2nd Session 2012
Recommandations du Tribunal International des Evictions 2012. Deuxième Session ( Genève, 28 septembre 2012)
Le Tribunal International des Evictions s'est réuni pour sa seconde session à Genève le 28 septembre 2012 pour les Journées Mondiales de l'Habitat.
Un Jury composé de cinq expert(e)s en matière du droit au logement, provenant des milieux académiques, des ONG, d’organismes nationaux ou internationaux ou d’organisations militantes, a entendu les témoignages des habitants concernant les violations du droit au logement de communautés du : Cambodge, Inde, Nigeria, Haïti et Brésil.
Geneva Habitat Forum 2012, a weapon for the right to housing
Geneva, United Nations (Demir Sonmez, 29/09/12)
Over 400 participants have declared the Geneva Habitat Forum, which took place on the eve of World Zero Eviction Days - for the Right to Housing, a success. The opening conference, the awards for the civil society initiatives for sustainable cities, the International Evictions Tribunal and the Inhabitants March to the Palais des Nations Unies were among the strong points of the mobilization.
Tribunal for Evictions, Geneva
Organized for the first time in 2011, the Tribunal for Evictions is an opinion Tribunal based on the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and other international legal instruments related to the enforcement of the right to housing and land. The Tribunal aims to present cases of housing rights violations taking place around the world to a panel of reference persons meeting in Geneva.
A TOWN BY AND FOR ITS INHABITANTS
From 27th to 29th September 2012, The Geneva Habitat Forum has the pleasure to welcome civil society and academic actors, political figures and Inhabitants from here and elsewhere to reimagine a town as a place by and for its inhabitants.