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Israel’s JNF Committing Ecocide in Palestine
By :HIC-HLRN, LRC & PENGON
01 November 2026
“Israel’s Ecocide in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, with a Focus on the Jewish National Fund” A joint submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the oPt by the Housing and Land Rights Network–Habitat International Coalition, the Land Research Center, and the Palestinian Environmental NGO Network.     The report presents input to the UN
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Turkish Cypriots Call for EU Action over North`s `Demographic Changes`
By :Politis
21 October 2026
Turkish Cypriot Groups Calls for EU Action Over `Demographic Changes` in the North   Summary   The Movement of Cypriots for Peace and Solidarity delivered a letter to European Commission Vice-President Raffaele Fitto on 6 October, urging EU action over settlement and demographic change in the occupied areas. It said Turkey’s settlement, assimilation and integration
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Israel Demolishes Bedouin Palestinian Homes, 250 Homeless
By :Nadav Rapaport, Middle East Eye
13 October 2026
 Israel demolishes Bedouin Palestinian homes leaving 250 homeless Palestinian leaders have condemned the demolitions, accusing far-right ministers of using the displacement of Bedouin families to mobilise voters     Israeli forces demolished between 50 and 80 homes and a mosque belonging to a Bedouin Palestinian clan on Monday, leaving about 250 people homeless.   The Israeli
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Portugal and Spain Struggle as EU Housing Black Spots
By :Inês Lopes, Portugal Resident
11 October 2026
Portugal and Spain struggle as EU housing black spots Iberian neighbours afflicted by vast property shortages due to immigration, bureaucracy and high construction costs     Portugal and Spain are struggling with some of the EU’s worst housing crises, as immigration-driven population growth, bureaucracy and high construction costs combine to create severe property shortages.   Such
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Madrid: Thousands Protest, Return 87-year-old Woman Evicted after 71 Years
By :Adam England, People
30 September 2026
87-Year-Old Woman Who Was Evicted After 71 Years Allowed Home After Nearly 10,000 People Protest in the Streets María del Carmen Abascal’s lawyer has negotiated a deal setting rent on her Madrid apartment at 30% of her income for the next eight years   Summary   An 87-year-old woman evicted from her home of 70
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World Social Forum 2026: Achieving Another World through Resistance
By :World March of Women
10 August 2026
Another World Is Built Through Resistance: World Social Forum took place in Cotonou     On 6 August, the World Social Forum officially began in Cotonou, Benin. Despite attempts by the Beninese government to prevent the Forum from taking place, blocking caravans at the borders and trying to stop participants from entering the
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Gazan Fishermen Shouldn’t Have to Be So Resilient
By :Ebrahim Hajjaj, writing by Emily Giles, editing by Andrew Heavens and Louise Heavens, Reuters
05 June 2026
Gazan fishermen patch up dinghies with door frames to keep themselves afloat   GAZA—In a Gaza workshop, a group of men patch up pleasure dinghies with reclaimed Fiberglas, wood ​and door frames pulled from the rubble, racing to get the boats ready for a ‌tougher line of work.   The small vessels, which were
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Albania: Protests against Trump/Kushner Coastal Development
By :IntelliNews
31 May 2026
Protesters Target Albanian Coastal Development Linked to Trump family     Albanian police have brought criminal charges against 17 people following clashes between protesters and private security personnel at a disputed coastal development site near the village of Zvërnec, an ecologically sensitive area on the Adriatic coast that has attracted international investor interest.   The
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The Baku Call to Action
By :WUF13 stakeholders
26 May 2026
The Baku Call to Action is an inclusive stakeholder-driven document from WUF13, addressing the global housing crisis and proposing integrated, inclusive solutions.   The document emphasizes the urgent need to prioritize housing as a human right, addressing systemic policy failures, inequality, climate impacts, and governance challenges through multi-stakeholder action and structural reform.   Recognizing
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The Baku Call to Action
By :WUF13 stakeholders
22 May 2026
The Baku Call to Action is an inclusive stakeholder-driven document from WUF13, addressing the global housing crisis and proposing integrated, inclusive solutions.   The document emphasizes the urgent need to prioritize housing as a human right, addressing systemic policy failures, inequality, climate impacts, and governance challenges through multi-stakeholder action and structural reform.   Recognizing
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Documents (49)

