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Banjul Declaration: African Women Local Leaders Unite to Combat Violence against women under the auspices of REFELA "Building the future of human rights": the second wave of 10,100,1000 Human Rights Cities and Territories by 2030 Interview #HumanRights75 with the Global Platform for the Right to the City: promoting human rights in business to support diverse and inclusive local… “The role of Local and Regional Governments in relation to the decriminalisation of homelessness and poverty,” our contribution to the UN Special… WHRCF: Human rights cities respond to poverty and inequalities Our Committee jumpstarts the updating process of the Charter-Agenda for Human Rights in the City at the WHRCF The second wave of the global campaign "10, 100, 1000 Human Rights Cities and Territories by 2030" is also available in Bahasa! CSIPDHR facilitates a session to debate the first results of the update process of the UCLG Global Charter-Agenda for Human Rights in the City Interview #HumanRights75: our co-president Linda Voortman, Co-Mayor of Utrecht, flags the human rights cities movement to contribute to the Global Goals Cities for Adequate Housing: Contribution to the upcoming report of the UN Special Rapporteurs on Housing and Poverty Interview #HumanRights75 with the Directorate of Citizens' Rights Services of Barcelona: promoting access to justice as a human right #HumanRights75: the municipality of Padua gives impulse to collective reflection through “An Impossible Peace is the Only Possible Peace" #HumanRights75: interview with Ms. Isatou Njie, REFELA National Coordinator in Gambia Our coordinator Amanda Flèty presented the progress of our peace and human rights agenda at the French Senate Building the future of human rights: the second wave of the global campaign "10, 100, 1000 Human Rights Cities and Territories by 2030" has been launched! Interview #HumanRights75 with Chiguayante (Chile): contributing to peace for the prevention of human rights violations 50 years after the coup d'état "There can be no human rights without peace", our call at the 4th World Forum Cities and Territories of Peace in Bogota "Human Rights Cities Respond to Poverty and Inequalities" at the 13th World Human Rights Cities Forum (WHRCF) in Gwangju, October 4-7, 2023. #HumanRights75 Interview with FRA: Helping cities and other local authorities better integrate human rights in their work Bogotá will host the 4th World Forum on Cities and Territories of Peace UN-Water 2023 Conference: local governments open the tap to defend water as a human right "Human Rights Cities in the European Union:" the regional guide to advance the implementationof human rights cities, by FRA Join the Human Rights 75 Initiative to commemorate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights anniversary! #21M - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Interview with Gissela Chalá Reinoso, former Deputy Mayoress of Quito Iztapalapa Declaration: Caring territories against Gender-based Violence First results of the Global Campaign "10,100,1000 Human Rights Cities and Territories by 2030" Special Report of the UCLG-CSIPDHR: The 12th Gwangju World Human Rights Cities Forum and the UCLG World Summit in Daejeon OUT NOW: OHCHR Report on "Local government and human rights" Join the Global Campaign “10, 100, 1000 Human Rights Cities and Territories by 2030”! Report of the session “Environment and climate change: Building a Human Rights approach at the local level” Special session on the UCLG-CSIPDHR Global Campaign “10, 100, 1000 Human Rights Cities and Territories by 2030” at the UCLG Executive Bureau in Sevilla Call for contributions on the right to adequate housing and climate change Call for input to report on Local Government and Human Rights (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights) Human Rights Day: Our Roadmap on Local Governments and Human Rights United Nations and UCLG partnership on human rights: Ten points to advance a common agenda on local governments and human rights Launch of “Caring territories for women victims of violence” initiative and celebration of 25 November Day on VAWG Caring territories for women victims of violence: the International Observatory on Violence against Women 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 The World Human Rights Cities Forum (WHRCF) of Gwangju 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
Our Committee brings together LRGs at #OIDPCórdoba2025 to share how to “Build Human Rights Cities” through democracy and participation
CISDP Brings Together Cities Around the World in Gwangju WHRCF to Reflect on Democratic Resilience and Human Rights
Our Committee promotes the updating of the Charter-Agenda for Human Rights in the City of UCLG together with the Steering Board
Local and Regional Governments Build #CaringCities through Citizen Participation: Reflections from Our Webinar
