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In the Local Policies section you will find a compilation of local government policies on human rights, the right to the city, housing and other key topics for local social inclusion and participatory democracy agendas. Our search engine will allow you to select practices according to more specific categories or types of contents, including more than sixty case studies developed within the Inclusive Cities Observatory initiative (a joint endeavour by the UCLG-CSIPDHR, the University College of London and the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra). The Resources section of this Knowledge Hub gathers useful publications, policy documents, international declarations and valuable learning resources.
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25 November - Special Newsletter on Violence against Women
Session “Social Movements and Inclusive Participation in Cities” for the 14th WHRCF in Gwangju
Rethinking Housing Policies (2019)
Harnessing local innovation to address the global housing crisis. A report developed by the GOLD team after UCLG's Wave of Action on Housing.
Declaration of the City of Bogota: Fourth World Forum of Cities and Territories of Peace
A document that brings together the proposals put forward at the Peace Forum to sign peace between people, for the planet and with the government towards the next edition in Montevideo 2025.
Gwangju Declaration on Human Rights City (2011)
The final declaration of the first World Human Rights Cities Forum which triggered the implementation of a local human rights system in Gwangju
Unveiling the Right to the City (2017)
The main goal of this publication is "to give back to the right to the city concept its emancipatory power" by analyzing emerging local and international alternatives.
The UN-Sustainable Development Goals going local: learning from localising human rights (2021)
By Nicole L. Immler and Hans Sakkers.
2021 Action Plan (UCLG-CSIPDHR)
Action Plan of the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights for 2021
Mexico City Declaration on the Right to the City (2015)
Final declaration of the Mexico City Seminar of Local Governments for the Right to the City. Key milestone towards the Habitat III campaign in favour of the right to the city.
UCLG Manifesto on the Future of Housing (2019)
UCLG's renewed policy position on housing adopted by the World Congress of 2019 held in Durban.
Report on the right to housing of persons with disabilities - A/72/128 (2017)
Report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Housing, Leilani Farha.