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Japan marks second anniversary of tsunami

Published in Monday March 11th, 2013 In In the media

Japan has marked the second anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that claimed some 19,000 lives. Anti-nuclear activists protested to demand an end to atomic power in light of the Fukushima disaster.

The right to adequate housing for women is crucial for the effectiveness of other rights – Newsletter #32

Published in Friday March 8th, 2013

The Special Rapporteur seizes the opportunity on this March 8th to reaffirm that the guarantee of the right to adequate housing for women is crucial for the effectiveness of other rights and for the promotion of autonomy in every sphere of their lives.

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Thailand’s statement on the security of tenure report

Published in Thursday March 7th, 2013

Read Thailand’s statement regarding the presentation given by the Special Rapporteur about her thematic and mission reports on March 4th, during the 22nd session of the Human Rights Council.

Pakistan’s statement (on behalf of the OIC) on the security of tenure report

Published in Thursday March 7th, 2013

Read Pakistan’s statement (on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation) regarding the presentation given by the Special Rapporteur about her thematic and mission reports on March 4th, during the 22nd session of the Human Rights Council.

Malaysia’s statement on the security of tenure report

Published in Thursday March 7th, 2013

Read Malaysia’s statement regarding the presentation given by the Special Rapporteur about her thematic and mission reports on March 4th, during the 22nd session of the Human Rights Council.

Indonesia’s statement on the security of tenure report

Published in Thursday March 7th, 2013

Read Indonesia’s statement regarding the presentation given by the Special Rapporteur about her thematic and mission reports on March 4th, during the 22nd session of the Human Rights Council.

India’s statement on the security of tenure report

Published in Thursday March 7th, 2013

Read India’s statement regarding the presentation given by the Special Rapporteur about her thematic and mission reports on March 4th, during the 22nd session of the Human Rights Council.

Home ownership dreams in booming Beijing

Published in Thursday January 10th, 2013 In In the media

It was a bargain China’s zealous real estate buyers couldn’t refuse: at the East Asia Impressions Lake compound in suburban Beijing, apartments were selling for just 13,000 yuan ($2,086; £1,282) per square metre.
Similar apartments located closer to Beijing’s central business district cost approximately 20,000 yuan per square metre, according to Savills, a global real estate broker. In comparison, an average flat near London’s financial centre costs 50,000 yuan, while in New York the figure rises to a whopping 68,000 yuan.

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In India, Delhi Chief Minister will regularise all unauthorised colonies

Published in Wednesday January 9th, 2013 In In the media

Promising to construct three lakh houses for low and middle income families in national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Saturday said she will get all unauthorised colonies regularised as soon as possible.
Assuring that her government would not allow any house or colony to be demolished, Dikshit, who was addressing a convention of representatives of unauthorised colonies falling under ridge or Archaeological Survey of India’s land here, conceded that the government had failed to provide housing to migrant population due to which the problem of unauthorised colonies had arisen.

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Halt eviction of Delhi slum dwellers

Published in Thursday January 3rd, 2013 In In the media

Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister Ajay Maken Thursday asked Delhi Lieutenant Governor Tejendra Khanna to halt the eviction of slum dwellers and vendors. Maken wrote to Khanna accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party-controlled civic agencies of “blatantly violating” a central law by evicting slum dwellers and vendors without affording them rehabilitation.

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