Alerta Internacional sobre as violações do direito à moradia
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Marquetalia, San Lorenzo, Paraguay
En 1999 se toma el asentamiento urbano más grande del país que fue denominado por sus pobladores como Marquetalia.
Este asentamiento fue clave en la lucha y acceso a la tierra urbana en el país.
La toma se realizo el 26 de febrero de 1999 y fue habitado desde sus inicios por aproximadamente 1.600 familias ó 10.370 personas en las afueras de Asunción, en la ciudad de San Lorenzo, a veinte minutos de la capital paraguaya.
Tuvo cuatro ordenes de desalojo, que se lograron suspender en el mism...
Forced evictions rise dramatically around the world says UN-HABITAT advisory group
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The first UN-AGFE missions in 2005: an important part of the Zero Evictions Campaign
After its constitution in the Spring of 2004, the UN-Advisory Group on Forced Evictions (UN-AGFE) has received about thirty dossiers, from as many countries, reporting serious threats of eviction regarding emarginated social groups, as well as entire communities and neighbourhoods. On this basis, it decided to undertake its first missions in February and March 2005, sending its own delegations composed of representatives of inhabitants’ organisations, local administrations, and NGOs to Rome (Italy), Curitiba (Brazil), and San Domingo (Dominican Republic)
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Forced evictions reach crisis levels leaving millions homeless worldwide
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The United Nations Housing Rights Programme
Background/Mandate:
The United Nations Housing Rights Programme (UNHRP) was launched in April 2002, as a joint initiative by UN-HABITAT and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The establishment of the programme was a direct response to United Nations Commission on Human Settlements resolution 16/7 and United Nations Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2001/28 and 2001/34, all of which called upon the two agencies to elaborate a United Nations Housing Rights Programme. The substantive focus of the programme is grounded in the Habitat Agenda, in particular paragraph 61, which states that "Within the overall context of an enabling approach, Governments should take appropriate action in order to promote, protect and ensure the full and progressive realization of the right to adequate housing". [Read more...
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The UN Global Campaign for Secure Tenure
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The first meeting of UN-HABITAT’s Advisory Group on Forced Evictions
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Members UN-Habitat Advisory Group on Forced Evictions
MEMBERS UN-HABITAT ADVISORY GROUP ON FORCED EVICTION (2004) (2004)
Cesare Ottolini, Coordinator International Alliance of Inhabitants, Italy
Couglan Pather, Secretary of housing, Durban, South Africa
David Satterthwaite, Senior Fellow IIED, Unite Kingdom
Guillermo Rodriguez Curiel, Executive Commission of the Continental Front of Community organizations, Mexico
Hermes Binner, Mayor of Rosario, Argentina
Hosaka Mitsuhiko, Asian Coalition Housing Rights, Japan
Jane Weru, Pamoja Trust, Kenya
Jockin Arputham, National Slum Dwellers Federation, India
Joel Bolnick, Peoples Dialogue, South Africa
Leticia Osorio, COHRE Latin America, Brazil
Malick Gaye, ENDA Tiers Monde, Senegal
Olivio Dutra, Ministry of the Cities, Brazil
Paulo Teixiera, Secretary of housing and City planning, S. Paolo, Brazil
Scott Leckie, Director COHRE, Switzerland
Somsook Boonyabancha, Community Organizations Development Institute, Thailand
Yves Cabannes, former Coordinator UMP Latin America and Caribbean