Related Activities Latest events in the "Local Governments and Human Rights" agenda. United Nations and UCLG partnership on human rights: Ten points to advance a common agenda on local governments and human rights Launch of “Territories protecting women from gender-based violence” initiative and celebration of 25 November Day on VAWG Renewing UCLG’s social agenda ahead of the Pact for the Future process: Policy Council on the Right to the City Fostering local human rights innovation: The Committee takes part in the Fundamental Rights Forum The WHRCF 2021 brings together local voices to address crisis and promote a renewed social contract based on human rights A side event of the Human Rights Council addresses the “Local government and human rights agenda” The next Fundamental Rights Forum will address local human rights innovation and trigger new commitments in Europe Human rights discussed in the UCLG ASPAC Congress The UCLG Culture Summit follows-up on the cultural rights agenda WHRCF to be held next October: Focus on the role of human rights in revamping the social contract at a local level Mercociudades fosters local government cooperation on human rights in Latin America Updates on the e-learning strategy on human rights Launch of the update process of the UCLG Global Charter-Agenda for Human Rights in the City Annual Meeting of the Committee held during #UCLGMeets: Co-creating a global roadmap on human rights for the 2021/22 period Statement on the situation in Myanmar - Call for local governments' human rights solidarity Consultation on the Myanmar crisis held by Gwangju city: Call for human rights cities solidarity Local Citizenship: MC2CM Peer Learning event co-organized by our Committee United Nations Agenda on Local Governments and Human Rights: From Recognition to Partnership Setting the UCLG agenda for advocacy and political debate on the Right to the City and Human Rights: The first Policy Council of 2021 leads the way to a… The partnership strategy with the UN Special Rapporteurs brings together civil society and local government stakeholders The UCLG-CSIPDHR leadership takes part in the UCLG World Council to defend the role of human rights and the right to the city in shaping the policy… Cities strengthen global sharing and solidarity on human rights on the occasion of the 10th WHRCF Human rights as a transformative framework #BeyondTheOutbreak: An online seminar promotes the human rights city vision in Equator Our Committee takes part in the 2019 Festival HAM held in Jember Regency: A meeting point on local human rights issues in Indonesia The 2019 UCLG Congress: A Platform for Advancing the Committee’s Strategy on Human Rights and the Right to the City Reimagining “Human Rights Cities”: Gwangju hosts a new edition of its World Human Rights Cities Forum (WHRCF) Local governments bring human rights home: Report of the local government meeting in UN Human Rights Geneva’s seat (June 17 2019) More than twenty local governments have sent their contributions to the UN OHCHR's report on “Local Government and Human Rights” The CSIPDHR carries out a monitoring process on the follow-up of European Charter of Human Rights in the City 20 years after its launch Human rights cities and territories in Europe: What realities and what perspectives? (December 11th Workshop, Barcelona) Report of Gwangju’s Delegation to Barcelona and visit to the Secretariat of our Committee and UCLG Members of the Committee advance dialogue on local governments' role in promoting and protecting human rights with OHCHR’s Deputy High Commissioner The Committee pursues its commitment towards human rights defense on the occasion of Madrid’s UCLG World Council New alliances aimed at putting human rights at the heart of 2030 agendas: Gwangju hosts a successful 2018 edition of the World Human Rights Cities Forum Latest updates on the process to recognize the role of local government in the promotion and protection of human rights (Human Rights Council) Training local civil society organizations on international mechanisms for human rights protection (Barcelona) Local voices for Human Rights, Peace and Democracy The Cities for Rights Movement is on the rise The UN Human Rights Council examines Local Governments’ role in the promotion and the protection of Human Rights The minutes of the Committee's meeting on Human Rights and the Right to the City are available The WHRCF 2016 strengthens the Human Rights Cities network towards Habitat III Human Rights in the New Urban Agenda VI World Human Rights Cities Forum & meeting of the Committee - Gwangju, 21-24 July 2016 5th World Human Rights Cities Forum in Gwangju (South Korea) The United Nations reflect on the role of local government with regards to human rights The European Charter for the Safeguarding of Human Rights in the City The Global Charter-Agenda for Human Rights in the City
United Nations and UCLG partnership on human rights: Ten points to advance a common agenda on local governments and human rights
Launch of “Territories protecting women from gender-based violence” initiative and celebration of 25 November Day on VAWG
Renewing UCLG’s social agenda ahead of the Pact for the Future process: Policy Council on the Right to the City
The WHRCF 2021 brings together local voices to address crisis and promote a renewed social contract based on human rights
The next Fundamental Rights Forum will address local human rights innovation and trigger new commitments in Europe
WHRCF to be held next October: Focus on the role of human rights in revamping the social contract at a local level
Annual Meeting of the Committee held during #UCLGMeets: Co-creating a global roadmap on human rights for the 2021/22 period
Setting the UCLG agenda for advocacy and political debate on the Right to the City and Human Rights: The first Policy Council of 2021 leads the way to a…
The partnership strategy with the UN Special Rapporteurs brings together civil society and local government stakeholders
The UCLG-CSIPDHR leadership takes part in the UCLG World Council to defend the role of human rights and the right to the city in shaping the policy…
Human rights as a transformative framework #BeyondTheOutbreak: An online seminar promotes the human rights city vision in Equator
Our Committee takes part in the 2019 Festival HAM held in Jember Regency: A meeting point on local human rights issues in Indonesia
The 2019 UCLG Congress: A Platform for Advancing the Committee’s Strategy on Human Rights and the Right to the City
Reimagining “Human Rights Cities”: Gwangju hosts a new edition of its World Human Rights Cities Forum (WHRCF)
Local governments bring human rights home: Report of the local government meeting in UN Human Rights Geneva’s seat (June 17 2019)
More than twenty local governments have sent their contributions to the UN OHCHR's report on “Local Government and Human Rights”
The CSIPDHR carries out a monitoring process on the follow-up of European Charter of Human Rights in the City 20 years after its launch
Human rights cities and territories in Europe: What realities and what perspectives? (December 11th Workshop, Barcelona)
Members of the Committee advance dialogue on local governments' role in promoting and protecting human rights with OHCHR’s Deputy High Commissioner
The Committee pursues its commitment towards human rights defense on the occasion of Madrid’s UCLG World Council
New alliances aimed at putting human rights at the heart of 2030 agendas: Gwangju hosts a successful 2018 edition of the World Human Rights Cities Forum
Latest updates on the process to recognize the role of local government in the promotion and protection of human rights (Human Rights Council)
Training local civil society organizations on international mechanisms for human rights protection (Barcelona)
The UN Human Rights Council examines Local Governments’ role in the promotion and the protection of Human Rights
