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Gaza: ‘Green Rafah’ - Haven or Conquest?
By :Occupation Watch
25 October 2026
‘Green Rafah’: Humanitarian Haven or Another U.S.–Israeli Scheme to Isolate Palestinians?   “The idea of social sorting or demographic engineering is bound to fail before it even gets off the ground.”   In late November 2025, Rafah in southern Gaza returned to the center of public debate, not only as a devastated city on
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Egyptian Firms Survey Rafah Ruins for `Green Rafah` Housing Plan
By :Occupation Watch
22 October 2026
Egyptian Firms Surveyed Rafah Ruins Under Israeli Military Escort for `Green Rafah` Housing Plan, Sources Say Two Egyptian sources describe engineers mapping a reconstruction zone in Israeli-controlled Rafah meant to eventually house 20,000 Palestinians under Shin Bet vetting and Egyptian contracting control.     Egyptian engineers walked the rubble of eastern Rafah this year
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Israel’s Lebanese Land Grab
By :Belen Fernandez, Black Agenda Report
21 October 2026
Israel’s Lebanese Land Grab Under the guise of a farcical “pilot zone” project to restore Lebanon’s sovereignty, Israel is pursuing a scorched-earth strategy while entrenching its occupation.     Back in June, United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled a “Trilateral Framework” signed by Lebanon, Israel, and everyone’s favorite tyrannical global superpower, which,
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UNCCD CoP 17: Territories in Motion
By :ICCA Consortium
18 August 2026
Pastoralist voices, living territories and collective action for resilient rangelandsat UNCCD CoP17.   At UNCCD COP17, the ICCA Consortium is joining pastoralist communities, Members, partners and allies to highlight the vital role of pastoral territories of life. Through publications, community stories, policy messages and events, we are showing how mobility, customary governance,
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New Case Study: "Land Administration for Peacebuilding in Darfur"
By :GLTN/HIC-HLRN
16 June 2026
Newly published UN-Habitat/GLTN case study “Advancing Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration for Peacebuilding and the Sustainable Return of IDPs in Darfur”!   Land and natural resources remain at the heart of inter-communal conflict in Darfur and constitute the key enabler to durable solutions for internally displaced persons and returnees. This brief presents practical experiences
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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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Reparations Bibliography
By :Regularly updated compilation of published sources on the subject of reparations for Palestine
26 April 2026

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Now available: Land Times/أحوال الأرض No. 34
By :HIC-HLRN
30 March 2026
Now available: The latest issue of Land Timesأحوال الأرض/  No. 34 bears witness to the rupture of our present-day, it also seeks to be part of the remedy.   Find a summary of the contents in the editorial [AR], with a critical review of new and contentious terms in the “Terminology Corner,”
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International Women’s Day: Palestinian Women’s Inspiring Resistance
By :BDS National Committee
08 March 2026
International Women’s Day: The Inspiring Resistance of Palestinian Women   On 8 March, the reality of Palestinian women cannot be separated from their tireless resistance to colonial violence and ongoing genocide — which demolishes their homes, threatens their land and throws them in prison cells. Women also carry most of the burden of caring
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Documents (55)

Document Title

Publication Date

The Baku Call to Action

26 May 2026

Reparations Bibliography

28 March 2026

Land and the right to adequate housing: Iraq, Jordan and Syria

30 May 2025

Reparations Bibliography

06 May 2025

Implementing the Human Right to Remedy in Libya

07 April 2025

Climate Finance Table - Tunisia

23 August 2024

Assessing Loss and Damage Impacts Associated with Climate Change

21 November 2023

Yenişehir Housing Project for Earthquake Survivors

15 February 2023

Housing and Land Rights Network Solutions to Loss and Damage Associated with Climate Change

06 January 2023

Housing and Property Restitution in Middle East and North Africa

30 November 2022

الإنتقال من العمل الخيري والإغاثة إلى التنمية (أسئلة أستراتيجية)

21 September 2022

الإنتقال من العمل الخيري والإغاثة إلى التنمية (جبر الضرر)

20 September 2022

الإنتقال من العمل الخيري والإغاثة إلى التنمية (العدالة)

20 September 2022

الإنتقال من العمل الخيري والإغاثة إلى التنمية (الأطراف الفاعلة)

20 September 2022

الإنتقال من العمل الخيري والإغاثة إلى التنمية (حقوق الحيازة)

19 September 2022

الإنتقال من العمل الخيري والإغاثة إلى التنمية" (المقدمة)

18 September 2022

مقارنة الصدقة مقابل التنمية

18 September 2022

Comment aborder les cas liés au changement climatique dans la BDV

07 September 2022

تحديات التحوّل أخضر في السودان

23 April 2022

Table of Sudan`s Funded Green-transition Projects

23 April 2022

New Book: Counting on Land Justice in Yemen

24 October 2021

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

24 October 2021

Conflict, Occupation, War amid Global Cease-fire

18 October 2021

التعويل على العدالة: ضحايا انتهاكات الأرض ودعم مشروع العدالة الانتقالية لجبر الضرر في اليمن

28 January 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

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

23 April 2018

Human Rights Habitat Observatory

10 July 2017

Introduction to Loss Matrix/EvIA Tool

28 August 2016

What Papua New Guinea Said

26 July 2016

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

19 July 2016

اتفاق باريس، FCCC/CP/2015/L.9/Rev.1

12 December 2015

"Building Climate-resilient Societies," HIC statement to COP21

04 December 2015

"Key Issues and Recommendations," Housing in the City We Need UTC

18 November 2015

Annotated Outline of the Habitat III Regional Report for the Arab Region

23 October 2015

تحويل عالمنا: خطة التنمية المستدامة لعام ٢٠٣٠، A/RES/70/1

21 October 2015

Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, A/RES/70/1

21 October 2015

Framework for Action for Food Security and Nutrition in Protracted Crises

15 October 2015

إطار العمل بشأن الأمن الغذائي والتغذية في الأزمات الممتدة

15 October 2015

HIC Comments on Habitat III Issue Papers

31 July 2015

إعلان الأمم المتحدة بشأن حقوق الشعوب الأصلية

02 October 2007

Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas

02 October 2007

Housing and property restitution in the context of the return of refugees and internally displaced persons, E/CN.4/Sub.2/2005/17

28 June 2005

رد المساكن والممتلكات في سياق عودة اللاجئين والمشردين داخلياً "المبادئ المتعلقة برد المساكن والممتلكات إلى اللاجئين والمشردين، E/CN.4/Sub.2/2005/17

28 June 2005

المسؤلية الدولية عن النتائج الضارة الناجمة عن أفعال لا يحظرها القانون الدولي (منع الضرر العابر للحدود الناجم عن أنشطة الخانرة)

10 August 2001

Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements and the Habitat Agenda, A/CONF.165/14

14 June 1996

Declaración de Estambul sobre los Asentamientos Humanos y Programa de Hábitat, A/CONF.65/14

14 June 1996

إعلان استمبول وجدول أعمال المستوطنات البشرية

14 April 1996

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa.

14 October 1994

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

14 October 1994

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa.

14 October 1994

Declaración de Vancouver

11 June 1976

Flood Control & Marine Pollution of Continental Origin, Institute of International Law, 55th Conference

17 August 1972

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