Egypt: From Slum to Residential Area - The Cairo Example
About half of the Egyptian capital is covered by what are known as `informal neighbourhoods`, in other words: slums. Western development aid organisations apply this term because poor newcomers have built houses there without the
Published : 12 December 2013
Israel-Romania Row over oPt Colonies
A diplomatic spat has erupted between Israel and Romania after Bucharest reportedly refused to allow Romanian construction workers to be employed in settlements being built in the occupied West Bank. The row, reported by Israel`s military
Published : 11 December 2013
3 States Sign Red-Dead Deal
Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority have signed a water sharing pact aimed at one day replenishing the rapidly drying Dead Sea. The agreement will build a pipeline to carry brine from a desalination plant at
Published : 10 December 2013
EU Parliament Approves Morocco Fisheries Deal
European lawmakers approved on Tuesday a controversial fisheries accord with Morocco, allowing EU boats to return to the North African country`s waters after being kicked out in 2011. About 120 boats, mostly Spanish, from 11 European
Published : 10 December 2013
Yemen: Fresh Land Mines
Geneva—Yemen should investigate the allegations that its Republican Guard forces laid thousands of antipersonnel landmines in 2011, Human Rights Watch said today at the opening of an annual meeting of the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty.
Published : 06 December 2013
WTO Conceding to Vital Food Subsidies?
BALI, Indonesia—A possible World Trade Organization deal is moving closer to approval after one of the biggest holdups on food subsidies was set aside following hours of global negotiations that went late into the night. Trade
Published : 06 December 2013
New On-line Displacement Research Platform
CAMBRIDGE MA—MIT’s Displacement Research & Action Network (“The Network”) is pleased to announce the launch of its new website http://displacement.mit.edu. The site is a collaboration of academics from MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Published : 05 December 2013
CSOs to UN: Bind TNCs to Human Rights
BANGKOK—Over one hundred civil society organizations and social movements have publicly joined the growing call for States to begin taking steps toward establishing a binding international treaty to deal with corporate human rights abuses. The
Published : 04 December 2013
UN Judges Egypt on Habitat Rights
GENEVA—On 2 December 2013, following its review and formal dialog with the Arab Republic of Egypt, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) publicly issued its concluding observations on the state’s performance
Published : 02 December 2013
