CLACSO and the Global Platform for the Right to the City are organising a series of three dialogues to launch the workbook "The Right to the City in the Face of Today's Challenges" The objectives of these dialogues are to make the workbook known through the...
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
Events
Urban October 2021 initiatives: Share with us what are you planning!
Every year, the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) celebrates Urban October, an opportunity to raise our voices about our struggles and initiatives and to join forces for a better world. In 2021, Urban October will commence on Monday, 4 October with...
The Right to the City and the UN Binding Treaty on Transnational Corporations and Human Rights
On the occasion of the 47th session of the UN Human Rights Council, CCFD-Terre Solidaire, the Global Campaign to Reclaim People’s Sovereignty to Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity, the Global Platform for the Right to the City, and the UCLG Committee on Human...
UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26)
The 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) to the UNFCCC was originally scheduled to take place from 9-19 November 2020, in Glasgow, UK. On 28 May 2020, the COP Bureau decided that it would take place from 1-12 November 2021, in Glasgow, UK. The change...
Roundtable between United Nations Special Rapporteurs, civil society organizations and local governments
Connecting across Habitat Rights and the Right to the City Following the first roundtable in December 2020, this collective dialogue between United Nations Special Rapporteurs, civil society organizations, and local and regional governments continues on Wednesday, 3...
The GPR2C at the World Social Forum 2021
The Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) will participate, from January 23th to January 31st, in the World Social Forum 2021. The 20th-anniversary edition will be virtual due to the pandemic. The event program and the daily self-organized assemblies will...
Connecting across Habitat Rights and the Right to the City: collective dialogue with the United Nations Special Rapporteurs
This collective dialogue will be the beginning of drawing connections across the spectrum of Habitat Rights and the Right to the City: Roundtable between United Nations Special Rapporteurs, civil society organizations and local and regional governments ...
Webinars: GPR2C Thematic Papers
For the remainder of 2020, the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) is embarked on the preparation of three thematic documents to deepen the key conceptual and programmatic contents related to the right to the city. These documents are intended to...
