Prioritizing cities agenda and promoting collaboration towards Urban policies URBAN Intergroup meeting held on the 10th of October at the European Parliament in Brussels. Mayor’s Agenda for Cities and the European Union The EP Urban Intergoup event was held in Brussels at the European Parliament this morning. Promoting the Mayor’s Agenda for the Cities …
Brussels Urban Summit – Press Club Interviews Stephan Pittman, Chair of the York Human Rights City Network, at Brussels Urban Summit 2023 Dr Bernd Voehringer, Mayor of Sindelfingen, at Brussels Urban Summit 2023
Human Rights Cities Network presents its new tool to integrate people’s rights at the heart of public policies: the Standardized Monitoring System (SMS) PRESS STATEMENT Brussels, 14 June 2023 (16:00 to 17:30) SQUARE Brussels Convention Centre – Room 213-215 Putting human rights on the agenda of the Brussels Urban Summit (BUS) 2023, the Human …
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Take part to the HRCN new initiative & Advance human rights cities in Europe APPLY NOW ! Be one pilot city to implement the Standardized Monitoring System Co-create a unique set of indicators and monitoring tools. The system integrates people & their rights at the centre of public policies and practices. Basically, participating cities will make human …
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 …
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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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 …
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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