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Rapporteur sends nine communications during the 2nd semester of 2013

Published in Friday March 14th, 2014 In Dialogue with countries

During the second semester of 2013, Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik sent nine communications and received seven country responses. Find out more!

Major Sporting Events and Human Rights: Host nations and cities, sports organising bodies and companies must move faster, aim higher, and show stronger resolve

Published in Thursday February 6th, 2014 In Social movement news

As the 2014 Winter Olympic Games get underway this weekend in Sochi, debates continue to intensify around the responsibilities of host nations, sports governing bodies and corporate sponsors all involved in planning and implementing major sporting events.

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International solidarity with homeless people in Hungary

Published in Wednesday February 5th, 2014 In Mobilisation and agenda

Campaign regarding the criminalization of homeless people in Hungary by A Város Mindenkié.

Being homeless is not a crime

Published in Wednesday January 22nd, 2014 In Mobilisation and agenda

Despite years of advocacy and protests, homelessness became a punishable offence in Hungary . In November 2012, the Constitutional Court struck down a law that criminalised street homelessness, arguing that the state should address homelessness as a social and not a criminal issue.

Romanian court victory: Forced eviction of Roma in Cluj-Napoca illegal

Published in Wednesday January 8th, 2014

The Cluj-Napoca County Court (Tribunal) decided that the Mayor’s decision to forcibly evict around 300 Roma in December 2010, to a site adjacent to a waste dump, was illegal.

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Sochi Olympics documentary casts harsh light on Putin, preparations

Published in Monday December 9th, 2013 In In the media

The film profiles Sochi’s residents, many of whom have been inconvenienced by Olympic construction as others have been displaced from their own homes by force.

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Check all the communications sent during the first semester of 2013

Published in Tuesday October 8th, 2013 In Dialogue with countries

Read the communications sent by the Rapporteur and the responses sent by countries.

Hungary Cracks Down on Homelessness

Published in Wednesday October 2nd, 2013 In In the media

According to the regulations, large discarded items in public places are the property of those officially in charge of their removal. Those who are unauthorized to do so face fines and jail time – a rule that targets the many homeless trash collectors in the country.

Homeless people in Hungary: a call for solidarity

Published in Thursday September 19th, 2013 In Social movement news

The Hungarian government has taken a series of actions against homeless people over the past three years. These ordinances, laws and local actions seriously violate the dignity of thousands of citizens living in poverty. While hardly taking any positive and sustainable measures to ensure the social rights of Hungary’s most vulnerable citizens, the government’s approach to poverty and homelessness has been predominantly punitive.

Hungary is about to criminalise homelessness once again

Published in Wednesday September 11th, 2013 In Social movement news

The Minister of Interior proposed the modification of the Act on Petty Offences in April 2013 to allow local municipalities to penalize the use of public spaces for habitation in order to preserve public order, public safety, public health and cultural values. The law would also penalize the building of huts/shacks without permission. The parliamentary debate of the proposal started this week, and the final vote will most probably take place on September 23 or 24, 2013.