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Latest updates on the process to recognize the role of local government in the promotion and protection of human rights (Human Rights Council)

Monday, 08 October 2018

The Human Rights Council has adopted a new resolution on the “Local government and human rights” agenda after its 39th period of sessions (10 – 28 September). The resolution encourages the interaction between Sustainable Development Goals and human rights localization agendas, and calls on the OHCHR and relevant stakeholders to interact and strengthen dialogue with...

The “Cities for Rights” Conference official website is open: Register now!

Friday, 05 October 2018

The international conference “Cities for Rights” – to take place in Barcelona next 10 and 11 December – has just launched its official website. It contains relevant information on logistics, concept note and the provisional program of the Conference. The Committee invites all its interested members to register already to the event, as well as to keep track of its...

A grassroots approach for integration: Morus Association

Tuesday, 02 October 2018

Morus is a voluntary association that focuses on migrant inclusion. The association supports a small number of refugees in the Valli di Lanzo region, northwest of Turin. The association works with those individuals who have been granted refugee status in Italy in order to help them find housing and employment in the region’s rural towns and villages. To this end,...

Habitat International Coalition and the Habitat Conferences 1976-2016

Monday, 01 October 2018

Source: HIC HIC launches publication on World Habitat Day commemorating more than 40 years of struggle for Social Justice "Habitat International Coalition and the Habitat Conferences 1976-2016" brings together the memory of 40 years of local and global struggles and HIC’s experiences throughout the process of the Habitat Conferences On the day designated by the...

Madrid - World Council 2018

Friday, 21 September 2018

Source: UCLG The World Council will take place from 5 to 8 November in Madrid, back-to-back with the second edition of the World Forum on Urban Violence and Education for Coexistence and Peace, at the kind invitation of Mayor Manuela Carmena. PROGRAMME: The key institutional day for UCLG will be 6 November, where both the Executive Bureau and World Council will...

The IOPD conference program is now available!

Wednesday, 19 September 2018

Source: IOPD You will find all the information at barcelona2018.oidp.net The provisional IOPD conference program is now available at its official website. There you can find all the information about the sessions and speakers who will participate in it. In total, about 100 people will collaborate in more of 20 roundtables and 30 workshops. The conference program...

Regions lead the localization of Agenda 2030 for the territorialization of the SDGs

Friday, 14 September 2018

Source: Forum of Regions (UCLG) On 17 and 18 September, the conference "Territorializing the development agenda" will take place in the City of Rosario, at the invitation of the Governor of Santa Fe and President of the UCLG Forum of Regions, Miguel Lifschitz. This meeting between different levels of governance, co-organized by the Province of Santa Fe and UCLG's...

The Annual Report of our Committee is now available (2017)

Wednesday, 12 September 2018

We are pleased to inform you the Annual Report of the Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights of UCLG is fully available online. The Report includes all the activities carried out by the Committee throughout 2017. Following the adoption of the New Urban Agenda and UCLG’s mobilization towards the Right to Housing or around the global...

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