Lebanon’s Splendid Mountains Fleeting
Lebanon`s mountains are being wiped from the map – but does anyone care? “We had a court order for the quarries to stop but after five days the trucks came back and the local police facilitated
Published : 08 June 2018
Israel`s Top Court Vets New Colony Law
Israel`s Supreme Court on Sunday met in an expanded panel of nine justices to consider striking down a law on settlements so contentious that the attorney general refuses to defend it. The law, allowing expropriation of
Published : 03 June 2018
Syria: Law 10 to Obstruct Refugee Return
A harsh new property law implemented by the Syrian government effectively deprives thousands of people displaced by the ongoing conflict of their homes and lands and potentially destroys evidence of war crimes it has committed,
Published : 27 May 2018
Syria: Conflict Reshuffles the Demographic Map
Seven years of war and massive displacement have redrawn Syria`s demographic map, erecting borders between the country`s ethnic, religious, and political communities that will be hard to erase. Displaced Syrians, analysts, and rights defenders have described
Published : 25 May 2018
Israeli Court OKs Razing Palestinian Village
Israeli court authorises demolition of Palestinian village of Khan al-Ahmar. Community will most likely be relocated next to landfill in Abu Dis, a rundown West Bank suburb of East Jerusalem Ignoring the pleas of European governments
Published : 24 May 2018
HIC-HLRN at UN Human Rights Council on Gaza
Statement by Habitat International Coalition Joseph Schechla, coordinator of Housing and Land Rights Network 28th Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council (90-second limit) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Israel’s latest atrocity against the Palestinian people epitomizes an unbroken
Published : 18 May 2018
95 CSOs Urge Human Rights Council Gaza Inquiry
Enough is Enough: 95 civil society organizations call on the Human Rights Council to urgently launch a ‘Commission of Inquiry’ to investigate violence against protesters in Palestine In light of the recent mass killing of civilians
Published : 17 May 2018
US Opens Embassy, Israel Massacres 60 Palestinians
US Opens New Embassy, Israel Kills 57 Returners 14-05-2018 14:40 Serial press releases of Al Mezan (Gaza) Nakba Day Protests in Gaza: 57 Palestinians Killed and 2,000 injured, 70 in Critical Condition 14 May 2018 By 8pm local time (+2
Published : 14 May 2018
HICtionary Newly Updated
HIC-HLRN has just updated the HICtionary: Key Habitat Terms from A to Z. This reference work is the result of deliberation and debate across multiple specializations, regions and cultures within the membership of Habitat International
Published : 06 May 2018
