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Super typhoon Haiyan slams into Philippines, at least three dead

Published in Friday November 8th, 2013 In In the media

The strongest typhoon in the world this year and possibly the most powerful ever to hit land smashed into the Philippines on Friday, forcing more than a million people to flee, flooding villages and raising fears of widespread casualties.

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A Slum Spends Sleepless Nights in Fear of Eviction

Published in Wednesday November 6th, 2013 In In the media

On the morning of March 24, 2011, several hundred police officers, accompanied by giant bulldozers, surrounded the slum of Gayatri Colony in west Delhi as part of an eviction drive by the Delhi Development Authority, which claims ownership of the colony’s land.

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Housing density and housing preference in Bangkok’s low-income settlements

Published in Wednesday October 30th, 2013

This paper investigates whether this high density is observed in practice, and whether it is perpetuated in other forms of low-income housing, both community-developed (in settlements upgraded through participatory processes) and public housing. This is done through spatial analysis of housing and settlement form and function, household surveys of socio-economic characteristics and satisfaction with living conditions, and in-depth interviews with residents.

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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.

Typhoon Fitow hits China’s south eastern coast causing deaths and damage

Published in Monday October 7th, 2013 In In the media

Authorities evacuated some 786,000 people from Zhejiang province and at least 177,000 from Fujian to safety. Tens of thousands of boats were also called back to harbor across the region.

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UN experts raise human rights concerns over POSCO’s plans for $12 billion steel plant in India

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

A U.N. panel of experts urged South Korean steel giant POSCO on Tuesday to suspend plans for a $12 billion steel plant over concerns the project threatened the rights and livelihoods of tens of thousands in eastern India. The call follows a June report by rights groups saying that illegal land seizures threatened to displace 22,000 people and deprive thousands more of their means of existence in the state of Orissa.

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India: Urgent call to halt Odisha mega-steel project amid serious human rights concerns

Published in Tuesday October 1st, 2013 In News on the Rapporteurs

Construction of a mega-steel plant in Odisha in Eastern India should be halted immediately, United Nations independent human rights experts have urged, citing serious human rights concerns.

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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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The Price of Steel: Human Rights and Forced Evictions in the POSCO-India Project

Published in Tuesday July 30th, 2013

The Price of Steel: Human Rights and Forced Evictions in the POSCO-India Project documents the human rights abuses being carried out to facilitate the establishment of the POSCO-India project, and the associated illegal seizures of land which threaten to forcibly displace as many as 22,000 people in India’s eastern state of Odisha.

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Nepal: High Voltage Power Line

Published in Tuesday July 16th, 2013

Accountability Counsel filed a complaint on July 10, 2013, on behalf of communities in the Sindhuli District of Nepal, raising concerns about human rights violations associated with construction of a high voltage transmission line funded by the World Bank.

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