Source: United Nations and Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance Every year, on March 21st, we celebrate the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. This date marks the day...
1. The Evolution of Human Rights for the Right to the City 1.1. The Concept of Urban Rights in the Popular Amendment on Urban Reform The concept of urban rights was included as a core element of the Urban Reform’s thinking which emerged during Brazil’s process...
The summer’s biggest blockbuster was not on the screen, but in the streets of Atlanta. Over 300 tenant organizers, policy makers and their allies converged for the Homes for All #RenterPower2018 Assembly organized by the Right to the City Alliance (USA). This historic...
The Right to the City is a collective demand and agreement on the need to implement the Global Agendas for Sustainable Development with a human rights approach. "In his book "The Invisible Cities", Italo Calvino asked this question in a work dedicated to urban spaces,...
Description: Centro de Intercambios y Servicios Cono Sur, Argentina (CISCSA) is a founding member of the HIC Women and Habitat Network, and a member of HIC since its inception. The NGO has been working for more than three decades on housing and habitat rights issues....
Description: Ciudad Común is a non-profit organization whose main objective is to promote a critical perspective of urban and housing studies in Chile and Latin America. As a think tank, the Corporación Ciudad Común is composed of academics, activists, and public...
Description: The Brazilian Institute of Urban Law (IBDU) is a non-profit association constituted by lawyers, urban planners and other professionals involved in the defense of the Right to the City through the research, advocacy and...
Description: The Institute of Urban Development CENCA (CENCA) was created in 1980 and since that date has been working on issues of regional urban planning, city and housing and knowledge co-producing. It is a member of HIC and IAI. Mission: CENCA is an organization...
