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2020 R-Existences of Inhabitants United. Developing rights, Breaking boundaries and Taking care our Planet!

Our desires and purposes of / for the inhabitants of rural and urban area who R- Exist: who recognize and develop their rights breaking boundaries, building bridges and taking care of our planet, generating and strengthening unity and solidarity!We wish you the very best while counting on your commitment and support!

Tackling climate change through Human Rights related to Habitat and the Right to the City

We, social movements, civil society and local governments organizations join forces to persuade COP25 delegates to finally reach and enforce their commitments to tackle the causes and consequences of climate change, by financing and implementing policies that put people at the centre and embrace Human Rights related to Habitat and the Right to the City, striving for a zero emission future and without any forced evictions from right now. We are committed to implement this alternative approach resisting the dominant neo-liberal model.

The challenge is on! UN's housing advisors accuses #Blackstone Group, along with other private equity firms, of helping to fuel a global housing crisis

The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, and the Chairperson of the Working Group on business and human rights, have written to one of the world’s largest investors in residential real estate, the Blackstone Group L.P ., expressing serious concerns that its actions are inconsistent with international human rights law.Here the incredible Blackstone's reply We encourage actvists to use the documents in their outreach. Hence the challenge is on!

Women's Right to the City Manifesto

1. A CITY that adopts all necessary measures - regulations, urban planning, economic and social-  to combat all forms of discrimination  against women and girls; takes all necessary measures to ensure their full development; guarantees their equality in the exercise and realization of their rights, especially those of women living in poverty, Afro-descendants, indigenous, displaced, migrants, mestizo, LGBTQIA, and women and girls with disabilities, among others.

The Nexus between the Right to Housing and Climate Change – Insights from the Climate Conference COP24 in Katowice, Poland

People living in informal settlements, that is more than 850 million people worldwide and one quarter of the global urban population, are disproportionally affected, but their needs are underrepresented in national and local climate policies, also within the international climate community. We have attended the Climate Change Conference (COP24) in Katowice, Poland , to further the widely ignored discussions about the nexus between the right to housing and climate change.

2019 R-Existences of Inhabitants United. Developing rights, Breaking boundaries and Taking care our Planet!

Our desires and purposes of / for the inhabitants of rural and urban area who R- Exist: who recognize and develop their rights breaking boundaries, building bridges and taking care of our planet, generating and strengthening unity and solidarity!We wish you the very best while counting on your commitment and support!

Declaration for the Day of Human Rights and the Right to the City

We, social movements, civil society and local governments’ organizations are committed to social justice through the promotion, defense and fulfillment of all human rights related to habitat, including the Human Right to Adequate Housing, Land and the Right to the City in every region of the world.

Declaration on the World Day for the Right to the City

On the occasion of the World Day for the Right to the City, the Global Platform for the Right to the City stands in solidarity with the victims of  and resistance to urban development driven by neoliberal policies, in particular against forced evictions, and launches a strong appeal to local and national governments and the UN to implement the Right to the City as a collective path to build just, inclusive, peaceful and sustainable cities for all.  

Inhumane conditions in informal settlements a "global scandal", says UN rights expert

NEW YORK (18 October 2018) –  Ignoring almost 900 million people living in overcrowded informal settlements is a global human rights scandal that governments must resolve, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing said today.

Plus de sécurité foncière grâce aux communs ?

Comunidad Maria Auxiliadora (CLT), Cochabamba (Bolivie) © Habitat en Mouvement, Pierre Arnold, Charlène Lemarié. Les expériences de formes collectives de propriété, basée sur la notion de communs, se multiplient dans le monde. Irène Salenson  et Claire Simonneau  s’interrogent sur les possibilités qu’elles offrent pour réduire la précarité des habitants les plus défavorisés.