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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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UN Risks “imminent financial collapse,” Secretary General Warns
By :Maia Davies and Imogen Foulkes, BBC
30 January 2026
UN risks `imminent financial collapse`, secretary general warns António Guterres said the organisation`s money could run out by July   The United Nations is at risk of “imminent financial collapse” due to member states not paying their fees, the body`s head has warned.   António Guterres said the UN faced a financial crisis which was
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Gaza: “New Rafah” Built in Israel’s Image, without Palestinians
By :Séamus Malekafzali, The Intercept
21 January 2026
Plans Call for “New Rafah” Built in Israel’s Image — Without Palestinians Project Sunrise outlines a “smart city” with AI grids. It’s only possible with the continued dispossession of Palestinians.     Over the past several days, the “Board of Peace,” the long-awaited Trump-led body that promised to turn the Gaza Strip into what amounts
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Amid “Ceasefire,” Israel Erases North Gaza Neighborhoods
By :Alljazeera Digital
20 January 2026
An Al Jazeera Digital investigation has uncovered evidence that neighborhoods in north Gaza are being excavated during the ceasefire, pointing to a larger plan to rebuild illegal Israeli settlements.   Watch the video report: “Israel is using the ceasefire to erase neighborhoods in north Gaza, 20 January 2026   Photo: Still excerpt from video with
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US Companies in Gaza: Pernicious Profiteering
By :Aram Roston and Cate Brown. The Guardian
14 December 2025
‘They’re trying to get rich off it’: US contractors vie to rebuild Gaza, with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ team in the lead Exclusive: group behind notorious Florida immigration detention center created bid for reconstruction deal     Trump administration insiders and well-connected Republican businesses have been jostling to dominate pending humanitarian aid and reconstruction logistics in
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Palestinian Civil Society Condemns UNSC Resolution 2803
By :Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO) and Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC)
22 November 2025
Palestinian Civil Society Condemns UNSC Resolution 2803 Establishing Joint US-Israel Illegal Occupation of Gaza     PALESTINE—On Monday, 17 November 2025, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) voted in favour of Resolution 2803, normalising the colonial occupation of Palestinian territory. This resolution was imposed on the Palestinian people without their consent, constituting a
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Palestinian Civil Society Condemns UNSC Resolution 2803
By :Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO) and Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC)
20 November 2025
Palestinian Civil Society Condemns UNSC Resolution 2803 Establishing Joint US-Israel Illegal Occupation of Gaza     PALESTINE—On Monday, 17 November 2025, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) voted in favour of Resolution 2803, normalising the colonial occupation of Palestinian territory. This resolution was imposed on the Palestinian people without their consent, constituting a
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New VDB Annual Report: "Imagining Reparation"
By :HIC-HLRN
31 October 2025
This 2025 annual report from HLRN’s Violation Database (VDB), Imagining Reparation: Data, Numbers and Entitlements from Protracted Habitat Rights Violations, focuses on the concept of reparation for housing, land, and property (HLP) rights violations, particularly in the context of Palestine. It builds on previous HLRN reports analyzing violations documented in
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Trump’s Gaza Riviera Plan: Population Transfer, `Digital Tokens` for Palestinian land
By :Reuters
31 August 2025
Post-war Gaza plan sees relocation of population, `digital token` for Palestinian land: Washington Post     Summary Plan reportedly involves temporary relocation and redevelopment of Gaza Trump`s previous comments on Gaza plan angered Palestinians, humanitarian groups Israeli forces escalate operations around Gaza City, declare it combat zone     A post-war plan for Gaza is circulating within President Donald Trump`s administration
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Disaster Capitalism and the Postwar Plans for Gaza
By :Nur Arafeh and Mandy Turner, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
24 July 2025
Destruction, Disempowerment, and Dispossession: Disaster Capitalism and the Postwar Plans for Gaza Once Israel’s war in the territory is brought to an end, the foundational principles guiding reconstruction should be Palestinian self-determination, local agency, and sovereignty.     Introduction   Israel’s war against Gaza has devastated Palestinian life there and destroyed the territory’s political economy and infrastructure.
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Documents (26)

Document Title

Publication Date

Reparation Bibliography

06 May 2025

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 (الأطراف الفاعلة)

20 September 2022

الإنتقال من العمل الخيري والإغاثة إلى التنمية (تعهدات الدولة)

19 September 2022

مقارنة الصدقة مقابل التنمية

18 September 2022

تحديات التحوّل أخضر في السودان

23 April 2022

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

28 January 2021

"A Pandemic of Violations"

05 October 2020

Human Rights Habitat Observatory

10 July 2017

The Right to Adequate Food Seminar: Promoting accountability of food security actions to the people most affected by food insecurity and malnutrition

24 January 2017

Final draft "New Urban Agenda" of 10 September 2016

10 September 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

Framework for Action for Food Security and Nutrition in Protracted Crises

15 October 2015

HIC Comments on Habitat III Issue Papers

31 July 2015

Housing Land and Property Issues and the Response to Displacement in Libya

01 December 2012

Toward the Conference of High Contracting Parties of the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (1949) on measures to enforce the Convention in the occupied Palestinian territory

01 April 2010

العراق: قانون هيئة دعاوي الملكية

09 March 2010

Law on compensating people affected by War Operations, Military accidental errors, and Terrorist Actions, Number 20 (2009)

28 December 2009

"Neo‐liberalism on crack Cities under siege in Iraq," City, Vol. 11, Issue 1 (2007)

21 May 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

“Study on treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous populations,” Final report by the Special Rapporteur, E/CN.4/Sub.2/1999/20

22 June 1999

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