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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Annual Conference of the Geneva Human Rights Platform and its afternoon thematic session on the role of cities and human rights. 12 October 2021 Thematic session 3, 2021, 14:00-15:30 Click here to registrate!
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 …
The Human Rights Cities Network (HRCN) is supporting a research on the effects and responses of COVID 19 in European human rights cities. The research is conducted by a group of MA researchers from the University of York and is based on an online survey. The researchers are working in partnership with the York Human Rights City Network …
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We wish you a fruitful New Year 2021 ! We warmly thank the cities and the organisations partnering with us for their trust, for participating and collaborating with our network in 2020. It has been very inspiring to learn from their experiences, to share creative practices and to remain connected throughout this challenging time. In 2020, …
Two-year anniversary of the network To mark the two-year anniversary of the establishment of the Human Rights Cities Network, we are happy to announce a round-table discussion with cities actors and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter. This consultation will take place online, on the 20th January, 2021, from 10:00 …
Human Rights Cities Network Webinars The Human Rights Cities & COVID 19 The way forward The Human Rights Cities Network (HRCN) initiate a new dynamic with the cities participating to the network (Middelburg, Barcelona, Utrecht, Lund, York, Graz) through two webinars. The way forward aims to exchange on how being a human rights city …
Be part of the 2021 Conference on Human Rights at the Local and Regional Levels & Participate to the Call for Applications Human Rights Go Local: What Works The Academy and Conference on Human Rights at the Local and Regional Levels 2021 focus on “Field-proven research methods on human rights“. Participate to the Call for Applications opened until the …
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