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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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Participation without exclusion (2017)
Learning from 15 years of Montreal Observatory on Public Consultation (OCPM)
Forced Evictions and the Creation of the Lagos Mega-City: Estimating the Room for Manoeuvre (2020)
By Aderoju John Phillips.
Guide to intercultural competences in public administrations (2021)
Developed by four local governments (Bilbao, Tenerife, Castelló and Donostia) within the Intercultural Cities initiative.
Bandung Charter of a Human Rights City (2015)
Local human rights declaration promoted by the former Mayor of Bandung in 2015.
UCLG Durban Political Declaration (2019)
The guiding vision for UCLG's policy agenda adopted by the 2019 UCLG World Congress of Durban.
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.
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.
Montreal Charter of Rights and Responsibilities (2006)
A landmark innovation for human rights cities, the Montreal Charter redefined the relationship between government and citizens based on rights and duties.
Montreal’s Guide to Public Consultation (2016)
A guide to plan, implement and monitor local participatory democracy processes built upon Montreal's experience (OCPM).
Advancing urban rights: Equality and diversity in the city (2019)
A report by CIDOB exploring emerging discourses and practices on equality and diversity in cities.
Local government and human rights: doing good service (2005)
A publication by the International Council on Human Rights Policy
Gwangju Declaration on Human Rights City (2011)
The final declaration of the first World Human Rights Cities Forum which triggered the implementation of a local human rights system in Gwangju
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.
The UN-Sustainable Development Goals going local: learning from localising human rights (2021)
By Nicole L. Immler and Hans Sakkers.
2021 Action Plan (UCLG-CSIPDHR)
Action Plan of the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights for 2021
Mexico City Declaration on the Right to the City (2015)
Final declaration of the Mexico City Seminar of Local Governments for the Right to the City. Key milestone towards the Habitat III campaign in favour of the right to the city.