Fulfilled social functions

A city/human settlement fulfilling its social functions, that is, ensuring equitable and affordable access for all to housing, goods, services and urban opportunities, particularly for women, marginalized groups and people with special needs; a city/human settlement that prioritizes the

Fulfilled social functions

Campaigns

Every year, millions of people lose their homes. Forced evictions are not an accident of rapid urbanisation or climate crises. They are a direct consequence of political choices. They happen as a result of how our cities and housing markets are regulated, developed...

The GPR2C at the Second session of the UN-Habitat Assembly

The GPR2C at the Second session of the UN-Habitat Assembly

The Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) Members and Allies will be in Nairobi to actively participate in the second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly ( 5 to 9 June 2023), to call on UN Member States and UN-Habitat to accelerate the...

The City as a Common Good: A Pillar of the Right to the City

The City as a Common Good: A Pillar of the Right to the City

There is an urgent need for governments and society at all levels to deeply rethink the dominant urban development model and the nature of cities that it has spawned in order to correct the ongoing climate emergency. Said paradigm shift should advance towards more...

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News

Housing policies from below at the ISHF2023

Housing policies from below at the ISHF2023

Barcelona. Photo by Aleksandar Pasaric on Pexels The International Social Housing Festival (ISHF) 2023 (Barcelona, 7-9 June 2023) was a space for exchanges and debates around different experiences and models to secure the provision of social and affordable housing,...

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Publications

New Global Charter-Agenda for Human Rights in the City

New Global Charter-Agenda for Human Rights in the City

The global network of local and regional governments, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), adopted the New Global Charter-Agenda for Human Rights in the City on 25 June 2026 during its World Congress in Tangier. The Charter is a political commitment and...

Towards the implementation of the Right to the City

Towards the implementation of the Right to the City

This guide intends to present a series of indicators that allow for monitoring the implementation of public policies at the municipal level, and that make it possible to advance in the concretion and implementation of the Right to the City. We understand the Right to...

The Right to The City in Asia Region: Stories from the ‘Invisible’

The Right to The City in Asia Region: Stories from the ‘Invisible’

This research raises questions about the right to the city both in terms of definition and practice in the Asian region, drawing on the experiences of four countries: China, South Korea, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Through a fruitful collaborative process, the...

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Events

International Social Housing Festival 2023

The International Social Housing Festival (ISHF) 2023 will take place in Barcelona, Spain, on June 7–9. It will focus on the lessons to be learned from mature as well as emerging housing systems vis-à-vis emerging social and economic challenges across the world, with...

High-Level Political Forum 2023

The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will be held from Monday, 10 July, to Wednesday, 19 July 2023, under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council. This includes the three-day ministerial segment of the forum from Monday, 17 July, to...

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Members

ActionAid Association

ActionAid Association

Description: ActionAid Association is an organisation working for social and ecological justice. ActionAid has been engaged with the most marginalised communities in India since 1972. In 2006, ActionAid Association was registered as an Indian organisation, governed by...

Vizinhos de Arroios

Vizinhos de Arroios

          Description: "Vizinhos de Arroios" is an informal, non-partisan organization of neighbours and residents of the "Arroios" neighbourhood in the city of Lisbon (Portugal) Mission: Promote, Reclaim, Discuss, Debate, Denounce issues of...

Observatório das metrópoles

Observatório das metrópoles

    Description: Observatório das metrópoles is a networked research group, bringing together institutions and researchers from university, governmental and non-governmental fields. The team formed in the Observatory has been working for 20 years, currently...

Global & Local

Global & Local

      Description: We are an Advisory Group working to achieve sustainable + resilient + humane cities Mission: To accompany the cities (their local governments in their different forms) so that they incorporate all the policies, tools and innovations...

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