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Towards the 10th edition of the World Human Rights Cities Forum (WHRCF) of Gwangju
Wednesday, 05 February 2020
The 2020 edition of the World Human Rights Cities Forum (WHRCF) has been postponed to October 7-10 2020 due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Given the importance of May 18, 2020, which will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Gwangju’s Democratic Uprising, the WHRCF’s host city and its partners wished to hold some symbolic initiatives throughout the day in order to recall the...
Participatory democracy to place peripheries at the centre: The IOPD addresses the Right to the City in its 2019 Conference held in Iztapalapa
Friday, 20 December 2019
The International Observatory on Participatory Democracy (IOPD) held on December 7, 8, 9 and 10 the 19th edition of its Annual Conference in Iztapalapa, Mexico City. Hundreds of participants, both from Iztapalapa and Mexico City as well as from many other parts of the world, took part in the main meeting point on participatory democracy and local governments...
The CSIPDHR takes part in an expert meeting on human rights cities organized by the European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency
Monday, 09 December 2019
Last November 27 and 28, a group of local government representatives and human rights experts gathered in Brussels to discuss how to strengthen the local governments for human rights’ movement across the European Union. The meeting was convened by the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), which intends to launch a common “framework of commitments” on this issue, with...
Our Committee takes part in the 2019 Festival HAM held in Jember Regency: A meeting point on local human rights issues in Indonesia
Thursday, 05 December 2019
From November 18 to 21, Indonesia’s Jember Regency hosted the sixth edition of the National Festival of Cities for Human Rights and Social Justice (HAM Festival). On this year’s edition, the festival brought together nearly a thousand participants from Indonesian civil society and many organizations working on human rights issues in Asia both at the local and...
The Annual Report of the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights is now available (2018)!
Thursday, 28 November 2019
We are pleased to inform you the Annual Report of the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights is already available online. The Report includes all the activities carried out by the Committee throughout 2018. The Annual Report 2018 includes articles on events such as: The European Workshop of Local Government and Human Rights (...
The 2019 UCLG Congress: A Platform for Advancing the Committee’s Strategy on Human Rights and the Right to the City
Monday, 25 November 2019
The 2019 edition of the UCLG Congress, held in the South African city of Durban from 11 to 15 November, has provided local governments gathered in the framework of the UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights (UCLG CSIPDHR) with a platform to advance many of their priorities and shared initiatives at a global level. Many events...
Reimagining “Human Rights Cities”: Gwangju hosts a new edition of its World Human Rights Cities Forum (WHRCF)
Sunday, 10 November 2019
From 30 September to 2 October, the City of Gwangju became once more the beating heart of the global human rights cities movement after hosting the 9th edition of the World Human Rights Cities Forum (WHRCF). In its 2019 edition, local government, civil society and international participants to the Forum assessed the latest policy developments in local human rights...
Implementing the Right to Adequate Housing: Nourishing Durban Congress debates and the next Report of the UN Special Rapporteur
Tuesday, 29 October 2019
The next UCLG World Congress of Durban (11-15 November) will host several events and networking opportunities that will define the future strategy on housing of member local governments and the world organization in the coming period. [ ACCESS THE GUIDELINES - LINK ] A working session organized by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing on 13...

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