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Building Human Rights Cities: Human Rights Cities Network at Work in Utrecht

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The Human Rights Cities Network (HRCN) joined Mila Paspalanova, Anti-racial Discrimination Advisor for Europe from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) at Discriminatie.nl Provincie Utrecht, from 21 to 23 May 2025, to engage in a series of in-depth discussions with representatives from the municipalities of Amersfoort, Nieuwegein, and Zeist. These […]

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Human Rights Council event: local governments and human rights

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Supporting local governments to prioritise human rights in their agenda   On Thursday 4 July, the Human Rights Council held a side meeting entitled “Capacity building for local governments to realize human rights for all” as part of its 56th session. This event highlighted the important role local governments play in various areas such as

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56th session of the Human Rights Council side event: “Capacity building for local governments to realize human rights for all”

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Ensuring local governments can protect and promote the human rights of all   On Thursday 4 July from 13:00 to 14:00 CEST, the Human Rights Council will host the side event “Capacity building for local governments to realize human rights for all” as part of its 56th session. The aim is to examine the recommendations

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WEBINAR – Enhancing Human Rights in Cities with the right to vote : the 2024 European Parliament Elections

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HUMAN RIGHTS CITIES WEBINAR Joint initiative between the Human Rights Cities Network & the Global Parliament of Mayors  with Barcelona 1st European Capital of Democracy (ECoD) 6 May 2024 @ 15:00 CTE Enhancing Human Rights in Cities with the right to vote : the 2024 European Parliament Elections Raising awareness on the importance of local authorities

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The City of York is Moving Forward with Stronger Foundations!

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York Human Rights City Network (YHRCN) released its 2023 Annual Indicator Report No. 8 since York was declared, in April 2017,  the UK’s first Human Rights City. The Report, co-written by academics from the Centre for Applied Human Rights at the University of York and other members of YHRCN, also monitors the protection of key

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The HRCN is a panellist at the Global Parliament of Mayors Annual Summit 2023!

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We are delighted to share with you our participation to the Global Parliament of Mayors Annual Summit 2023 in the City of Skopje , North Macedonia!   Our board member, Frédérique Hanotier ,will be speak in the Plenary Session on Caring Cities on the following brief: Empowering, Engaging, and Caring Cities: Delivering Democracy and Human Development to

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Human Rights Cities Network joins the European Civic Forum’s network!

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We are delighted to join the European Civic Forum’s network as a new member. The European Civic Forum (ECF) is a pan-European network of more than 100 associations and NGOs across 29 European countries. Founded in 2005 they have spent two decades working to protect civic space, enable civic participation and build civil dialogue for more equality, solidarity and democracy in Europe.

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