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Implementing the Right to Adequate Housing: Nourishing Durban Congress debates and the next Report of the UN Special Rapporteur
Tuesday, 29 October 2019
The next UCLG World Congress of Durban (11-15 November) will host several events and networking opportunities that will define the future strategy on housing of member local governments and the world organization in the coming period. [ ACCESS THE GUIDELINES - LINK ] A working session organized by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing on 13...
Jember Regency to host Indonesia’s 6th Human Rights Festival (19 - 21 November 2019)
Monday, 14 October 2019
Source photo: Ikhlasul Amal The largest annual meeting of the Indonesian movement of human rights cities will take place this year in Jember Regency (East Java) on 19 – 21 November. The festival will welcome participation of hundreds of Indonesian and international participants. Jember’s Human Rights Festival will focus on “Social Justice and Human Rights-Based...
Barcelona has published a methodological guide that shares the City’s experience towards becoming a “human rights city”
Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Barcelona has recently published a methodological guide – “Human Rights City: The Barcelona Model” – gathering the main lessons learnt by the Catalan capital in terms of developing a municipal system for human rights protection and promotion. A myriad of examples and recommendations on strategic planning, policy design, implementation and evaluation for municipal...
19th Conference of the International Observatory of Participatory Democracy (IOPD)
Thursday, 05 September 2019
The next edition of the IOPD International Conference will take place in Iztapalapa (Mexico) on December 7, 8, 9 and 10, 2019. This edition of the Conference will be held under the theme “Participatory Cities with Full Rights: Participatory Democracy and Human Rights” and will be organized by the OIDP Secretariat and the Municipality of Iztapalapa with the support...
Launch of the Peer Learning Note 25: Urban Migration in the Mediterranean - Local Governments and Civil Society
Friday, 30 August 2019
Source: CGLU Learning Key Lessons from the peer learning in Sfax, Tunisia now available here. Building synergies, creating bridges and sharing resources- these are the objectives for cooperation efforts in the inclusion of migrants and refugees. This requires trust between administrations and civil society, and experience shows that trust can be built on previous...
Assessing local governments’ contribution to the realization of inclusive and peaceful societies by 2030
Saturday, 10 August 2019
Our Committee has taken an active role in UCLG and global discussions on SDG 16 localization throughout the first half of 2019. Through the participation of its members and its Secretariat, the Committee has stressed the key linkages between the human rights-based approach and the specific nature of SDG 16 targets at a local level – that is, realization of...
9th edition of the World Human Rights Cities Forum of Gwangju (WHRCF 2019)
Friday, 02 August 2019
The next edition of the World Human Rights Cities Forum (WHRCF 2019) of Gwangju (South Korea) will be held from 30 September to 3 October 2019. The metropolitan government of Gwangju, which is a co-chair of the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights, co-organizes the WHRCF each year after the support of the Gwangju...
International seminar of the FALP 2019 - Final Declaraton (Aizaria, Jerusalem)
Wednesday, 24 July 2019
Source: Peripheral Cities Forum of UCLG (FALP) Local authorities present at the Seminar “Right to the City and Access to Metropolitan Areas for All” held in the Palestinian city of Aizaria (Metropolitan Area of Jerusalem) recall, more than ever, that our mainly urban planet cannot accept any form of urban apartheid. Be it in the form of concrete; caused by money,...

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