ARCHIVE January, 2013
Human Rights Committee addresses housing rights violations and denial of access to water and sanitation as violations of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Building upon work initiated by staff from the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in 2010, the Human Rights Committee has adopted a List of Issues […]
January 16, 2013 in Uncategorized by admin
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The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights released its publication entitled Women and the Right to Adequate Housing. This publication provides an overview of the meaning, intent and implications of the human right to adequate housing, and illustrates de jure and de facto obstacles to women worldwide enjoying this right effectively. […]
January 10, 2013 in Uncategorized by admin
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In a landmark decision in the case of Liliana Naidenova et al. v. Bulgaria, the Human Rights Committee issued a permanent injunction preventing the forced eviction of the Dobri Jeliazkov community in Sofia, Bulgaria. This case involves a Roma community in Sofia that has existed for over seventy years and faced imminent forced eviction in […]
January 2, 2013 in Uncategorized by admin
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