Last 2 and 3 October, the Mayor of Gwangju and co-chair of the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights, Dr. Yoon Jang Hyeon, attended a “…
The publication “Social cohesion and intercultural and inter-religious dialogue: The role of local authorities in public policies for the social inclusion of migrants” highlights…
For her next thematic report to the UN Human Rights Council’s 37th session, the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Leilani Farha, intends to focus on how national and local…
A successful 7th edition of Gwangju World Human Rights Cities Forum and a rising interest by the UN Human Rights Council show that the Human Rights-Cities Movement is gaining…
Source: UCLG
After nearly 3 years of work, cities part of the Mediterranean City to city Migration Project will gather at political level in the framework of a High…
Source: UCLG
On 21 September, International Day of Peace, UCLG and our members recall that peace is defined, not just by the absence of physical violence, but by inclusive…
In view of the next phase of the trial against Gültan Kisanak, Mayor of the city of Diyarbakır, next 15 September, the Committee expresses its concern about the situation of local…
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Mexico City plays an active role towards the full recognition of Human Rights for all in its territory. For Mexico City’s Council to Prevent and…
Patrick Braouezec, President of Plaine Commune, and CO-President of UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights, write an open letter to Ada Colau…
Throughout the last years, the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights has played an active role in defending local governments as key actors…
Surakarta is a city in Central Java Province, Indonesia, of more than 500.000 people. The increasing number of street vendors, people struggling to make a daily income in a…
Last June, Camille Dantec and Thomas Simon, two young graduates in participation and geography from Grenoble, started a six-month journey in the framework of the project “Les…
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With the launch of the 2016 annual report, United Cities and Local Governments, the world organization of cities, metropolises and regions summarizes the events…
Source: Forum of Peripheral Local Authorities
In its will to continue to make the voice of peripheral cities heard, the world network FALP will organize an international seminar…
Halfway monitoring, transparency and advocacy, Bogotá’s Veeduría Distrital (Ombudsman) is a public institution that has been devoted, since 1993, to the preventive control of…