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Subscribe the appeal: Zero Evictions for Pom Mahakan!

To:

Governor M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra, Governor of Bangkok
Police General Aswin Khawnmuang, Deputy Governor of Bangkok
173 Dinso Road, Phra Nakhon
Bangkok, Thailand 10200.

Fax: +66 2-621 0878

CC:

General Prawit Wongsuwan
Deputy Prime Minister and Chairs of the Krung Rattanakosin and Old
Towns Conservation and Development Committee

Bovornvej Rungruji, Chairs of the Krung Rattanakosin Sub-committee

Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning
60/1 Soi Pibunwattana 7, Rama 6 Road
Samsennai, Phayathai District
Bangkok Thailand 10400

Tel: +66 2-265-6500
Fax: +66 2-265-6511

Ms. Leilhani Farha
UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Palais Wilson
52 rue des Pâquis
CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland.
E-mail: srhousing@ohchr.org

Dr. Gwang-Jo Kim
Director,
UNESCO Bangkok
Mom Luang Pin Malakul Centenary Building
920 Sukhumvit Road
Prakanong, Klongtoei
Bangkok 10110
Thailand
E-mail: bangkok@unesco.org

Solidarity with Pom Mahakan community proposals and struggles for human rights and Zero Evictions!

Dear Governor Suhumbhand and Deputy Governor Aswin,

I am writing to you because I have received disturbing information from local organisations and the International Alliance of Inhabitants (IAI) regarding plans for the imminent eviction of the Pom Mahakan community (approximately 300 people) by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) in order to carry out the “beautification” of the historic site as part of the implementation of the Rattanakosin Conservation and Development Plan.

I express my deep concern that such a precipitate and ill-advised move would violate the human rights of the residents, recognized by international laws and those of your country, and would destroy a resource of considerable value to the people of Bangkok and indeed of Thailand.

For those reasons, I stand in full solidarity with the proposals and struggles of  Pom Mahakan community and support their and the IAI’s request for Zero Evictions policies, finding solutions respectful of all human rights, as pointed out by the Recommendations made by the 50th  Session of UN Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Committee (2015) and those of the 1st  Session of the International Tribunal on Evictions for East Asia (2016).

We kindly request your immediate response as a matter of urgency so that your decisions may be presented with due emphasis at the international level, in particular in support of an intervention of  the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing and at the UN Conference Habitat III (Quito, 17 to 20 October 2016).

Signatories (196)

  • Jürgen Hochstadt, Nuevos Horizontes Perú e.V. - Germany
  • Cristina Carricarte , personal. - Argentina
  • Александр Куликов, МРОО "Мой дом" - Russian Federation
  • JOSE GABRIEL ROA QUISPE, CONFEDERACIÓN DE APAFAS AMPLIADA DEL PERU-CODAPE - Peru
  • Graeme Bristol, Centre for Architecture and Human Rights - Canada
  • Gabriela Allidi, - Spain
  • antonio grasso, - Italy
  • Roger Muro, Frente Nacional por la Vida y la Soberanía (GIU) - Peru
  • fernanda minichillo, - Argentina
  • Jose Ignacio Tercero , - Spain
  • Raúl García-Durán de Lara, Ateneo de Palafrugell - Spain
  • Daniella Painemal-Granzotto, ULB belgique - Belgium
  • aguila ortega, Asociacion de Promotores de Agricultura Organica y medio Ambiente - Spain
  • Lucía Delgado, - Spain
  • Pedro Martín Heras , PAH - Spain
  • David Otieno , Kenyan Peasants League - Kenya
  • Jaume Roig, - Spain
  • Xavier Gómez, - Spain
  • Manuel Darío CAdavid Valderrama, Comité Cívico Justo Pastor Mejía - Colombia
  • Emilio Reza Araujo, Comité 1968 por las Libertades Democráticas - Mexico
  • maria isabel muñoz sepulveda, Junta de accion comunal la cascada robledo comuna siete - Colombia
  • Angel Berna, Mejorha - Guatemala
  • Mauro Romero, grupo cultural Culhuacan - Mexico
  • Jorge Arzave, - Mexico
  • Наталья Мисюк, home - Russian Federation
  • Aqui Estamos Aqui Estamos Tlaxcala, Aqui Estamos México - Mexico
  • hilba gomez, Red metropolitana de inquilino - Venezuela
  • MOISES VICTORIANO ZARZOSA CHAVEZ, COLECTIVO PARA EL DESARROLLO - PERU - Peru
  • Puri Obregón Castañer, - Spain
  • Ana Gissele Soares Coelho, - Brazil
  • NICHOLAS KIMANZI, IAI-EAST-AFRICA - Kenya
  • Maria Teresa Santos, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - Brazil
  • Bouchard Veronique, - France
  • Adilla Nascimento , Ifma - Brazil
  • Francisco Lopes, Bloco Democratico - Angola
  • Daniel Key, - United Kingdom
  • Ernesto Jiménez Olin, Unión Popular Valle Gómez - Mexico
  • Lesley Grahame Grahame, Green Party, Unison - United Kingdom
  • Soha Ben Slama, International Alliance of Inhabitants - Tunisia
  • lais grossi, ASF-Brasil - Brazil
  • Patrícia Soares, - Brazil
  • Patrick Kamotho Githinji, East Africa Climate Change Network - Kenya
  • Soontaree Nakaviroj, - Thailand
  • Shanar Tabrizi, groundWork - South Africa
  • Prashant Anthony, People"s Responsible Organisation of United Dharavi(PROUD) - India
  • Dr Polladach Theerapappisit, - Australia
  • António Pinto Pereira, - Portugal
  • Adrienne Montes, - United Kingdom
  • Dominique Didier, Batay Ouvriye - Haiti
  • Nadia Riolo, - Italy