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Habitat III: “It’s not about conferences, but people” – UN expert calls for big ‘Shift’ in approach to housing
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QUITO / GENEVA (21 October 2016) – Current perceptions of housing as a commodity, of development at any expense, and the exclusion of the most vulnerable, remain dominant in the global approach to...
"The New Urban Agenda" -- Opening remarks at a press conference by UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kate Gilmore at the Habitat III Conference in Ecuador
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Quito, 20 October 2016 Good morning. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is the lead UN agency advocating for, and working on, human rights in all contexts – including in urban...
Habitat III: “Cities for people, with people”, UN rights experts urge
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Spanish GENEVA (13 October 2016) – The UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, Habitat III, which takes place next week, is a unique opportunity to ensure human rights responses...
Fear in Eritrea
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A new report released by the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea features chilling accounts of human rights violations that amount to crimes against humanity.
Homelessness affects every single country and is spreading with impunity – New UN report
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GENEVA (3 March 2016) – Homelessness is a fact of life in all countries of the world, regardless of the level of development of their economic or governance systems, and it has been spreading with...
UN experts urge Pakistan to halt forced evictions and demolitions for new metro line in Lahore
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GENEVA (22 January 2016) – Two United Nations experts today called on the Government of Pakistan to halt the ongoing construction work of the Orange metro line in Lahore, which has resulted in...
Nigeria: UN expert urges authorities to halt ongoing trend of forced evictions
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GENEVA (23 November 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Leilani Farha, today urged the Nigerian Government to put an immediate end to the ongoing trend of...
Bold action needed from governments to guide future of urban development – UN expert on right to housing
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NEW YORK / GENEVA (22 October 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, Leilani Farha, today has challenged governments to go further and commit to bold action to end...
More satellite images to assist human rights work
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Satellite imagery plays a vital role in helping to substantiate and help corroborate other sources of information, including witness testimonies, of human rights violations. A recent agreement between the UN Human Rights Office and UNITAR’s Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) hopes to expand the use of this technology for human rights work.