Two tech companies win first Stop Slavery Award after workforce scrutiny
"As some of the biggest companies in the world, we have a particular responsibility to eradicate forced labour from our supply chains"
Nations agree on global road map to steer breakneck urbanization
Goals include development of sustainable, compact cities that do not harm the environment, and redevelopment of informal settlements with participation of residents
"Barefoot surveyors" flag needs in world's slums, key to urban development - activist
"Barefoot surveyors" use mobile phones to map and document the slums' demographic data
World's slum dwellers, homeless must be protected with right to housing: UN expert
"I have heard the homeless described as vermin, as cockroaches, those living in informal settlements referred to as illegal, as encroachers and occupiers"
Planning cities is critical challenge in 21st century, United Nations says
"Transforming our world for the better means transforming our towns and cities"
INSIGHT-Slumscapes: How the world's five biggest slums are shaping their futures
900 million people live in slums - the U.N. says it's time we understood them
Dying for a pee: Cape Town's slum residents battle for sanitation
"Using a toilet in informal settlements is one of the most dangerous activities for residents and women and the children have the biggest problems"
Belarus leads group of about 17 nations to block LGBT rights in U.N. cities plan-sources
Sources said a behind-the-scenes campaign by Belarus had blocked a plan to include the rights of LGBT in a new urban strategy drawn up by the United Nations
FACTBOX - At a glance: Australia's native title law
How can Australia's indigenous people seek recognition of rights to land and water?
INTERVIEW - Australia's Aboriginal people heading into the next "wicked" land battle
To claim native lands, Aboriginal Australians must wrestle with laws that are more complex than running a multi-million dollar corporation, says top lawyer