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The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) undertook a fact-finding mission to Latvia from 21-24 October 1999 with the aim of understanding the housing and eviction problems facing this...
The AGFE report on evictions was presented by Leticia Osorio of COHRE, together with testimonies of specific evictions by Malick Gaye of ENDA Tiers Monde, Senegal and Cesare Ottolini of IAI. The...
This report is the product of a three-month fact-finding mission conducted by the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE). COHRE is an international NGO which focuses on the right to...
This booklet is meant to briefly explain each of the Pinheiro Principles and apply them “ where possible “ in the context of the Bhutanese refugees and displaced persons.
This Manual for Action contains a wide cross-section of international legal standards and other resources addressing the practice of forced evictions. It has been designed to increase popular...
This report chronicles in outline form a half century of UN activity on housing rights. It provides a comprehensive overview of how, when and by what method this international organization has...
With the 2008 Summer Olympics quickly approaching, Beijing has shifted into overdrive for the preparations as a steady flow of media and civil society reports have emerged on the ongoing evictions...
The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), in partnership with the Wisconsin Coordinating Council on Nicaragua (WCCN) and the Nicaraguan Human Rights Center (CENIDH), undertook an...
News reports and anecdotal evidence have long indicated that, in addition to the positive effects that the Olympic Games and other mega-events can have on an urban space, they can also diminish...
The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of Jewish-Zionist and, later, Israeli actions to acquire lands and property in Israel/Palestine. The study documents laws and policies governing...