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Forced Evictions Assessment Questionnarie

Published in Tuesday July 19th, 2011

The present document is intended to serve as a guidance tool for addressing situations of forced evictions.

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ESCR-Net members submit legal intervention in Kenyan evictions case

Published in Friday July 8th, 2011 In In the media

Members of ESCR-Net (the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) working through the Adjudication Working Group have been given leave to intervene in a High Court case involving forced evictions in Medina Location, Municipal Council of Garissa, Kenya.

End Forced Evictions in Haiti

Published in Tuesday June 21st, 2011 In News

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, has made an urgent plea to put an immediate stop to all forced evictions of earthquake survivors in the Caribbean Nation.
During a visit to Haiti 8-11 June during which she toured camps now home to survivors of the earthquake, Ms. Rolnick, condemned what she called every eviction of persons without the provision of an adequate housing alternative as “a grave human rights violation”.

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See the pictures and read the press releases and news from the visit to Haiti

Published in Monday June 20th, 2011 In News

From June 8th to 11th, the Special Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik visited Haiti, where she participated in a workshop on the reconstruction of the country and visited some informal settelments and camps of displaced people.

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Riots after house eviction in Berlin

Published in Tuesday February 8th, 2011 In In the media

Reproduzindo matéria divulgada por correio eletrônico

Numa operação militar digna de filmes de Hollywood, cerca de 2.500 policiais
foram mobilizados ontem (2 de fevereiro) em Berlim para a remoção do squatter
Liebig 14, um dos últimos da cidade. A polícia usou diversos objetos, como
machados e marretas, para quebrar a porta de entrada do Liebig 14, localizado
em Friedrichshain, em Berlim Oriental.

Today one of the oldest squats in the center of Berlin was evicted. The
squat was squatted in the 1990s because of many empty buildings at that
time and the missing affordable living space in Berlin.

In the house people of the age of 18-40, including two babies, tried to
live in an alternative way. They shared their money equal to their income
and participated a lot in the left scene from Berlin – and where connected
all over Europe. Often people from other countries visited the squat. Also
the people from the squat where active in their neighborhood in social
projects.

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Guide UN Habitat: Assessing the Impact of Eviction

Published in Wednesday January 19th, 2011


Recording human-rights cases

Published in Tuesday December 28th, 2010 In News

By SHELLY BANJO

As urbanization takes hold across the globe, Joshua Mailman is looking to end forced evictions that often arise as a result of large-scale, new development.

Known for being a professional philanthropist, Mr. Mailman has launched a number of philanthropic organizations and wealthy giving circles such as the Social Network and Threshold Foundation. This month he announced a $50,000 gift to Brooklyn-based human rights organization Witness.

‘Regret’ over forced evictions in Cambodia

Published in Monday December 27th, 2010 In In the media

Monday, 27 December 2010 20:14 May Titthara

A senior government official yesterday expressed “regret” over the forced eviction and relocation of thousands of Phnom Penh residents in recent years, attributing problems to a lack of awareness in resolving government policy.

Speaking at a workshop in Phnom Penh yesterday, Im Chhun Lim, the Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, said that though the removal and relocation of residents’ homes was commonplace in developing countries, it was important that the government takes action based on the proper policies.

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Truculent Olympics

Published in Tuesday December 21st, 2010 In In the media

December, 21st

Raquel Rolnik

Within the past week, the Olymipic plan for the city of Rio de Janeiro has revealed a strong ambiguity in the quality of large urban development
projects. Investments in public infrastructure, transport and sporting facilities arrive at the same pace as regrettable episodes of basic human rights violations and disrespect for the human condition.

In the West Zone of Rio, since December 15th, horror and tension have characterized the experience of countless families. Reports received from residents, on-lookers and the Public Defenders of Rio de Janeiro detail the abuse of power and state of exception which has been established along the edges of Av. das Américas, which cuts through the communities of Vila Recreio II, Vila Harmonia and Restinga do Recreio dos Bandeirantes.

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Truculent Olympics

Published in Tuesday December 21st, 2010

Within the past week, the Olymipic plan for the city of Rio de Janeiro has revealed a strong ambiguity in the quality of large urban development projects. Investments in public infrastructure, transport and sporting facilities arrive at the same pace as regrettable episodes of basic human rights violations and disrespect for the human condition.
The following video is an excerpt from a recording made one of these mornings in which the machines advanced over homes in the community of Restinga.

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