OHCHR: our Committee facilitates a consultation to develop a Guidance Framework for Building a Human Rights City
The UCLG 2025 Retreat puts at the forefront the inclusion of youth in local governance as a building block for #HumanRightsCities and Territories
Strengthening the commitment of local and regional governments against racism and discrimination: the 4th Global Forum of UNESCO
Pushing forward the Third Wave of the Global Campaign "10, 100, 1000 Cities and Territories for 2030" at the OIDP Conference in Valongo
IN ARABIC! Download the thematic sheets of the program "Towards Caring Territories for Women Victims of Violence"
Over 50 Local Leaders and Experts Gather in Seine-Saint-Denis to Highlight the Role of Local and Regional Governments to #EndVAW
Local and Regional Governments for a renew multilateralism: the UN Summit of the Future and the Pact for the Future
Pioneering Local Public Policies to Uphold Dignity for All: The 3rd wave of the Global Campaign “10,100,1000 Human Rights Cites & Territories by 2030”
Our Committee, the UN Human Rights Office & RWI co-organise the session “Social Movements and Inclusive Participation in Cities” for the 14th WHRCF in…
High Commissioner for Human Rights: UCLG Secretary General shares our network's perspectives on the challenges of local governments to realize human rights
Recognition of the key role of local and regional governments in UN SR report on the decriminalisation of homelessness and poverty
Banjul Declaration: African Women Local Leaders Unite to Combat Violence against women under the auspices of REFELA
"Building the future of human rights": the second wave of 10,100,1000 Human Rights Cities and Territories by 2030
Interview #HumanRights75 with the Global Platform for the Right to the City: promoting human rights in business to support diverse and inclusive local…
“The role of Local and Regional Governments in relation to the decriminalisation of homelessness and poverty,” our contribution to the UN Special…
Our Committee jumpstarts the updating process of the Charter-Agenda for Human Rights in the City at the WHRCF
The second wave of the global campaign "10, 100, 1000 Human Rights Cities and Territories by 2030" is also available in Bahasa!
CSIPDHR facilitates a session to debate the first results of the update process of the UCLG Global Charter-Agenda for Human Rights in the City
Interview #HumanRights75: our co-president Linda Voortman, Co-Mayor of Utrecht, flags the human rights cities movement to contribute to the Global Goals
Cities for Adequate Housing: Contribution to the upcoming report of the UN Special Rapporteurs on Housing and Poverty
Interview #HumanRights75 with the Directorate of Citizens' Rights Services of Barcelona: promoting access to justice as a human right
#HumanRights75: the municipality of Padua gives impulse to collective reflection through “An Impossible Peace is the Only Possible Peace"
Our coordinator Amanda Flèty presented the progress of our peace and human rights agenda at the French Senate
Building the future of human rights: the second wave of the global campaign "10, 100, 1000 Human Rights Cities and Territories by 2030" has been launched!
Interview #HumanRights75 with Chiguayante (Chile): contributing to peace for the prevention of human rights violations 50 years after the coup d'état
"There can be no human rights without peace", our call at the 4th World Forum Cities and Territories of Peace in Bogota
"Human Rights Cities Respond to Poverty and Inequalities" at the 13th World Human Rights Cities Forum (WHRCF) in Gwangju, October 4-7, 2023.
#HumanRights75 Interview with FRA: Helping cities and other local authorities better integrate human rights in their work
"Human Rights Cities in the European Union:" the regional guide to advance the implementationof human rights cities, by FRA
Join the Human Rights 75 Initiative to commemorate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights anniversary!
#21M - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Interview with Gissela Chalá Reinoso, former Deputy Mayoress of Quito
Special Report of the UCLG-CSIPDHR: The 12th Gwangju World Human Rights Cities Forum and the UCLG World Summit in Daejeon
Report of the session “Environment and climate change: Building a Human Rights approach at the local level”
Special session on the UCLG-CSIPDHR Global Campaign “10, 100, 1000 Human Rights Cities and Territories by 2030” at the UCLG Executive Bureau in Sevilla
Call for input to report on Local Government and Human Rights (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights)
United Nations and UCLG partnership on human rights: Ten points to advance a common agenda on local governments and human rights
Launch of “Caring territories for women victims of violence” initiative and celebration of 25 November Day on VAWG
Caring territories for women victims of violence: the International Observatory on Violence against Women
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
