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Defining communities in Colombia: the Afro-descendant communities of Curvaradó and Jiguamiandó and communal land rights

Published in Tuesday April 9th, 2013 In Social movement news

Once seen as antipathetic to the individual rights focus of international human rights law, “third generation” and collective rights have – despite lingering controversy – been widely accepted as a fundamental element of the indivisible human rights framework. Driven in particular by the demands of indigenous peoples, national and international law has recognised and protected rights to communal land titles, rights to language, religious practices, specialised education and protection of cultural heritage, and many other rights which are associated with the existence of distinct socio-cultural groups within the boundaries of the wider state.

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Check our special newsletter on the Security of Tenure Project – Newsletter #33

Published in Thursday April 4th, 2013

In our special newsletter, the Special Rapporteur publicizes the security of tenure report presented to the Human Rights Council in March, as well as the activities scheduled for this semester.

Questionnaire on security of tenure for the civil society

Published in Monday April 1st, 2013

This questionnaire is designed primarily to obtain information from civil society organizations, academics, experts and others 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. The Special Rapporteur is particularly interested in learning about practices that secure tenure for urban poor.

Rapporteur promotes consultations on security of tenure on May

Published in Monday April 1st, 2013 In News on the Rapporteurs

In May, the Rapporteur will conduct two consultations as part of the security of tenure project – one on the 11 in Quito (Ecuador) and another on the 27 and 28 in Johannesburg (South Africa).

Questionnaire on security of tenure for Governments

Published in Wednesday March 27th, 2013

The Questionnaire on Security of Tenure is designed to obtain information from Governments for the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing’s ongoing study on security of tenure. Specifically, it will inform the Special Rapporteur’s final report to the Human Rights Council (to be presented at the 25th session in March 2014) and related guidance.

India’s Slumdog census reveals poor conditions for one in six urban dwellers

Published in Monday March 25th, 2013 In In the media

Nearly 64 million Indians live in a degrading urban environment.

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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.

Report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context, Raquel Rolnik

Published in Tuesday March 19th, 2013 In Social movement news

The present report is submitted by the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 15/8. In the report, the Special Rapporteur elaborates upon the concept of security of tenure as a component of the right to adequate housing. To download the complete report, click here.

Threats to right to food and ancestral sovereignty over territory

Published in Monday March 18th, 2013 In In the media

Indigenous Communities and Organizations for the Ancestral Forest, made up of about twenty Mapuche groups, presented on March 11 a declaration directed to the United Nations Special Rapporteurs Oliver De Schutter, about the right to food, and Raquel Rolnik, about the right to housing, denouncing the damaging effects of the Chilean forest policy, which endangers their right to food and ancestral sovereignty over their territory.

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Expropriation, no title and no compensation in Haiti

Published in Thursday March 14th, 2013 In Social movement news

Tuesday, as part of the construction of the new administrative city in the heart of the Capital, Jean-Baptiste Clark Neptune, Director General of Taxes (DGI) announced that the compensation process of owners within the perimeter declared of public utility, will begin.