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In the Local Policies section you will find a compilation of local government policies on human rights, the right to the city, housing and other key topics for local social inclusion and participatory democracy agendas. Our search engine will allow you to select practices according to more specific categories or types of contents, including more than sixty case studies developed within the Inclusive Cities Observatory initiative (a joint endeavour by the UCLG-CSIPDHR, the University College of London and the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra). The Resources section of this Knowledge Hub gathers useful publications, policy documents, international declarations and valuable learning resources.
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Rethinking Housing Policies (2019)
Harnessing local innovation to address the global housing crisis. A report developed by the GOLD team after UCLG's Wave of Action on Housing.
Competitive Metropolises and the Prospects for Spatial Justice (2016)
A transformative approach to metropolization and global agendas: Developed with the LAVUE institute.
Montreal’s Guide to Public Consultation (2016)
A guide to plan, implement and monitor local participatory democracy processes built upon Montreal's experience (OCPM).
Report on International Conference on Human Rights Education and Training for the Civil and Public Sector (2014)
A publication by the Irish Human Rights Commission and the OHCHR.
The Right to the City: Building another possible world (2016)
Guidelines for understanding and operationalizing the right to the city by the Global Platform for the Right to the City.
Local government and human rights: doing good service (2005)
A publication by the International Council on Human Rights Policy
Human Rights Cities and Regions: Swedish and International Perspectives (2017)
A publication by the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights reflecting on Swedish and international human rights policy experiences.
Public policies and budgets with a human rights perspective : an operational manual for public servants
A publication by the OHCHR - Mexico Office.
Participation without exclusion (2017)
Learning from 15 years of Montreal Observatory on Public Consultation (OCPM)
Co-creating caring territories through human rights based-approaches (Cities of Peace Magazine)
Our collaboration with the Cities of Peace magazine focused on exploring the role of rights-based approaches in revamping local inclusion agendas.
For a World of Inclusive Cities (2008)
This publication presents several policy guidelines and recommendations for local governments when designing public policies for social inclusion.
Unveiling the Right to the City (2017)
The main goal of this publication is "to give back to the right to the city concept its emancipatory power" by analyzing emerging local and international alternatives.
Prostitution of minors in Seine-Saint-Denis: a study of the files of the Children's Social Services
This study made it possible to analyse their profiles to enable professionals to better understand their pathways, anticipate risk situations and therefore better protect them.
Social inclusion and participatory democracy: From the conceptual discussion to local action (2010)
A publication developed with Barcelona's IGOP and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Human Rights Handbook for Local and Regional Authorities (2017)
A publication by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (Council of Europe).
New Generation Human Rights: The Right to the City (2011)
A publication by the Human Rights Institute of Catalonia (Institut de Drets Humans de Catalunya) on the Right to the City implications as a new generation human right.
GOLD V Report on the Localization of the Global Agendas (2019)
The UCLG GOLD team explores the role of local governments in advancing the implementation of the 2030 Agenda across the world.