Karima Bennoune, the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, is seeking contributions to an ongoing study on “Cultural rights and public space”. This report explores how actors from across the cultural ecosystem access and use public spaces, identify the...
1. The Evolution of Human Rights for the Right to the City 1.1. The Concept of Urban Rights in the Popular Amendment on Urban Reform The concept of urban rights was included as a core element of the Urban Reform’s thinking which emerged during Brazil’s process...
The Right to the City is a collective demand and agreement on the need to implement the Global Agendas for Sustainable Development with a human rights approach. "In his book "The Invisible Cities", Italo Calvino asked this question in a work dedicated to urban spaces,...
Description: Urbanization, Gender, and the Global South: a Transformative Knowledge Network (GenURB) is a six-year international research project that brings together over 40 feminist scholars, academics, policy makers, and activists to advance our understanding of...
Description: Untag Surabaya Resilience Institute (UntagSRI) is an Indonesian research centre for climate change studies, based in the University of 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya. Mission: Networking and empowering both tangible and intangible aspect of resilience for...
Description: The Public Ministry of Defense of the City of Buenos Aires (MPD) is an autonomous institution belonging to the Judicial Branch of the City of Buenos Aires whose function is to guarantee the legitimate and inviolable right to defense, as well as to ensure...
Description: Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) is a public interest litigation centre that conducts litigation, research and advocacy on housing, public participation and livelihood strategies Mission: The Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South...
