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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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Report on homelessness as a global human rights crisis that demands an urgent responses - A/HRC/31/54 (2015)
By the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing Leilani Farha.
2023 Annual Report - UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights
Seminar on Innovative Local Policies for Social Inclusion (2007)
A comprehensive report of decisions issued from the first international seminar on innovative local policies for social inclusion (Barcelona, 2007).
Report of the Webinar on Unaccompanied Minors (2019)
Practices by local governments in the Euro-Mediterranean region. Webinar held in the context of the MC2CM project.
Report on shelters and protection orders - A/HRC/35/30
Protection orders and shelters are extremely important for the protection of women, and their ability to overcome the effects of abuse and rebuild their lives.
Report on the financialization of housing and the right to housing - A/HRC/34/51 (2017)
By the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing Leilani Farha.
Nantes World Forum on Human Rights (2008)
Extensive report of the World Forum on Human Rights (Nantes, 2008). Its outcomes contributed to the drafting process of the Global Charter-Agenda for Human Rights in the City.
2021 Action Plan (UCLG-CSIPDHR)
Action Plan of the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights for 2021
Urban Migration: Strenghtening Cooperation with Civil Society (2019)
Reporting on the MC2CM Peer Learning event held in Sfax. Focus on local government - civil society cooperation on migration.
2021 Annual Report (UCLG-CSIPDHR)
Annual Report for 2021 by the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights
Report on the right to housing of persons with disabilities - A/72/128 (2017)
Report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing, Leilani Farha.
Ecological Transition and the Right to the City (2015)
Report of discussion events on the Right to the City and the Ecological Transition held in the context of the Paris COP21 Summit.
2020 Action Plan (UCLG-CSIPDHR)
Action Plan for 2021 by the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights
Right to Housing and COVID-19: A local government perspective
Contribution by the UCLG-CISPDHR to the dedicated report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing.
Report on access to justice for the right to housing - A/HRC/40/61 (2019)
By the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing, Leilani Farha.