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A look at Vienna’s human rights system: Interview to Human Rights Commissioner, Shams Asadi
Tuesday, 02 April 2019
Five years after launching its process aimed at assuming a more active role in human rights policies as municipal administration, Vienna has become an inspiring example of “Human Rights City” in Europe and beyond. At present, the city counts with consolidated policies, institutions and laws that actively promote human rights both as a mainstream topic in local...
In Tunis, UCLG co-organizes technical Consultation on SDG 16+
Friday, 29 March 2019
Source: UCLG On March, 26 and 27, UCLG co-organized a technical consultation on the establishment of Inclusive Local Institutions, with UNDP, the Tunisian Republic and the Global Alliance for SDG 16. The meeting was attended by a delegation of sixty elected officials and representatives of local and regional governments from Tunisia and Morocco, West-Asia and...
Multistakeholder dialogue on the “Cities for Adequate Housing” Declaration: What challenges at the European level?
Friday, 22 March 2019
On March 5, the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights, the CIDOB Global Cities programme and the City of Barcelona organized a multistakeholder dialogue on how to provide a follow-up to the Cities for Adequate Housing Declaration at the European level. On an initial round of discussions, eight signatory municipalities of the...
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing publishes a new report on « The Right to Housing and Access to Justice »
Thursday, 21 March 2019
On March 4, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing, Leilani Farha, presented to the 40th session of the Human Rights Council her latest report on “Access to justice as a means of realizing the right to housing” (A/HRC/40/61). The report argues that “the global housing crisis is rooted in a crisis in access to justice because without access to justice,...
More than twenty local governments have sent their contributions to the UN OHCHR's report on “Local Government and Human Rights”
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
Local authorities and partner organizations from around the world have responded to the call for contributions launched by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for its next report on “Local Government and Human Rights”. This event marks an important breakthrough, as it has highlighted local governments commitment on human rights at both the local...
Montevideo presents “Fincas”: An urban renewal project aimed at transforming abandoned properties into housing initiatives with a social function
Thursday, 14 March 2019
Montevideo presents today the work done by the city in the framework of the project “Fincas”. Through carrying out actions at different levels, Fincas aims at recovering abandoned properties at the heart of the city for Montevideo’s Cartera de Tierras (Land Portfolio) and, thus, transform them in the long run into common goods with a social function for the city....
UCLG Peace Prize: Promoting local efforts in conflict prevention, peace building and post conflict reconstruction
Wednesday, 13 March 2019
The UCLG Peace Prize is a triennial award for (a coalition of) local governments that have implemented innovative initiatives in conflict prevention, resolution or peace building, that have had a significant positive impact. The Prize aims to contribute to a full acknowledgement of the important but often overlooked role of local governments as peace building...
The Committee presents its Action Plan for 2019: Human Rights, Right to the City and Participatory Democracy
Sunday, 10 March 2019
The UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights is pleased to present its 2019 Action Plan. This document provides a comprehensive framework aimed at articulating the strategy and initiatives of member-local government throughout 2019, marked by the UCLG World Congress (Durban - eThekwini, 18-22 November) and the 9th edition of the...

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