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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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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)
Local government debates on human rights and the right to the city (2017)
These were held in Madrid, Geneva and Gwangju, and gave a crucial follow-up to the Habitat III Conference.
Live Learning Experience on COVID-19 and Migration (2020)
A meeting of the UCLG #BeyondtheOutbreak community focusing on local governments' role in protecting migrant residents face to the COVID-19 crisis.
2023 Annual Report - UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights
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.
Right to the City for the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the New Urban Agenda (2018)
A publication by the Global Platform for the Right to the City.
New Urban Agenda (2016)
First international document to mention the right to the city. Adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2016 after the Habitat III process.
2018 Annual Report (UCLG-CSIPDHR)
Annual Report for 2018 by the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights
Final Declaration of the FAL Forum (2004)
Final Declaration of the Forum of Local Authorities for Social Inclusion and Participatory Democracy (FAL) held in Barcelona in 2004.
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.
The Rome Charter on Cultural Rights (2020)
A landmark Charter for the advance of cultural rights from a local government perspective.
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.
The Role of Local Authorities in Promoting the Social Inclusion of Migrants (2017)
Focus on interculturality and interreligious dialogue. Reflecting on the outcomes of a Peer Learning event held in Lisbon (MC2CM project).
A typology of local governments’ engagement with human rights: Legal pluralist contributions to international law and human rights (2020)
By Elif Durmuş.
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
Frontier Cities: The Rise of Local Authorities as an Opportunity for International Human Rights Law (2018)
By Barbara Oomen
Report on Local Governments and the Right to Housing - A/HRC/28/62 (2014)
By the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing Leilani Farha