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Water management ............................................................................................................... 13 D. Shelter City Amsterdam........................................................................................................ 13 VI. (...) During his nine-day visit, the Independent Expert travelled to the seat of the Government, The Hague, as well as the capital city, Amsterdam. He also travelled to the island of Bonaire in the Dutch Caribbean. 3. (...) In Amsterdam, the Independent Expert met with the municipal authorities and visited the Shelter City Project run by the Urgent Foundation with the support of the city of Amsterdam.

The judicial system of Uzbekistan consists of the Constitutional Court; the Supreme Court; military courts; and civil, criminal, administrative and economic courts established at the interdistrict, district and city levels. The autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan and the city of Tashkent have their own courts. (...) There are 12 regional courts located in the capital city of each region. Tashkent city courts belong to the category of regional courts because they have wider power than ordinary city courts and are structured in the same way as regional courts. 13. First instance courts are established at the interdistrict, district and city levels to hear cases of civil, criminal and administrative nature.

Argentina is a federal State consisting of 23 provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and including more than 2,000 municipalities. (...) Similarly, by Law No. 4.355, 25 July was designated as the Day of the Afro Woman within the city of Buenos Aires; the Directorate General of Women, Ministry of Social Development of the city of Buenos Aires, is entrusted to develop different activities in the framework of the celebrations. (...) Similar operations were also reported in La Plata, Province of Buenos Aires, and in Córdoba city. Daily operations have also reportedly been carried out jointly by the city police and the Ministry of Environment and Public Space of the city of Buenos Aires, where inspectors who do not wear uniforms or carry identification allegedly intimidate the vendors to withdraw, under threat of action by the police.

This holistic approach of the Special Rapporteur was reflected in a wide range of meetings and consultations held during the mission, including with: the Commissioner of the National Commission on Housing (CONAFOVI, Comisión Nacional de Fomento a la Vivienda); the Minister of Social Development (SEDESOL, Secretaría de Desarrollo Social); the Undersecretary for Human Rights of the Ministry of External Relations (SRE, Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores); the President of the National Institute of Statistics (INEGI, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática); the President of the National Institute of Women (INMUJERES, Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres); the Directors of several housing finance institutions; the Executive Director of the National Human Rights Commission (Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos); the Director-General of the National Institute of the Indigenous People (INI, Instituto Nacional Indigenista); the President and members of the Housing Commission of the Chamber of Deputies (Comisión de Vivienda de la Cámara de Diputados); the Director-General of the Institute of Housing of the State of Chiapas; the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Chiapas (Magistrado Presidente del Supremo Tribunal de Justicia del Estado); the Director-General of the Department of Human Settlements and Public Works of the State of Baja California (Secretario de Asentamientos Humanos y Obras Públicas); the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Baja California (Presidente del Supremo Tribunal de Justicia del Estado Baja California); the Mayor of the City of Tijuana; the State Human Rights Commission of Baja California; the E/CN.4/2003/5/Add.3 Page 7 President of the Housing Commission of the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District/Mexico City (Presidente de la Comisión de Vivienda de la Asamblea Legislativa del Distrito Federal); the Secretary for Urban Development and Housing and Director-General of the Housing Institute of the Mexico City Federal District (Secretaria de Desarrollo Urbano y Vivienda, y Director General del Instituto de Vivienda del Distrito Federal); the President of the Tribunal of Justice of the Mexico City Federal District (Presidente del Tribunal de Justicia del Distrito Federal); and the Federal District Human Rights Commission. (...) According to one NGO (Asamblea de Barrios Romero Rubio), there is an average of three evictions per day in Mexico City alone. In Mexico City, changes to the civil code of the Federal District and civil procedures that regulate the relation between rental housing owners and tenants came into effect in 2002. (...) At another level, successive rises in interest rates following the economic crisis of 1995 left many mortgage borrowers with bad debts and unable to repay loans. In 2001, in Mexico City alone, there were more than 10,000 sentences on bad debts, which effectively authorized banks to take possession of the houses and other mortgaged properties of the debtors.

As part of the Special Rapporteur’s fact-finding mission, he visited the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, and Comodoro Rivadavia and Rawson in Chubut Province. (...) On 15 December 2016, the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires passed the Act No. 5,775 on the prevention of grooming, under which the City’s public institutions are required to design and implement awareness-raising and capacity-building activities for children, parents and professionals. (...) In the past five years, the City Ombudsman’s Office has been running a programme called Conéctate seguro (Connect Safely), in order to promote the safe use of data by children.

Some Provincial authorities have tried to find innovative solution to address inadequate housing and homelessness. For instance, the city of Montreal supported the creation of a legal clinic and a special prosecutor at Municipal Court in charge of problems linked to homelessness. 27. (...) In a recent decision, Justice Ross recognizes that a significant number of people in the City of Victoria have no choice but to sleep outside in the City’s parks or streets. (...) The Special Rapporteur welcomes the initiative of the City of Montreal leading to the adoption of the Montreal Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities.

S/2016/73 األمــم املتحـدة Distr.: General 26 January 2016 جملس األمن Arabic Original: English 090216 080216 16-00209 (A) *1600209* من

(A) GE.13-10625 130213 150213 جملس حقوق اإلنسان الدورة الثانية والعشرون من جدول األعمال٤البند حاالت حقوق

The Internat (orphanage) has been empty, as city authorities have cut off all utilities while the children were in summer camp. (...) Events in Ribnita During 26 July representatives of the Ribnita school and the city administration met in a working group formed with the assistance of the OSCE Mission on Friday, 23 July to discuss questions involving the school property, particularly the amounts already invested by foreign donors in reconstruction of the building. (...) Tense exchanges between city administration and school leaders continue.

Jacqueline Ann de Guia, “On the motu proprio investigation of human rights violation committed to Lumad victims of human trafficking in Sual, Pangasinan,” 6 July 2019, https://chr.gov.ph/statement-of-chr-spokesperson-atty-jacqueline-ann-de- guia-on-the-motu-proprio-investigation-of-human-rights-violation-committed-to-lumad-victims-of- human-trafficking-in-sual-pangasinan/ A/HRC/42/NI/2 GE.19-15156 4 (b) A similar trafficking case occurred at a fish pen in Rosario, La Union, where 10 Lumad were rescued.14 (c) The CHRP also wishes to note the rapid development of the state-initiated New Clark City in Pampanga, which has led to the displacement of lowland farmers and Aetas, another group of IPs in the Philippines.15 It is imperative for both the Philippines national government agencies and local government units to fulfill their duties to protect the IPs in accordance with the UNDRIP and the Philippines’ Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997 (“IPRA”). (...) Ramos), “P607-B Clark Green City to displace Aeta communities,” 8 July 2019, https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1138945/p607-b-clark-green-city-to- displace-aeta-communities (Last accessed: 27 August 2019)