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The UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights (UCLG CSIPDHR) is pleased to share with its members and partners its Action Plan for 2020. This…
Last 16 to 18 January, the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) hosted a new edition of the Urban ARC Conference, gathering leading research initiatives on urban issues…
The 2020 edition of the World Human Rights Cities Forum (WHRCF) has been postponed to October 7-10 2020 due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Given the importance of May 18, 2020, which…
The International Observatory on Participatory Democracy held on December 7, 8, 9 and 10 its Annual Conference in Iztapalapa, Mexico City. Hundreds of participants, both from…
Last November 27 and 28, a group of local government representatives and human rights experts gathered in Brussels to discuss how to strengthen the local governments for human…
From November 18 to 21, Indonesia’s Jember Regency hosted the sixth edition of the National Festival of Cities for Human Rights and Social Justice (HAM Festival). On this year’s…
We are pleased to inform you the Annual Report of the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights is already available online. The Report…
The 2019 edition of the UCLG Congress, held in the South African city of Durban from 11 to 15 November, has provided local governments gathered in the framework of the UCLG…
From 30 September to 2 October, the City of Gwangju became once more the beating heart of the global human rights cities movement after hosting the 9th edition of the World Human…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…