Human Rights live in each of us ! Our rights are fully enjoyed where we live, and cities are the best place to exercise these rights Let’s celebrate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 75th anniversary This is the only Universal Declaration in the World that gives us tools and the roadmap to unite […]
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Are you a citizen of a Council of Europe member state? Do you want to participate in Europe’s democratic future? Do you feel like being part of a 10,000-strong jury to choose Europe’s new Capital of Democracy? Would you answer all these questions with yes? Then, read more to discover how you can participate in
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Applications are open and cities have been signing up to compete for the title of ‘European Capital of Democracy’. Any city or municipality can apply until the end of June 2022. This brand-new initiative is led by the European Capital of Democracy (ECoD), a European-wide and EU funded initiative which aims to strengthen and innovate democracy.
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Join us on the 30 and 31 May, in Middelburg, The Netherlands, to the ‘Cities of Refuge’ Final Conference ! The conference will be live-streamed via this link and pictures will be taken. Cities of Refuge is a 5-year research project. Therefore, this project explores the relevance of international human rights, as law, praxis and discourse on how local governments in
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In the context of the upcoming OHCHR report on Local Governments and Human Rights, as mandated by the UN Human Rights Council, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights calls out to human rights institutions and civil-society representatives, which includes non-governmental organizations and local governments. Thus, we invite members of the HRCN to send
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The Forum On the 11th and 12th of October, the Fundamental Rights Forum 2021 was held both in Vienna and online. The Forum aimed to bring together key actors to present and exchange knowledge on the most pressing human rights issues, as well as to build a vision of hope for the future in the
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The World Human Rights Cities Forum (Forum of WHRCF) is an annual event held in the human rights city of Gwangju, in the Republic of Korea. This year, the Forum was held between the 07-10th of October with the theme of: ‘Human Rights in Times of Challenge: A New Social Contract’. During the sessions, speakers
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As a direct result of the FRA framework of commitments of the HRC, five webinars on topics related to Human Rights Cities will take place in the frame of the Cologne Human Rights City Initiative Webinar Series (2021-2022). Sebastian Bartsch, Chairman of the Cologne Human Rights City Initiative, announced the first two events that will
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STATEMENT by Professor Olivier De Schutter, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, on his visit to the European Union 29 January 2021 The European Union must boldly rethink its socio-economic governance if it is to live up to its commitment to eradicate poverty, said the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty
Consecutively to the Consultation with city actors and the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, held on the 20th of January 2020, the Human Rights Cities Network issued the following STATEMENT In the current COVID-19 pandemic context, Europe is facing an unprecedented social and economic crisis. Local authorities have been on
