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Check the responses received from countries for the security of tenure questionnaire

Published in Monday August 19th, 2013

Read the responses sent by governments to the Questionnaire on Security of Tenure. They will inform the Special Rapporteur’s final report to the HRC and other related guidance.

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Romanian authorities leave 15 Roma families homeless and many more at risk

Published in Thursday August 8th, 2013 In Social movement news

The Romanian authorities must immediately halt all forced evictions and provide those Romani families who were recently forced out of their homes with alternative housing, Amnesty International said after 15 families (at least 60 people) were left homeless in the city of Baia Mare yesterday.

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FIFA : Make the World Cup a Fair Game for Workers

Published in Wednesday July 17th, 2013 In Social movement news

Workers employed on construction projects to prepare for the 2018 World Cup in Russia and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, most of whom are migrant workers, face numerous human rights violations, according to FIDH. In a letter sent today to the President of FIFA, Mr. Joseph Sepp Blatter, FIDH recalled the sports organisation’s responsibility to investigate and remedy reports that workers are being subject to unfair payment practices, excessive work hours, racist violence, and work conditions that can amount to forced labour.

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Special Rapporteur sends 19 communications during the second semester of 2012

Published in Tuesday April 30th, 2013 In Dialogue with countries

Check the communications sent by the Special Rapporteurs, as well as the answers received from the Member States, referring to the second half of 2012.

Hungary rejects “groundless” UN criticism on treatment of homeless people

Published in Thursday April 4th, 2013 In In the media

Hungary’s government rejects the “groundless criticism” made by two UN rapporteurs in connection with recent constitutional amendment concerning homelessness.

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Hungary is entrenching the criminalization of homelessness, say UN experts on poverty and housing

Published in Wednesday April 3rd, 2013 In News on the Rapporteurs

Two UN Special Rapporteurs criticized today a recent amendment to the Hungarian Fundamental Law that authorizes to outlaw sleeping in public spaces.

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Security of tenure: collaborate with the debate! Send us documents, articles, reports, information about practices for recognition and promotion of security of tenure for urban poor in your country!

Published in Monday April 1st, 2013

This questionnaire is designed primarily to obtain information for the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing’s ongoing study on security of tenure for urban poor and the most vulnerable, including questions related to informal settlements.

Ne büntesd a szegénységet – Don’t let homelessness become a crime!

Published in Friday March 22nd, 2013 In Mobilisation and agenda

Watch the video against the criminalization of homelessness in the Hungarian Constitution.

Az alkotmány nem játék! – The constitution is not a plaything!

Published in Friday March 22nd, 2013 In Mobilisation and agenda

Watch the video below regarding the criminalization of homelessness in Hungary.

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The housing situation of Roma communities

Published in Wednesday March 20th, 2013

Roma are more likely to live in poverty than non-Roma citizens. They have a higher risk of unemployment, stay in school for fewer years, and many live without access to drinking water, sanitation and electricity. Roma are more likely to suffer from chronic illness and have less access to health services. UNDP works with national partners to promote inclusion of Roma into economic, social, political and community life and in this publication they analyze the housing situation in Roma communities and the discrepancies regarding their non-Roma neighbors.