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Welcome!
You have entered the HLRN Violations Database (VDB), the interactive and
participatory website feature for documenting and reviewing the world’s
most-common housing and land rights violations. The VDB offers a simplified
method for managing data about violations arising from actual cases.
What data to record
The VDB will track violations, corresponding losses and proposed solutions in
cases of (1) forced evictions, (2) demolitions/destructions, (3)
dispossession/confiscation, and (4) Privatization of public goods and services.
The entries track material losses in the following subcategories:
Housing:
Social/public
Communal
Private
Land:
Public
Private
Communal
Public goods and services:
Water
Energy
Infrastructure
Other(s)
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Woman with child resists
forced eviction of her people, Manaus, Brazil. Source: Luiz Vasconcelo |
Click on the help buttons (?) on the entry form for
instructions and tips on what to record in each entry. You can find all
instruction combined by clicking on the “Instructions” link above.
Print out the entry for as a worksheet by clicking on the “Print
entry form” link above.
How to benefit from the VDB
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Produce reports from socially produced rresearch;
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Promote cases, pose solutions and propose strategies;
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See at a glance what is happening on other all HIC regions;
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Use a simplified and uniform methodology for documenting cases;
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Learn from other struggles against housing and land rights violations;
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Relate your experiences to other HIC Members and to the general public;
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Find partners on the basis of region, type of case, experience and
strategy;
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Use this model to create your own databases for specific and local
purposes;
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Graduate to more-advanced methods found in the HLRN Toolkit on this
website;
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Search cases using time range, location and/or type of violation as search
criteria;
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Produce region-specific or violation-specific data sets by using the VDB
search engine;
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Take the “violations approach” to see the normative content of the human
right to adequate housing.
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