Americas consultation for the Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing report on climate change and housing

Objective The purpose of this public consultation is to collect input and recommendations from Civil Society Organizations in preparation for the Rapporteur’s next report to the Human Rights Council in 2023 to the issue of the right to adequate housing and climate change. Mr. Balakrishnan Rajagopal, the Special Rapporteur, will hold 3 regional consultations with […]

Virtual discussion between Latin American civil society organisations and networks and experts

Content available in Spanish “RETOS Y PERSPECTIVAS SOBRE LA AGENDA 2030 PARA EL DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE EN EL DESAFIANTE CONTEXTO MUNDIAL Y REGIONAL ACTUAL” Enlace al formato de registro: https://forms.gle/o4668Mtt6  La iniciativa de organizar el Conversatorio “Retos y perspectivas sobre la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible en el desafiante contexto mundial y regional actual” tiene […]

State of the World 2022 – Online Global Conference

TNI invites you to their first ever State of the World conference – an exciting opportunity to hear some of the best scholar activists worldwide with a truly internationalist analysis of the state of the world. Our world is in a state of flux and crisis. The pandemic exposed the deep injustice of our economic and […]

Side event: Housing and Land Rights ahead of South Africa’s UPR

The upcoming Universal Periodic Review of South Africa and the current Human Rights Council 51 st session should focus on the human rights to adequate housing and land rights and protection of their defenders Organization organizing the event: Habitat International Coalition Co-sponsoring organizations : Abahlali baseMjondolo, The African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies, CIVICUS, […]

Urban October 2022

Urban October is an opportunity for everyone to be part of the conversation about the challenges and opportunities we face in the defense of our Human Rights related to Habitat. The month begins with World Habitat Day on the first Monday of the month, 3 October 2022, with the theme Mind the Gap. Leave No One and […]

UCLG 7th World Congress and Summit of Local and Regional Leaders

Held every three years, the UCLG World Summit and Congress builds on the century-old origins of our Organization as a movement driven by peace, solidarity and city diplomacy, and the pledge of the local and regional governments’ constituency around the world to safeguard the dreams and aspirations of their communities.Aware that failing future generations is […]

UCLG 7th World Congress and Summit of Local and Regional Leaders

Held every three years, the UCLG World Summit and Congress builds on the century-old origins of UCLG as a movement driven by peace, solidarity and city diplomacy, and the pledge of the local and regional governments’ constituency around the world to safeguard the dreams and aspirations of their communities. The 7th UCLG Congress will be held from 10 […]

Preparatory Meeting to the UN 2023 Water Conference

The Preparatory Meeting to the UN 2023 Water Conference will be held on the 25 October 2022 at the UN HQ, in New York. The aim is to finalize the themes of the interactive dialogues and other outstanding organizational matters of the UN 2023 Water Conference (that will take place in New York, 22–24 March 2023.). […]

Ending impunity for severe housing rights violations – Should domicide be recognized as an international crime?

Time: 27 October 2022, 13:15 EST (New York) The attacking, bombing and shelling of civilian targets and the destruction of entire cities and villages – displacing millions into homelessness – have been largely met with impunity. In his report to the UN General Assembly, the Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing (A/77/190) argues to recognize these […]

United Nations Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP 27)

From 6 to 18 November 2022, the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt will host the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP 27), with a view to building on previous successes and paving the way for future ambition to effectively tackle the global challenge of climate change. The meeting comprises the […]