This annual report presents the work of HIC during 2017 in defense of human dignity, social justice, equity, diversity, solidarity and peace. HIC Members and Allies are actively involved in this task in all continents.


This year, the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development will take place from the 9th to the 18th of July. The general theme of the event will be "Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality".

New report highlights the unrelenting crisis of forced evictions, finds over 200,000 persons evicted in India in 2018. Over 114 houses demolished every day, 23 people evicted every hour.

This compilation, the first of its kind in India, presents an analysis of progressive judgments from High Courts across India that have upheld the human right to adequate housing.

HIC-HLRN has partnered with Shelter and Settlements Alternative : Uganda Human Settlements Network to organize the first of two workshops in Kampala, Uganda (10–12 April 2019) within HLRN’s “Women, Land and Housing Rights: Assessing the Impacts of Dispossession” project to build civil society capacity at strategic monitoring and documenting priority cases.