The meeting will address the concept, principles and the strategic components of the Right to the City; the Perspectives of Right to the City in the Asia Region; and the needed human rights approach for a New Habitat Agenda coming from Habitat III. Access the complete...
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Public Statement defending The Right to the City is delivered at intergovernmental negotiations on the New Urban Agenda in NYC
Lorena Zárate, President of HIC (Habitat International Coalition), and members of The Global Platform for the Right to the City, attended at the Informal Intergovernmental Meetings on June 27th - July 1st 2016, UN, New York, and delivered the following Statement....
Right to the City in HABITAT III – Official Statements
This document was prepared to support the process of informal hearings with stakeholders on the New Urban Agenda, focusing on how the Right to the City appears in official documents. The analysis considered the documents that supported the Zero Draft Zero of the NUA,...
Event in NYC discusses differences between Right to the City and Cities for All in the New Urban Agenda
The Global Platform Right to the City with Ford Foundation and UCLG are organizing an event about the Right to the City in the New Urban Agenda. The event will take place at Ford Foundation, New York City, Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at 8-10am. The “right to the city”...
Right to the City is widely supported in the informal hearings of UN
The adoption of the Right to the City in New Urban Agenda was advocated in all informal hearings preparatory to Habitat III (United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development), which took place on June 6th and 7th (UN, New York). Yesterday (8)...
“What’s the right to the city?”
The present document, organized by the Platform with the the support of Eva Garcia Chueca, attemps to provide a clear and easy understanding of the right to the city in view of enriching the drafting process of the New Urban Agenda. Enter here the document "Whats the...
Statement of the Brazilian Civil Society of the New Urban Agenda
Brazilian civil society organizations, gathered in São Paulo on May 31 of 2016, come through the present Statement to express themselves about the content of the New Urban Agenda (NUA), to be adopted at the Third UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban...
GPR2C: European Regional Meeting in Barcelona
Communication on the GPR2C European Regional Meeting April 2nd and 3rd 2016 - University of Barcelona, Spain The Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) European Regional Meeting was held on April 2nd and 3rd 2016 in Barcelona, Spain, gathering 74...
Zero Draft of the New Agenda Urbana
HABITAT III ZERO DRAFT OF THE NEW URBAN AGENDA 06 May 2016 (This document has not been proofread) THE NEW URBAN AGENDA Preamble For the first time in history, more than half of humanity lives in urban areas. By 2050, this proportion will reach nearly 70%, making...
Secretariat opens the official call for Habitat 3 side events
By Habitat 3 website The official call for the conduct of side events at Habitat III is now open. Online applications for Habitat III side events close on May 30 2016. The Habitat III Secretariat welcomes applications for organising side events in the Habitat III...
