International Zero Evictions Marathon (ZEM) 2025, University of Padova, 31 October 2025
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Event date:
Friday 31 October 2025
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Time:
9:00-20:00 UTC (10:00-21:00 time in Rome)
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Venue:
Online on Zoom and Youtube or on-site at the Human Rights Centre, via Beato Pellegrino 28, Padova
On October 31st 2025, the Human Rights Centre of the University of Padova, Italy, in cooperation with the International Alliance of Inhabitants (IAI), will hold the ‘International Zero Evictions Marathon’ as part of the World Zero Evictions Days (October 2025).
After the success of the first edition (October 11, 2024), this second Marathon will further amplify the voices of resistance to social injustices from across the globe.
Movements, universities, and associations are preparing for a new stage in the global mobilisation for the right to housing. Prof. Balakrishnan Rajagopal, UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing will attend the ZEM as part of his visit to the University of Padova.
The full programme is available below.
The 2025 ZEM will feature
- live sessions and recorded pitches and videos across time zones;
- pictures, posters, music, performances, multimedia installations… for an online and onsite exhibition.
The 2025 ZEM will focus on:
- Attacks on human rights defenders fighting for land and housing
- Massive displacement crises linked to neoliberal extractivist policies and distorted measures to counter the climate crisis
- ‘Domicide’ as a war strategy against human and peoples’ rights
- Rising homelessness worldwide
Our goals for the 2025 ZEM are:
- Increasing commitment against forced evictions and homelessness as human rights violations
- Addressing the impact of AI on the housing market and policies
- Supporting global solidarity networks of housing rights activists
- Advocating for the implementation at all levels of housing policies grounded in human rights
When:
31 October 2025, from dawn to dusk, from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. UTC.
Where:
Onsite: Via Beato Pellegrino, 28, Padua, Italy (Human Rights Centre of the University of Padova)
Online:
- On the Zoom platform: https://unipd.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eR6zAw9ESUOAYi4n38F4SA
- On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc1aBvDfH18
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