Today is the one year deadline given by the UN General Assembly for withdrawal of Israel from all illegal settlements after last year’s historic ICJ ruling which found settlements illegal. What should happen now? I discuss in an opinion piece. www.aa.com.tr/en/opinion/o...

This belated finding by the independent commission, must lead to immediate action by individual states and collectively through the UN, to stop Israel’s genocide, to urgently assist the people of Gaza and to ensure accountability. Will it happen? www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Detailed interview on the catastrophe in Gaza and West Bank and the urgent responsibilities of every State and of the international community, on Al Jazeera Mubasher. youtu.be/CRVKKx1u30U?...

Interview in Arabic on Al Jazeera about the press release issued by me and fellow UN experts on the urgent need to dismantle the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and restore real aid flows to the famine-stricken people of Gaza. mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/z9uXa6...

I condemn this executive order by the US President to criminalize homelessness in the US in violation of both US law and international law. I have condemned this approach already in a UN report last year and call on States in the US not to cooperate. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

#Guatemala: UN expert @balaraj.bsky.social calls for urgent moratorium on evictions until adequate legal protections can be guaranteed, urging an end to the widespread practice of violent & inhumane forced evictions. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

I welcome #France’s decision to recognize the State of Palestine. This is highly overdue and I urge all holdout states in the West to follow suit. That is the surest way to peace in the Middle East. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Interview on Al Jazeera Mubasher on the catastrophic situation in Gaza youtube.com/watch?v=0OON...

Very much looking forward to my country visit to Guatemala!

#ZohranMamdani’s stunning victory yesterday in the NYC democratic primary rested primarily on one issue: the affordability crisis. Indeed as we see in so many cities like Berlin, affordability of housing and other rights is the main issue. See my report: docs.un.org/A/78/192

#India is leading the world in illegal home demolitions, especially affecting minorities and vulnerable groups. This is a national scandal - a gross violation of domestic and international law and must stop. My press release about the latest demolitions in #Gujarat. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Israel’s attack on Iran is a grave violation of international law including attacks on nuclear scientists at their homes. Israel is a serial violator of jus cogens norms and there must be meaningful sanctions and containment measures against it. www.ejiltalk.org/is-israels-u...

More than 400,000 Palestinians in Gaza might be dead according to this analysis that relies on data from the Israeli IDF. Not surprising in the light of the Lancet report months ago that estimated the dead at 200,000. A monstrous genocide! threadreaderapp.com/thread/19310...

The Sarajevo Declaration of the Gaza Peoples’ Tribunal is out. The Tribunal is a milestone in the struggle towards justice for the Palestinians and for all of humanity. gazatribunal.com/the-sarajevo...

Deaths from Israel’s attacks on Gaza close to 62,000 as more than 14,000 people buried under the rubble are added. Every one of these lives deserves accountability and justice. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...

When States fail humanity, it is civil society that stands up, now for Palestinianians in Gaza through a People’s Tribunal, as it has for other victims of colonial wars of annexation and extermination. Guided by the indomitable Prof. Richard Falk. richardfalk.org/2025/05/25/g...

The Special Rapporteur on the right to food @MichaelFakhri writes in the @guardian: The GA must act to authorize peacekeepers to ensure aid delivery to Gaza. I have called on the GA before to act under the Uniting for Peace res. and fully endorse this. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I cordially invite CSO representatives to a consultation for my next report to the UNGA on: Land and the right to adequate housing Thursday 29 May 2025,  3 PM CET (Geneva) More info and registration ohchr.org/sites/default/…

New report in the @972mag on systematic destruction of homes in Gaza as the main strategy to commit genocide and annexation by making it uninhabitable for Palestinians. Western media - @FT @TheEconomist @guardian @Independent and @nytimes @washingtonpost @BBCWorld - wake up!

nterview on Al Jazeera Arabic about the Israeli evacuation order of al-Shifa hospital and attack on homes. And the unacceptability of Arab States’s arms purchases from the US while Palestinians are being eradicated with US weapons. mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/ZPGEMP...

Home demolitions for suspects or even convicts are illegal as Indian Supreme Court has ruled. Terrorism suspects must be prosecuted and punished according to the law, not subject to collective punishment in act of rogue justice. India must stop this. thewire.in/law/jammu-ka...

