The 2nd December 2020, the Transformative Cities Initiative will announce which four initiatives received the most popular support and are thus the recipients of the Transformative Cities 2020 People’s Choice Award. Register here Transformative Cities is an opportunity for progressive local governments, municipalist coalitions, social movements and civil society organizations to popularize and share their […]
The Co-Habitat Network is a network of community-led housing organizations and allies, who work together to secure housing through collective, non-speculative, people-led solutions An online space for sharing ongoing processes, ideas, events and plans for 2021 with the Co-Habitat partners.
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 The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that it is not possible to separate the protection of health from access to […]
© Image Human Rights Watch Human Rights Day is observed by the international community every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day in 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR): a milestone document proclaiming the inalienable rights which everyone is inherently entitled to as a human being regardless of […]
Thursday 17 December 2020 to talk about how to best strengthen and support the Coalition in the region. The objectives of the forthcoming meeting are: to update you on the efforts we have devoted so far to secure funding for the aforementioned purpose, to discuss the next steps to strengthen Africa's presence in the Board and, more […]
Monday 18 January 2021 to follow up agreements and discussions of the last meeting on 17 December, and to talk about how to best strengthen and support the Coalition in the region. Monday 18 January 2021 (at this local time)
The WSF will be celebrated from January 23th to January 31st. Considering the global pandemic situation, the 2021 edition will be virtual. The proposal of the 2021 World Social Forum (WSF) is an assembly of several ideas and part of the experience of face-to-face forums, mixed with the potential of the virtual one. HIC Members, […]
Connecting across Habitat Rights and the Right to the City: the continuation of a dialogue between United Nations Special Rapporteurs, civil society organizations and local and regional governments. 15h-17h CET (check your local time here) The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that it is not possible to separate the protection of health from access to food, […]
** In light of the evolving COVID-19 situation and taking the latest guidance from the United Nations Secretary-General and the World Health Organization (WHO), the CSocD59 will take place this year “largely” online** The 59th session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD59) will take place from 8 to 17 February 2021 at the United Nations […]
The HIC General Assembly 2020 was attended by 98 registered participants (50 women and 48 men) from 67 organizations, 30 countries; 7 Board Members, and the team of 5 HIC structures. Click here to read the minutes HIC General Assembly minutes 2020 The date is set and preparations are underway for the HIC General Assembly. […]