The 2024 UN Summit of the Future: what is it and why does it matter?
A delegation of over 100 local and regional representatives, on behalf of the municipalist movement…
What is a Human Rights City?
“A Human Rights city is both a local community and a socio-political process in a local context where human rights play a key role as fundamental…
On Wednesday, June 12, 2024, our Committee organized an online exchange meeting on the Charter of Values, a document aimed at reflecting the shared values of our local authorities…
The United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy, and Human Rights, in collaboration with the UN Human Rights Institute and…
On Thursday 4 July 2024, the meeting “Capacity building for local governments to realize human rights for all” took place in parallel to the 56th session of the Human Rights…
Following contributions of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and our Committee, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights and the UN Special…
Context
In 2023, our Committee launched the update process of the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Charter-Agenda for Human Rights. In the words of Emilia Saiz, UCLG…
World Water Day: Water for Peace
The universality of human rights starts at the local level!
The municipalities of Quilmes, Almirante Brown, Avellaneda, Florencio Varela and…
From 22 to 24 January 2024 , our Committee and its co-presidency of the Seine-Saint-Denis co-organised, with the support of the Lord Mayor of Banjul and President of REFELA, Ms.…
On 7 November 2023, in the framework of the 22nd Conference of the International Observatory on Participatory Democracy (IOPD), the Coordination for the Promotion of Racial…
Our Committee leveraged the 22nd IOPD Conference in Rio de Janeiro to promote the second wave of the global campaign "10, 100, 1000 Cities and Territories for Human Rights by 2030…
As part of the «Human Rights 75» initiative to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration, our Committee interviews the Global Platform for the Right to the…
On 20 September, UCLG and our Committee facilitated the online consultation "Cities for Adequate Housing" in the framework of the Community of Practice on Housing, which brought…
What is a human rights city? How can and should cities respond to poverty and fight inequality? Co-organised by our Committee together with our co-chair Gwangju Metropolitan…
From 4 to 6 October 2023, the 13th Gwangju World Forum of Human Rights Cities (WHRCF) was the occasion to push forward face-to-face the process of updating the Human Rights…