On the 10th of December 2023, the City of Leuven declared itself a Human Rights City ! In doing so, the city commits to further work on human rights On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, on the 10th of December 2023, the City of Leuven declared […]
Nuremberg – City of Peace and Human Rights On the background of the special role of Nuremberg during the National Socialist Regime in Germany, the City of Nuremberg feels obliged to contribute to peace and the implementation of Human Rights in an active manner. In order to keep the lessons from the past alive Nuremberg
Middelburg is a city of freedoms. We apply the international standards from the human rights agreements when dealing with social issues like poverty; participation of people with a disability; domestic violence and discrimination. Doing so we try to maintain and enforce the stable base for a community in which people can be themselves; an inclusive
Why human rights in the city? Every state is obliged to respect, protect and fulfill human rights. In implementing this obligation the local level – the city – has an essential role: It is the place where people meet daily and the place where every decision concerns the human rights of individuals. To ensure that
In August 2018, Lund’s city council appointed Lund as a Human Rights City, making it the first Human Rights City in both Sweden and Scandinavia. The decision was preceded by work in cooperation with the Raul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights (RWI), in Lund, in which the city and the RWI investigated the prerequisites for
York: the UK’s 1st Human Rights City On 24 April 2017 the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of York, Cllr Dave Taylor, signed a declaration making York the UK’s first Human Rights City. The declaration was the result of six years of work and campaigning, and had the support of all the main political parties
Basic City Data Population Size: 340.000 Surface Area (sq.km): 99.2 Population Density (people/sq.km): 3,604 GDP Per Capita (U.S.$): 38,000 GINI Index: 0.296 In 2010, the City of Utrecht adopted the universal standard of human rights to guarantee a high quality of life for all inhabitants. According to this aim, Utrecht has been working on promoting