Document Title

Publication Date

Israel’s JNF Committing Ecocide in Palestine

01 November 2026

The Baku Call to Action

26 May 2026

The Operational and Financial Crisis Facing UNRWA

01 March 2026

Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism

27 December 2022

الإنتقال من العمل الخيري والإغاثة إلى التنمية" (المقدمة)

18 September 2022

Human Rights Related to Habitat (Land, Housing, Population Transfer, Natural Resources) in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara

16 March 2022

Conflict, Occupation, War amid Global Cease-fire

18 October 2021

Global Farmers Strike - First Wave

01 February 2021

Counting on Justice: A Reckoning of Land Rights Violations and Their Consequences toward Reparations for Victims in Yemen

28 January 2021

تقرير جديد: الأرض وسط الجائحة

11 December 2020

"A Pandemic of Violations"

05 October 2020

جائحة من الانتهاكات الإخلاء القسري، وغيره من انتهاكات حقوق الإنسان المرتبطة بالموئل وسط جائحة كوفيد-19

05 October 2020

House Demolitions by Israeli Forces and Their Impacts across the Naqab Region

25 September 2020

Incidents of infrastructure development that displace people: Baseline assessment of women’s wealth, wellbeing and habitat including potential losses

30 July 2020

Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism for Sustainable Development

09 February 2020

نحو آلية مؤسسية لتشارك أصحاب المصلحة في حوكمة موئل الأمم المتحدة الجديدة

09 February 2020

Toward an Institutional Mechanism for Stakeholder Engagement in the New UN Habitat Governance

09 February 2020

Vers un Mécanisme Institutionnel d’Engagement des parties prenantes dans la Nouvelle Gouvernance d’ONU Habitat

09 February 2020

Process from Problem to Solution (graphic)

12 November 2018

HIC’s role in the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty: Representing the Urban Constituency

02 July 2018

Rapport d’inventaire des biens des communautés locales de Mvuzi 3, Lubuaku, Lundu et Kilengo à Inga

06 June 2018

SDG Messages from Arab CSOs

24 April 2018

الحق في المدينة في بيروت الكبرى: تقييم السياق في ضوء أزمة اللاجئين والنازحين

23 April 2018

Land Forum VI program

25 October 2017

برنامج منتدى الأرض لشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا

25 October 2017

Boston Tenants Fighting Displacement

02 September 2017

Human Rights Habitat Observatory

10 July 2017

Tunisia: Jemna Oasis Land Struggle

13 April 2017

Habitat III Statement

20 October 2016

Alternativas desde la sociedad civil hacia Hábitat III,

12 August 2016

Restoring Human Rights and Habitat to the Habitat III Process and New Habitat Agenda

19 July 2016

Livret vert de la Convergence

19 March 2016

Livret vert de la Convergence des luttes pour la terre et l`eau

19 March 2016

HIC Comments on Habitat III Issue Papers

31 July 2015

Small Farmer Uprisings and Rural Neglect in Egypt and Tunisia

30 September 2014

Eviction Impact Assessment in Chilla Khadar Village

12 December 2012

المنتدى الحضري العالمي السادس: مستقبل المدن

09 July 2012

Prequantification Analysis Summary: Muthalath Maspero, Cairo

11 February 2012

Egypt Study Visit Brief

10 February 2012

The Cruel Side of Delhi`s Beautification: Illegal Demolition in Baljeet Nagar

30 June 2011

مبادئ توجيهيـة بشأن الوثائق المتعلقة بمعاهدة محددة التي ينبغي أن تقدمها الدول الأطراف

24 March 2009

إعلان توصيات مؤتمر الفلاحين الدولى - إعلان نياليني

27 February 2007

Social Production of Housing in Mexico: Its National Importance and Its Economic Impact on Poor Households

30 September 2006

“Tierra y Liberdad: The Social Function Doctrine and Land Reform in Latin America,” Tulane Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 19

15 June 2006

Restructuring New Delhi`s Urban Habitat, Building an Apartheid City, A Report on the Resettlement process of Delhi, India

01 January 2002

Cities and Homes for All: The Habitat Agenda

30 June 1996

إعلان القدس: مشروع ميثاق حركة حقوق السكن الفلسطينية

29 May 1995

اتفاقية الأمم المتحدة لمكافحة التصحر في البلدان التي تعاني من الجفاف الشديد و /أو من التصحر، وبخاصة في إفريقيا

14 October 1994

HIC Global Policy Declaration

15 June 1989

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