The French city of Grenoble will host, from 8 to 16 March 2019, the second edition of Biennale “Cities in Transition”. This event will be a great opportunity to get to know…
Throughout 2018, the Executive Secretariat of the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights has carried out a monitoring process on the…
On the occasion of the International Conference “Cities for Rights” held in Barcelona on December 10 and 11, our member-local governments of Barcelona, Madrid and Plaine Commune…
Almost seven years after the creation of its Human Rights Department, Seoul (9.8 million inhabitants) has managed to consolidate a pioneer municipal human rights system. After a…
The city of Terrassa (Catalonia, Spain) is organizing a Congress on “Intersectionality in local policies: experiences, tools and debates” next February 13. As a leading city in…
A delegation of ten representatives of the Gwangju Metropolitan Government and the Gwangju International Center visited Barcelona on December 10, 11, 12 and 13, 2018. The purpose…
Contributing to make the voice of local governments heard in regards to human rights has been a key priority for member-local governments of the UCLG Committee on Social…
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The Global Compact for safe, orderly and regular Migration was adopted in Marrakech on 10th December. The Global Compact is the first-ever negotiated global…
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On 4-5 December, the City of Vienna hosted the “Housing for All” Conference, a forum to present a European Action Plan to implement concrete policies for the right to…
Local democracy has gained weight in the agendas of local government, UCLG and other international organizations throughout 2018. In November, and on the occasion of its…
A delegation from the Seine-Saint-Denis, Plaine Commune and Saint-Denis (France) visited the city of Granollers (Spain) on 26 and 27 November in order to meet with its Mayor,…
Last November 22, our Committee and the Global Platform for the Right to the City organized the session “Right to the City and international agendas: African realities and…
Signatories of the Declaration of Cities for Adequate Housing met in Madrid last 7 November to discuss the way forward in their joint quest for the right to housing. Barcelona,…
Several member-local government of our Committee were able to meet OHCHR’s Deputy High-Commissioner, Kate Gilmore, on the occasion of October’s Delegation to Gwangju’s World Human…
This meeting will take place in parallel to Barcelona's “Cities for Rights” Conference, and should be a good opportunity to relaunch and articulate initiatives on human rights…