My letter to the Government of Italy on Italian government’s troublesome and willful disregard of its binding international legal obligations is now public below. Forced evictions in violation of interim measures by the CESCR is illegal. spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/…

I am honored to give this talk on academic freedom at the University of Chicago at this critical moment in the US and in so many other countries. humanrights.uchicago.edu/events/acade...

Glad to speak at the side event, “Rebuilding Gaza for Gazans” at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg. Urged urgent intervention before the genocide in Gaza results in total extermination or expulsion.

We are now in an age of barbarity and indecency. This extermination campaign is not being stopped by anyone. www.middleeasteye.net/trending/we-...

Interview in Arabic on the latest mass evacuation orders in Rafah and the breakdown of international law and order on Al Jazeera Mubasher youtu.be/bZcvN8kv80A?...

Very concerning to see this colonial expansion of outposts and settlements into Syria and Lebanon like an ink blot spreading. Borders don’t mean anything anymore? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

My lecture and discussion at Carleton University, Canada - starts at 49:50. www.youtube.com/live/ILM0Vc3... via @YouTube

Happening today!

An outlaw regime sending goons to abduct civilians for their speech in…..wait, in the land of the free?

Interview with the Austrian daily Der Standard, on the Vienna model of social housing, Gaza and much else during my short visit to Vienna. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine, DRC, and let’s not forget Myanmar - vast crimes are being committed with impunity. Myanmar’s people need help urgently. x.com/un_spexperts...

Press release today after my report at the UNHRC www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

The Federation of German Architects (BDA) officially endorses my call for recognizing mass destruction of housing as domicide. I encourage all professional arch/planning associations to do the same. Link to story and a Podcast. www.bda-nrw.de/2024/06/domi... www.bda-bund.de/2025/03/bda-...

Happy to cohost and speak at the side event tomorrow at the UNHRC on migration and the right to housing! Please join virtually!

The genocide is intensifying in Gaza as US ships more weapons to Israel and Israel blocks basic humanitarian aid to Gaza in violation of the ceasefire agreement. Already it failed to allow tents and caravans resulting in deaths of small children. Sick! www.nbcnews.com/news/world/i...

I join this statement with fellow UN experts on the deteriorating human rights conditions within the US and the government’s attacks on international institutions and international law. This must be resolutely opposed by all. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Migrants are being targeted through a fear campaign in the US. US is forgetting that it is a nation of violent illegal migrants - aka settler colonialists - after all. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...

More children in Gaza die due to hypothermia in the absence of shelter. Israel had agreed to allow adequate number of caravans and tents in the cease fire agreement. How long will this crime continue? www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...

Interview by Anadolu News Agency about Trump’s plan to empty Gaza and shelter needs. www.aa.com.tr/tr/dunya/bm-...

The US administration’s actions increasingly constitute the most serious threat to international peace and security now. Our statement on the absurd US proposal about Gaza. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Now available: my report, “Towards a just approach to the global housing crisis and migrants”, to be presented to the UNHRC in March 2025. Migrants are blamed unjustly for the housing crisis while they live often in terrible housing conditions. docs.un.org/A/HRC/58/50

Interview on Al Jazeera Arabic on Trump’s plan to empty Gaza. youtu.be/dpY6WBIJVBw?...

Interview with Washington Post on Trump’s claim that Gaza is ‘uninhabitable’. wapo.st/4hDPCcy

My interview in this story on Trump’s plan for mass expulsion of palestinians from Gaza. www.middleeasteye.net/explainers/d...

“US will take over the Gaza Strip…we will own it”. Says Trump with Netanyahu on his side. That will be criminal. Restore Palestinian right to self determination. Gaza belongs to them. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02... via @NYTimes

Trump is reiterating that Palestinians leave Gaza for the 4th time, now during a visit of Netanyahu. It won’t and shouldn’t happen. www.reuters.com/world/palest...

Interview on Al Qahera news on current shelter crisis and rebuilding challenges in Gaza youtube.com/watch?v=W4od...

Interview on Gaza with the Anadolu news agency. www.aa.com.tr/tr/dosya-hab...

One more interview on Al Jazeera Arabic on the continuing lack of adequate shelter in Gaza despite the cease fire. mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/4LsKcL...