Rio+20 Portal

Teleconferences, City March, Visits to Inhabitants’ Cooperatives, International Tribunal on Evictions, Screening of New Material, Public Debates, Concert…

Programme

• FRIDAY 30 SEPTEMBER

salle S050 13.00 – 16.00 amphitheatre S160 at UNIMAIL 16.00 19.00, Geneva University

13.00 – 19 .00 International Tribunal on Evictions :

A public session examining the question of evictions in ten countries: the Dominican Republic, Haiti, South Africa, Switzerland, Italy, Brazil, Russia, Zimbabwe, French, United Kingdom … A fictitious Tribunal set up to state the facts: the public is invited to attend a session where witnesses from ten countries (including Switzerland) will be heard. They will recount proven facts. Recognized international human rights and housing rights experts will hear the testimonies then draw up their conclusions in the form of recommendations that will be submitted to the UN, local and national governments, residents’ organizations and the media.

18.00 Workshop: the outlook in the run-up to Rio+20 .

Which individual and collective strategies can be adopted for sustainable neighbourhoods and cities from now until the major event for a sustainable planet in June 2012?

19.00 Video conference

Sharing of citizen initiatives via video conference and screenings of new videos.