Habitat And Urbanisation

Judgment of the Supreme Court regarding buildings or structures demolished illegally or arbitrarily by the authorities, November 13, 2024

Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re: Directions in the matter of demolition of structures dated November 13, 2024.

The matter related to whether the executive should be permitted to take away the shelter of a family or families as a measure for infliction of penalty on a person who is accused in a crime under the constitutional scheme or not.

Judgement Date: 
13/11/2024
Tags:
Housing, Supreme Court, Human Rights
Governance And Institutions

The state of the world’s human rights 2024

This report documents human rights concerns during 2023 in 155 countries, connecting issues at global and regional levels and looking forward to the implications for the future. States and armed groups are breaking and bending the rules of war and racism lies at the heart of some armed conflicts and the responses to them.

Publication Date: 
24/04/2024
Amnesty International
Tags:
Human Rights, India, Global, Africa, Economy, Environment, Climate Change
Economy

Human development report 2023/2024

After a drop in its Human Development Index (HDI) value in 2021 and following a flat trend over the past few years, India’s HDI value has increased to 0.644 in 2022, placing the country 134 out of 193 countries and territories in the just released 2023/24 Human Development Report (HDR) titled, “Breaking the Gridlock: Reimagining Cooperation in a

Publication Date: 
13/03/2024
UNDP
Tags:
Human Rights, Development, Poverty, Economic Development, India, Global, Africa
Environment

Selling out Nigeria: Shell’s irresponsible divestment

The oil firm Shell cannot be allowed to withdraw from the Niger delta before it takes responsibility for its toxic legacy of pollution and the safe decommissioning of abandoned oil infrastructure, a report says.

Publication Date: 
27/02/2024
Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (Somo)
Tags:
Oil Pollution, Oil Industry, Nigeria, Africa, Pollution, Environment, Human Rights
Environment

Nature in action for peace: challenges and opportunities to address environmental dimensions of conflict through nature-based solutions

This issue of perspectives, looks at how using Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and broader nature-positive approaches can minimize and mitigate negative impacts on the environment, and how it can be an instrument for conflict prevention.

Publication Date: 
16/02/2024
UNEP
Tags:
Environment, Conflicts, Human Rights, Global
Climate Change

Uncharted waters: exploring judicial avenues for climate displaced communities

This report is the second in a series of three reports addressing judicial aspects of the struggle to secure justice for climate displaced persons everywhere.

Publication Date: 
29/01/2024
Displacement Solutions
Tags:
Climate Change, Displacement, Human Rights, Global, Africa
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the Allahabad High Court regarding demolition drive in Akbar Nagar I and II in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 21/12/2023

Order of the Allahabad High Court in the matter of Syed Hamidul Bari & Others Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 21/12/2023. The matter related to demolition drive in Akbar Nagar I and II in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

Judgement Date: 
21/12/2023
Tags:
Land Encroachments, Urban Encroachments, Poverty, Human Rights, High Court, Rehabilitation, Lucknow (T), Uttar Pradesh
Environment

Environmental rule of law: tracking progress and charting future directions

The Environmental Rule of Law: Tracking Progress and Charting Future Directions report provides a comprehensive assessment of developments since the release of the First Global Report on Environmental Rule of Law in 2019.

Publication Date: 
22/11/2023
UNEP
Tags:
Environment, Legislation, Human Rights, Corruption, India, Global
Health

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding provision of free sanitary pads for school girls and separate female toilets in government schools, 06/11/2023

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Dr Jaya Thakur Vs Government of India & Others dated 06/11/2023.

The Supreme Court directed the Union of India to set down a national model for the ratio of the number of girls’ toilets per female student population across government aided and residential schools in the country. The court also asked the Centre to bring about uniformity in terms of the modalities to be followed for the distribution of sanitary napkins.

Judgement Date: 
06/11/2023
Tags:
Women, Toilets, Children, Sanitation, Human Rights, Government Of India (GOI), Supreme Court, Health
People

Judgment of the Supreme Court regarding manual scavenging, 20/10/2023

Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of Balram Singh Vs Union of India & Others dated 20/10/2023 regarding manual scavenging. A petition was filed under Article 32 of the Constitution of India seeking directions to Union of India and all the states and Union Territories to implement provisions, inter alia of the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993 and Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, 2013.

Judgement Date: 
20/10/2023
Tags:
Scavengers, Human Rights, Supreme Court, Compensation, Government Of India (GOI)

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