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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!

Review of the Rapporteur’s Activities in 2013 – Newsletter #42

Published in Wednesday January 22nd, 2014

Read the review of the Rapporteur’s activities in 2013, with all the reports presented, the missions and working visits conducted and the consultations on security of tenure held.

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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.

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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Side-event on the right to housing in Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories

Published in Thursday March 7th, 2013 In News on the Rapporteurs

On March 4th, the Special Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik participated in an expert roundtable with human rights defenders entitled “The Violation of Housing, Land, and Planning Rights in Israel and the OPT: Expert Testimonies from the Field”. The side-event was organized by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, the Norwegian Refugee Council and Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, during the 22nd session of the UN Human Rights Council.

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Report on Security of Tenure will be presented on March – Newsletter #31

Published in Tuesday February 19th, 2013

On March 4th, Special Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik will present her first thematic report on security of tenure at the 22nd session of the UN Human Rights Council. In the same occasion, the Rapporteur will also present three mission reports.

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Mission Report: Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory

Published in Monday February 18th, 2013 In Reports

The Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing carriedout a mission to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory from 30 January to 12February 2012. Read the report!

Israeli demolitions: “Number of Palestinians affected has increased by 87%”, says UN Special Rapporteur

Published in Thursday June 28th, 2012 In News on the Rapporteurs

June 27, 2012 United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Richard Falk, warned Wednesday that the number of people affected by the demolition of Palestinian buildings has increased by 87% compared to last year. Mr. Falk also demanded that the Israeli Government immediately stop demolishing Palestinian homes […]

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Evictions of Palestinians from their homes and other properties using affadavits

Published in Monday May 21st, 2012 In Opinion

May 21, 2012 by William Temple A recent court case, from May 8 2012, reported by Haartez has highlighted how The Absentee Property Law together with unsupported affadavits has been used to secure the evictions of Palestinians from their homes in sensitive areas of East Jerusalem. A number of legal methods have been used by […]

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Cave-dwelling Palestinian farmers facing eviction from homes

Published in Monday May 14th, 2012 In In the media

May 13, 2012 A unique way of life in the West Bank is under threat after Israel renewed a legal bid to evict more than 1,600 cave-dwelling Palestinian farmers from their land in the desert hills near the Biblical city of Hebron. Israel’s defence ministry is expected to seek court approval this week to destroy […]

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