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A Convenção de Kampala ao serviço das PDIs

Em Outubro de 2009, a União Africana adoptou a Convenção sobre a Protecção e Assistência às Pessoas Deslocadas Internamente em África (a Convenção de Kampala). Assente nos Princípios Orientadores, na experiência acumulada, e também em legislação e políticas dos estados africanos, a Convenção de Kampala representa um importante marco histórico para a garantia dos direitos básicos das PDIs.

Land loss to speculators, industries and cities result in hunger – UN rights expert

An estimated 500 million small-scale farmers across the world are hungry, partly as a result of losing their farmland to industrial expansion, urbanization or environmental degradation, the United Nations independent expert on the right to food told the General Assembly today.“As rural populations grow and competition with large industrial units increases, the plots cultivated by smallholders are shrinking year after year,” Olivier De Schutter, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, said as he presented a report to the Assembly.

IAI welcomed the decision to extends the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing

The UN Human Rights Council, during its 15th session in late September, decided to extend for a period of three years the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing. Concerning the permanency of Raquel Rolnik as Special Rapporteur, initially stablished to end up on April 2011, it will be appreciated by the Council in March 2011, who will decide if her mandate should be extended for an additional period of three years. The IAI welcomed the decision, saying that it demonstrated a commitment of the international community to acknowledge the challenges the world still faces, and confirmed his willing to collaborate with Raquel Rolnik to defend the right to adequate housing, without borders.

UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing - newsletter #1

We are pleased to present the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing website! There you will find reports and other documents prepared by the Rapporteur, as well as news on the topic. With this tool, we hope to facilitate access to information concerning the Rapporteur’s work, create a space of reference on the subject and a channel for direct communication with the public. For that purpose, we expect to receive contributions and news from all over the world. Welcome!

China silences women housing rights activists ahead of Expo 2010

Shen Peilan (left), Mao Hengfeng (middle) and Jin Yuehua (right) "Better city - better life" is the theme of Expo 2010, which begins in the Chinese city of Shanghai on Saturday. Yet it is a hollow slogan for more than 18,000 families who were evicted from their homes to pave the way for China's global technology and innovation showpiece.

The Access of Selp-Help Networks to the International Arena, FRANCE, june 2010

As rêdes de auto-ayuda entram na cena internacional

Encontro Internacional de Rambouillet (França), 23 e 24 de março de 2009 Em março de 2009, a Fundaçao Ford e l’IRG reuniram 11 organisaçoes “de base” e membros de redes de auto-ayuda num seminario internacional.

Zimbabwe's 700,000 victims of forced eviction still ignored five years on

A woman stands outside her home at Gunhill informal settlement on the outskirts of Harare, Zimbabwe, 24 March 2010 The government of Zimbabwe must take action to protect hundreds of thousands of people left to survive in substandard settlements five years after a program of mass forced evictions, Amnesty International and the Coalition Against Forced Evictions are calling on the government to provide adequate alternative accommodation or compensation to those left homeless and jobless.

Stopping corruption to save lives: A practical guide for humanitarian emergencies

A timely, comprehensive practical guide for combating corruption in relief and reconstruction has been published today by Transparency International (TI), the global anti-corruption organisation, in collaboration with seven major humanitarian agencies.

A perda de Han van Putten

Han van Putten Pioneiro do direito ao habitat sem fronteiras Han Van Putten nascido a 28 de Maio de 1922, morreu a 25 de Outubro de 2009 na sua casa em The Hague (Holanda). Han era casado com Anneke Van Putten Torensma, Pai de Sietske, Frank, Marc, Willem e Rebecca e um amigo querido de Lidie Luursema.

Africa: Talking about forced displacement

The displaced in Bulo Hawo, near the Kenyan border KAMPALA, 22 October 2009 (IRIN) - Civil society and government officials are gathered in the Ugandan capital of Kampala to discuss the Convention on the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Africa and a declaration on refugees, returnees and IDPs.