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...

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 theFulfilled social functions
Campaigns
The GPR2C at the High-Level Political Forum 2021
The GPR2C will participate in the 2021 High-Level Political Forum on sustainable development (6-15th July) to bring an urgent appeal to the United Nations and all international, regional, national and local institutions and civil society organizations to renew their...
Right to the City: A Roadmap for Climate Justice
The Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) publishes the Thematic Paper: Right to the City: a roadmap for Climate Justice The relevance of the Right to the City to face Climate Change, Global Warming and Environmental JusticeThis thematic paper is the...
8M 2021: The Right to the City is Gender Equality!
Gender Equality is key to the 'Right to the City for all' struggle! The International Women's Day (IWD), on March 8, and this month as a whole mark a key moment in the feminist struggle around the world. Gender equality is one of the eight components of the Right to...
News
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...
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...
Planact advocating for the Right to the City in informal settlements in South Africa
Masakhane is an informal settlement in eMalahleni, Mpumalanga (north-east South Africa). People started living here 50 years ago. It has nowadays an aproximate population of more than 3.700 people. Residents of Masakhane in eMalahleni have never had running water....
Social and Solidarity Economy is the way to overcome inequalities through the COVID-19 recovery
This post is also available in: French, Spanish. On the Occasion of the 2021 High-Level Political Forum, RIPESS, Urgenci and the Global Platform for the Right to the City have co-organised the side-event “Overcoming inequalities through the COVID-19 recovery:...
Publications
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...
[THEMATIC PAPER] The City as a Common Good: A Pillar of the Right to the City
Since 2020, the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) has embarked on a collective learning process together with all its members and allies for the elaboration of a series of thematic papers to explore and deepen into the key conceptual and programmatic...
[THEMATIC PAPER] The impact of COVID-19 on the Right to the City
Since 2020, the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) has embarked on a collective learning process together with all its members and allies for the elaboration of a series of thematic papers to explore and deepen into the key conceptual and programmatic...
[THEMATIC PAPER] Right to the City: A Roadmap for Climate Justice
This paper proves that the Right to the City framework is already providing substantial alternatives to work for Climate Justice, with examples of successful experiences worldwide! Since 2020, the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) has embarked...
Events
Collaborative Housing Day at the International Social Housing Forum (ISHF)
This year, CoHabitat Network organises the Collaborative Housing Day at the International Social Housing Forum (ISHF) in Finland. Several roundtables and networking activities will be organised by different CoHabitat partners on Wednesday, June 15, at the Central...
Regional Housing Forum in Podgorica
The Association for Democratic Prosperity - Zid is pleased to invite you to take part in the Housing Forum. They are opening a space for the participation of 50 representatives of institutions, organizations at the local, regional and international level, students and...
Joining forces around common actions on the Right to Housing in Europe
On March 26th and 27th, housing movements around Europe will be taking the streets for a third time during the 2022 Housing Action Day in coordinated actions to demand the effective protection and implementation of the right to adequate housing and the city. As in...
[IN SPANISH] Climate Justice: Institutional Responses and Significant Experiences from Latin America
In the first place, this event on "Climate Justice: institutional responses and significant experiences in Latin America" will seek an approach, at a global level, to the Right to the City, through the Thematic Document "Right to the City: Roadmap towards climate...
Members
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
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
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
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...