Occupied Palestinian Territory

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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UN says Israel destroys Palestinian Bedouin homes

Published in Monday April 23rd, 2012 In In the media

April 23rd, 2012 UN agencies in the occupied West Bank said on Sunday that Israel last week destroyed 21 homes of Palestinian Bedouin refugees, making 54 people including 35 children homeless. A joint statement from the refugee agency UNRWA and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs condemned the April 18 demolition of the […]

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EU condemns Palestinians’ eviction in east Jerusalem

Published in Monday April 23rd, 2012 In In the media

The European Union missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah condemned on Saturday the recent eviction of a Palestinian family from its east Jerusalem home, ahead of its inhabitation by Jewish settlers.

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UN envoy condemns eviction of Palestinian families from East Jerusalem homes

Published in Wednesday April 18th, 2012 In In the media

April 18th, 2012 A senior United Nations official has condemned the eviction today of two Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem and called for an end to such violations of international law.The eviction today follows a court case brought against the families by an Israeli association, according to a news release issued by […]

Palestine’s statement on the report “Women and Adequate Housing”

Published in Wednesday March 14th, 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 […]

Special Rapporteur visits Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory – Newsletter #18

Published in Friday February 17th, 2012


On February 12, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, concluded her official visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory holding a press conference in Jerusalem, in which she presented her preliminary findings. In March, the Rapporteur will present to the UN Human Rights Council, in Geneva, her Argentina and Algeria missions reports and also the thematic report on women and the right to housing.

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UN: Israel dispossessing Palestinians via Judaization policy

Published in Monday February 13th, 2012 In In the media

The UN says Israel is dispossessing the Palestinians in the Tel Aviv-occupied territories as well as the members of its Arab minority of their residences through a ‘strategy of Judaization.’

Press Release: “Israel’s policies violate right to housing and need urgent revision”

Published in Monday February 13th, 2012 In News on the Rapporteurs

Raquel Rolnik, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, has said that “after the recent privatization, deregulation and commercialization of public assets in Israel, urban and housing policies have made it increasingly difficult for low income families to obtain affordable accommodation, violating their right to adequate housing.”

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Press Release: UN Special Rapporteur to visit Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Published in Wednesday February 1st, 2012 In News

GENEVA – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, will visit Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory from 29 January to 12 February 2012. Among other issues, the mission will examine challenges in access to adequate housing and housing affordability, the situation of groups vulnerable to discrimination, forced evictions and access to construction materials.

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PRESS RELEASE – UN Expert urges Israel to stop destruction of houses and infrastructures in Gaza

Published in Friday November 10th, 2006 In News

(10 November 2006) The following statement was issued today by the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, Miloon Kothari “As Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, I condemn in the strongest possible terms the artillery shelling of Palestinian homes by the Israeli defence force in Beit Hanoun that killed 19 innocent civilians and injured 60, including women and children…”

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