The Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) held an online side event at the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2020 on July 16th, facilitated by Sophia Torres from the GPR2C support team. GPR2C members and allies from local governments, international...
UN Human Rights bodies special procedures have been developing different efforts to stress the importance of adopting a human rights approach in addressing the COVID-19 crisis. Beyond issuing a series of joint press releases and statements, a group of different...
Call for contributions to UN Special Rapporteurs report on COVID-19 and human rights Source: OHCHR UN Human Rights bodies special procedures have taken various initiatives in relation to COVID-19 with the objective to stress the importance of adopting a human rights...
Article by Lorena Zárate, originally published at Minim There is no doubt about it: the current global pandemic offers some acute warnings and delivers several fundamental messages to our societies. First and foremost, it suddenly and simultaneously focuses our...
Description: Muungano wa Wanavajiji (MWV) is a Kenyan social movement that deals with land, housing, and human rights issues. Mission: Mobilise the urban poor and resources to enable them create voice and space to engage the Government in decision making forum....
Description: Korea Institute Center for Sustainable Development (KICSD) was established in 2006 and has contributed to improve Local Agenda 21 movement in Korea as a think thank. Since 2015 KICSD has focused on the development of participatory governance system for...
Description: The International Alliance of Inhabitants (IAI)/USA Canada Alliance of Inhabitants (USACAI) fight against evictions worldwide. We do this through World Zero Evictions in the month of October and Tribunals on Evictions Mission: On September 12th 2003,...
Description: Asamblea de Unidad Cantonal de Montufar (AUCM) is an organized civil society group that promotes the active participation of citizens in the public sphere for advocacy within public affairs Mission: To be a model district in promoting the active...
