The UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights, the city of Saint-Denis and the conurbation authority of Plaine Commune will be organizing the "1st World Forum of Local Governments for the Right to the City" from 10 - 12 December 2012 in Saint-Denis (France).
This event will follow on from the conferences of the European Charter for the Safeguarding of Human Rights in the City, which have so far been held in Saint-Denis (2000), Venice (2002), Nuremberg (2004), Lyon (2006), Geneva (2008) and Tuzla (2010), but on a renewed basis and facing new challenges. Today, besides the European Charter, it exist the Global Charter-Agenda for Human Rights in the City, adopted by UCLG at the Florence World Council (2011), as well as other local human rights charters adopted in various cities of the world. There are also some cities that have yet to adopt either charter, but are implementing interesting policies in the field of human rights. The "1st World Forum of Local Governments for the Right to the City" will be an arena for sharing and discussing these experiences and sending a joint message in favour of the right to the city.
This challenge is undertaken by engaging in a close dialogue with those cities willing to participate in this process. To that end, we propose you to hold a first preparatory meeting of the Forum in Saint-Denis (France) on 12 and 13 July 2012. We will send you a formal invitation and the draft agenda in the following weeks.
Please, do not hesitate to contact us should you require any further information antonio.aniesa@ plainecommune.com.fr; [email protected]).