and Somerset Police entered the Clifton Wood House in Bristol following reports of a late night party. They left the property at 5am but returned around two hours later with six riot vans as they stormed the 18th century mansion. Officers in full riot gear then carried […]
March 31st, 2012 The number of people being evicted from their homes in Spain has jumped to a new record, with the judges granting embargos against 58,200 families last year, 22% more than in 2010. The numbers have put the matter at the centre of the political debate, and the Government has brought out ‘a […]
Published in Friday March 23rd, 2012
The International Amnesty (IA) analyzes, in this report, the legal support of the economic, social and cultural rights in Spain, as well as the obstacles to enforce them in the Judiciary. It also examines the lack of recognition of these rights as human rights in different scopes, from the legislation to the authorities’ decisions; and […]
Around 1500 Roma people are at risk of being forcibly evicted from their homes in Belvil, an informal settlement in Belgrade, Serbia’s capital, at any time from 19 March. They have not been given information about resettlement and may be resettled in inadequate conditions or left homeless.
Published in Tuesday March 13th, 2012
On March 6th, 2012, the UN special rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Raquel Rolnik, presented at the 19th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva, the reports concerning her 2011 missions to Argentina and Algeria, as well as her thematic report on women and their right to adequate housing. After this […]
Published in Tuesday March 13th, 2012
On March 6th, 2012, the UN special rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Raquel Rolnik, presented at the 19th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva, the reports concerning her 2011 missions to Argentina and Algeria, as well as her thematic report on women and their right to adequate housing. After this […]
Published in Tuesday March 13th, 2012
On March 6th, 2012, the UN special rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Raquel Rolnik, presented at the 19th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva, the reports concerning her 2011 missions to Argentina and Algeria, as well as her thematic report on women and their right to adequate housing. After this […]
