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Mega-Events and Olympics
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BEIJING: Building in which residents are resisting intimidation and offers of compensation |
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BEIJING: "Reject removal of windows and gratings; Beware chaiqian company, we will call the police"
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GENEVA, 5 JUNE 2007: The Olympic Games have displaced more than two million people in the last 20 years, disproportionately affecting the homeless, the poor, and minorities such as Roma and African-Americans, according to a new report, "Fair Play for Housing Rights: Mega-Events, Olympic Games and Housing Rights".
In this section, you can download the report and associated Multi-stakeholder Guidelines, as well as other media information; download background research papers on past and future Olympic cities; find information on grassroots organisations that work or have worked on the protection of housing rights in the context of mega-events; and download presentations that were made at a COHRE expert workshop on mega-events and housing rights.
The report and associated Multi-stakeholder Guidelines are available on the dedicated COHRE Report on Mega-Events page.
Background research papers on past and future Olympic host cities are available on the dedicated Olympic City Background Papers page.
Presentations from the COHRE expert workshop held in Geneva (14-15 June 2007) on mega-events and housing rights are available on the COHRE Mega-Events Workshop page.
Resources: Past Olympic Host Cities contains links to grassroots organisations that work for the protection of housing rights in past Olympic host cities, as well as other information on host cities.
Resources: Upcoming Olympic Host Cities contains links to grassroots organisations that work for the protection of housing rights in host cities of upcoming Olympic Games, as well as other information on host cities.
Resources: Upcoming Mega-Events contains links to grassroots organisations that work for the protection of housing rights in host cities of upcoming mega-events.
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