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On December 9, 2024, after two years working with the City of Barcelona and different local and regional governments around the world to advance the anti-racism agenda globally,…
As part of the 23rd Conference of the International Observatory of Participatory Democracy (OIDP), held on Friday, October 18, 2024 in Valongo, our Committee led a session aimed…
الورقات المواضيعية للبرنامج الدولي ”نحو أقاليم رعاية النساء ضحايا العنف“ متاحة أيضًا باللغة العربية: هناك 6 منها ويمكنك تنزيلها من الروابط أدناه!  "ورقة بحثية: "سلطات الحكم…
A Global Space to Boost Local Leadership and So So So Solidarité (Solidarity) More than 50 local leaders and experts gathered in Seine-Saint-Denis, France, to highlight the…
The 2024 UN Summit of the Future: what is it and why does it matter? A delegation of over 100 local and regional representatives, on behalf of the municipalist movement…
*** Download here the form to join this global movement! ***   What is a Human Rights City? “A Human Rights city is both a local community and a socio-political process in a…
The United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy, and Human Rights, in collaboration with the UN Human Rights Institute and…
On Thursday 4 July 2024, the meeting “Capacity building for local governments to realize human rights for all” took place in parallel to the 56th session of the Human Rights…
Following contributions of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and our Committee, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights and the UN Special…
Context In 2023, our Committee launched the update process of the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Charter-Agenda for Human Rights. In the words of Emilia Saiz, UCLG…
From 22 to 24 January 2024 , our Committee and its co-presidency of the Seine-Saint-Denis co-organised, with the support of the Lord Mayor of Banjul and President of REFELA, Ms.…
Our Committee leveraged the 22nd IOPD Conference in Rio de Janeiro to promote the second wave of the global campaign "10, 100, 1000 Cities and Territories for Human Rights by 2030…
As part of the «Human Rights 75» initiative to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration, our Committee interviews the Global Platform for the Right to the…
On 20 September, UCLG and our Committee facilitated the online consultation "Cities for Adequate Housing" in the framework of the Community of Practice on Housing, which brought…
What is a human rights city? How can and should cities respond to poverty and fight inequality? Co-organised by our Committee together with our co-chair Gwangju Metropolitan…