Barcelona has recently published the annual report of its Observatory of Discrimination: A collective effort ldc by the city’s human rights department and a dozen local human…
Building on the outcomes of various events organized these last months as well as the practical experience of members, our Committee sent a formal contribution to the next report…
The meeting “Cities and Territories beyond COVID-19: A human rights-based resurgence” took place from June 14 to 19 with the aim of promoting the human rights city vision among…
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COVID-19 is fostering many interesting innovations in local government policy-making. The pandemic stressed rights guarantee as…
The UCLG Community of Practice on Housing meet last May 22 to showcase the latest developments face to COVID-19 by signatory cities of the “Cities for Adequate Housing”…
The recently nominated UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing Balakrishnan Rajagopal has launched a call for contributions to his next report to the UN General Assembly (…
As COVID-19 is affecting more and more regions of the world, so does its harsh social and economic consequences - a crisis that, in many ways, stems from structural causes that…
As a direct follow-up of our previous Live Learning Experience on Housing (1 April), and in order to deepen and exchange on possible measures to be implemented by local and…
Across the world, many local governments have put in place emergency responses to housing-related challenges that have arisen as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. The potential…
Local governments who have been developing human rights policies over the last years now count with additional knowledge, expertise and institutional capacity that could prove…
For several months now, the COVID-19 epidemic has been affecting almost the entire world to a greater or lesser extent. During this time, local governments have been developing…
This week, the deputy mayor of Sfax (Tunisia) on decentralized cooperation and international relations, Mr. Med Wajdi Aydi; as well as the deputy mayor of Douala 3 (Cameroon), Mr…
Protecting migrants is a key issue raised by local authorities in the context of the pandemic. This includes finding ways to adapt communication on public health measures,…
Urban territories across the world are now sharing similar challenges when tackling the impacts of COVID-19: How to address residents’ needs in this time of crisis, and in…
Faced with the spread of COVID-19, increasingly impacting communities and territories across the world, local governments play a key role in addressing the most urgent needs of…