The event
will bring together representatives from two key networks of civil society
groups operating in London: Just Space and CitizensUK. Speakers
will introduce their organisations’ recent activities and analyse their
progress since the start of the term of Mayor Sadiq Khan. This will be followed
by comments from Lorena Zarate, president of the international civil society
network Habitat International Coalition (HIC). Lorena has been an active
leadership advocating for a human rights approach to international habitat and
urban development agendas. In her intervention, Lorena will establish linkages
between London based activities with international treaties, commitments and
campaigns.
This discussion is
particularly relevant at this moment in London as UN working group on business
and human rights condemned the violations caused by the proposed redevelopment
of the Seven Sisters Market by Grainger and Haringey Council (click here for
more info).
The
plenary discussion will also explore the role that solidarity across different
geographies can play to advance local struggles for a more socially and
environmentally just urbanisation.
The event will also
include the participation of DPU lecturers Barbara Lipietz and Alexandre Apsan
Frediani, who have been coordinating the engagement of DPU with Just
Space, CitizensUK and HIC.