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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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The Rights-based Approach through the Bogotá Humana Plan (2016)
Monitoring policies on Early Childhood, Older People and Homelessness inspired by the rights-based approach.
Good Governance Practices for the Protection of Human Rights (2007)
A publication by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
8 March - Special Newsletter on Violence against Women
Boston Human Rights Resolution (2011)
A pioneer resolution adopted by the City Council of Boston committing the city to call attention to human rights violations around the world and promote the importance of educating citizens.
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.
(Re)thinking housing provision by local governments for Informal Settler Families in Metro Cebu, Philippines (2020)
By Yuka Aota
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.
Register for the Session “Social Movements and Inclusive Participation in Cities” for the 14th WHRCF in Gwangju
Barcelona Methodological Guide on Human Rights Cities (2019)
A publication by the Human Rights Department of Barcelona.
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.
Final Declaration of the FAL Forum (2006)
Final Declaration of the Forum of Local Authorities for Social Inclusion and Participatory Democracy (FAL) held in Caracas in 2006.
GOLD IV Report on the Global Agendas of Metropolises, Cities and Territories
The fourth GOLD Report published in 2016.
International municipalism and the right to the city (2019)
A report developed by the CIDOB on the role of cities in the age of globalization.
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.
Human Rights in Utrecht (2011)
A compilation of policies implemented by Utrecht showing how the local government gives effect to international Human Rights Treaties.
Participation without exclusion (2017)
Learning from 15 years of Montreal Observatory on Public Consultation (OCPM)