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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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8 March - Special Newsletter on Violence against Women
European Charter for Human Rights in the City - An Explanatory Note (2006)
By Aida Guillén.
Summary of the intersessional panel discussion on Local Governments and Human Rights - A/HRC/38/22 (2018)
Summary of the intersessional panel discussion held on 2017 by the Human Rights Council.
Gwangju Guiding Principles for a Human Rights City (2014)
Developed in the framework of the World Human Rights Cities Forum, they seek to inspire more local governments to become human rights cities.
2020 Action Plan (UCLG-CSIPDHR)
Action Plan for 2021 by the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights
Human Rights Cities and the SDGs
A publication by the Raoul Wallenberg Institute on Human Rights.
Good Governance Practices for the Protection of Human Rights (2007)
A publication by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Using Human Rights Assessments in Local Governance (2014)
Prepared by the Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute under the auspices of the "Human Rights at Home" Campaign of 2014
2019 Action Plan (UCLG-CSIPDHR)
Action Plan for 2019 by the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights
Frontier Cities: The Rise of Local Authorities as an Opportunity for International Human Rights Law (2018)
By Barbara Oomen
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.
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.
Barcelona Methodological Guide on Human Rights Cities (2019)
A publication by the Human Rights Department of Barcelona.
Invitation to join the global campaign “10, 100, 1000 Human Rights Cities and Territories by 2030"
Tuzla Human Rights Cities Declaration (2010)
The final declaration of a key seminar, which gave follow-up to the implementation of the European Charter for Human Rights in the City before the adoption of the Global Charter Agenda (2011)