In a landmark decision, the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights has ruled against the Sudanese government, accusing it of committing a wide range of human rights violations against the...
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Israel: UN set to quiz government on violations of right to housing and water
8 July 2010 - Israel was today accused of serious human rights violations in the area of housing and access to water - including war crimes. The accusations came as Israel prepares to be examined by...
Kenya: Pres. Kibaki asked to stop forced eviction of tens of thousands from railway reserve land
Human rights organizations including COHRE, Amnesty International and the national civil society organizations Shelter Forum and Hakijamii Trust have written to Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki urging...
Kenya: Government must do better on housing rights for poor
(Geneva, 5 March 2010) The Geneva-based Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) today called on the Kenyan government to show more commitment to the housing rights of the poor in Kenya. The...
Nigeria: Government must ensure safe return and compensation for displaced in Jos
The Geneva-based Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) today said that those displaced as a result of the recent violence in Jos must be provided with adequate emergency shelter while...
Rights without remedy: The impact of Israel's illegal Wall in the occupied Palestinian territory on the human rights of the Palestinian people, five years after the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice
Executive Summary This report is released on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the issuing of the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legal consequences of the...
Indonesia: Sidoarjo mudflow victims must be provided with adequate rehabilitation and compensation
On the third anniversary of the Sidoarjo mudflow disaster human rights groups have once again called on the Government of Indonesia to provide all affected persons with immediate assistance and...
Sri Lanka: Tsunami victims threatened with homelessness
More than 500 families living in at least 11 tsunami transitional shelter sites in Moratuwa and Ratmalana are threatened with homelessness once again unless the Government of Sri Lanka halts plans to...
COHRE statement on xenophobic attacks in South Africa
More than 100,000 people forcibly evicted from their homes in South Africa through xenophobic attacks: South African government must act immediately to deal with both the causes and consequences of...
Hoping to return home: Housing, land and property restitution rights for Bhutanese refugees and displaced persons
Executive summary More than 107 000 people of ethnic Nepali origin ('Lhotshampas') have been displaced from their homes and lands in Bhutan over the past two decades. Most have since resided for many...
Human rights organisations call for an end to housing rights violations in Nigeria: More than 800,000 residents evicted from Abuja from 2003 to 2007
Geneva, Lagos, 15 May 2008: More than 800,000 residents were forcibly evicted from informal settlements in Abuja, Nigeria, from 2003 to 2007, during the administration of Federal Capital Territory...
Nigeria: The myth of the Abuja master plan
Introduction For over ten years, the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) and the Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC) have monitored and advocated against massive and egregious...
COHRE statement on Burma
COHRE calls for urgent action to protect housing rights in response to cyclone in Burma The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) today called on the Burmese regime to immediately allow...
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OPT: Hostage to politics - the impact of sanctions and the blockade on the human right to water and sanitation in Gaza
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Gaza Strip is currently undergoing a humanitarian crisis which includes the widespread denial of economic, social and cultural rights. This humanitarian crisis has been...
Myanmar: Displacement and dispossession - Forced migration and land rights in Burma
Executive Summary Burma today is experiencing a crisis in security of land tenure, which includes the widespread abuse of human, economic, social, cultural, and political rights. This report,...
The Pinheiro Principles: United Nations Principles on Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons
This booklet contains the full text of an important new international standard which outlines the rights of refugees and displaced persons to return not only to their countries when they see fit to...
A Joint Appeal to African Leaders to address the human rights situation in Zimbabwe
AI Index: AFR 46/030/2005 (Public) News Service No: 306 Through the African Union and the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) African Heads of State and Government have made a commitment...