The Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) and United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) are proud to present the Policy Paper on the Commons, prepared to inform discussions during and beyond the 7th UCLG Congress to take place between October 10th and...
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Chile will decide whether to approve or reject a new Constitution that includes the Right to Housing and the City
On 4 September the Chilean people will vote on the text of a new constitution. The new constitution will replace the 1980 Constitution, designed by the dictatorship of General Pinochet. After the social outburst in October 2019, 80% of Chileans expressed in a...
Accelerating New Urban Agenda implementation through the Right to the City: the GPR2C at WUF11
As in previous editions, the GPR2C and members have participated actively in the 11th World Urban Forum, held in Katowice, Poland, from the 26th to 30th of June. As the largest forum convened by UN-Habitat, the World Urban Forum was marked as a key space for...
Takeaways from the High Level Meeting on the five years of implementation of the New Urban Agenda
Background On Thursday 28 April 2022 the President of the United Nations General Assembly convened a one-day High-Level Meeting (HLM) to assess the progress of the implementation of the New Urban Agenda (NUA) at the UN headquarters in New York. The discussion was...
Advancing on the Right to the City trough Municipal Policies: the Right to the City Indicators
Over the last years, Observatory DESC and the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) have been collaborating in a series of joint projects and initiatives that seek to reinforce the awareness around and recognition of the Right to the City as a key vector...
Urgent actionSolidarity with all peoples at war
Solidarity with all peoples at war, we call for: ☮️ Strict compliance with Human Rights law ☮️ Protection of the civilian population ☮️ Refugees to be welcomed without discrimination 📢Stand up for Human Rights, Peace and Democracy! #solidaritywithukraine #Ukraine...
Interview to Lorena Zarate on the “Global Communities of Practice” radio program
Interview to Lorena Zárate, our project coordinator, in the “Global Communities of Practice” radio program, by Anacláudia Rossbach and Edward Blakely. Listen and learn about her trajectory, the Global Platform for the Right to the City, the Right to the City and new...
The GPR2C is looking for a consultant to lead the process of resource mobilization in 2022
Under its current strategy of reinforcing its Sustainability and Financial Resilience Strategy, the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) is hiring a consultancy to support fundraising activities, identify opportunities and support the team with donor...
Civil society and local and regional governments working together to strengthen the commons
The Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) has been invited by United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) to facilitate a thematic Town Hall process during 2022. The goal is to foster shared narratives and concrete recommendations from civil society...
Cycle of debates “Advances in the right to the city in Latin America: Debating the Statute of the City, the New Urban Agenda, new constitutional provisions, laws and public policies”
In the last three decades, Latin America has played a key role in the debate and struggle for the Right to the City, being the region also a pioneer in experiences of legal recognition of this right and the formulation of public policies aimed at the implementation of...













