Bulgaria: COHRE reports to UN that Roma face racial discrimination in housing
23 April 2010 - The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) and its partner, the Equal Opportunities Association (EOA), a Bulgarian human rights organization, this week submitted a report to...
View ArticleIsrael: 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 the...
View ArticleSudan: African Commission issues scathing decision against government for...
29 July 2010 - 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...
View ArticleUN Human Rights Committee says Israel violates housing rights and denies...
5 August 2010 – The UN Human Rights Committee has found Israel in violation of its commitments under international law.The violations identified by the Committee include forced evictions of...
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Housing rights violations pose challenge for ASEAN human rights body
19 September 2010 - The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), an international human rights organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland, today called on the newly-established ASEAN...
View ArticleUN extends mandate of Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing
1 October 2010 – Reacting to the decision by the UN Human Rights Council currently meeting in Geneva, Switzerland to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, COHRE today...
View ArticleCouncil of Europe condemns discrimination against Roma
26 October 2010 - Representatives of the 47 Council of Europe countries, the EU, and the Roma community gathered in Strasbourg last week and unanimously condemned widespread discrimination against Roma...
View ArticleUN set to review Bulgaria’s human rights record
3 November 2010 – As Bulgaria prepares to have its human rights record scrutinized by the United Nations this week, the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), a Geneva-based international...
View ArticleUnited States Must Not Betray Its Commitment to Freedom from Want, Human...
Call comes as the United Nations issues 228 recommendations to the United States on human rights improvementNEW YORK/ATLANTA/MADRID/GENEVA - International human rights organizations called on the...
View ArticleUN issues landmark recommendations on women’s housing rights
3 March 2011 – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) recently concluded its 48th session in New York, in which it examined the status of women’s rights in Israel,...
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