Each year, the first Monday of October marks World Habitat Day, which aims to reflect on the state of towns and cities, and on the right of all to adequate shelter. The share of people living in urban ...

Ahead of the UN Human Rights Coun­cil’s (hereafter “HRC” or “Coun­­cil”) 61st regular session (23 Feb­­ruary – 31 March 2026), we, the undersigned non-governmental orga­nisa­tions, write to urge your ...

One in three people in informal settlements in the global south live in floodplains and are at risk of a “disastrous flood”. That is according to a new study published in Nature Cities, which measures ...