http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Humanrightscities&feedformat=atomNational Human Rights Cities Alliance - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T11:04:20ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.31.1http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Human_Rights_Cities_Webinar_Series_2024&diff=555Human Rights Cities Webinar Series 20242024-02-16T18:06:21Z<p>Humanrightscities: </p>
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<div>'''Upcoming Webinars''' <br><br />
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'''Using United Nations Tools to Challenge U.S. Racism: ''Commemorating the International Day to End Racism''''' <br><br />
'''Wednesday March 21, 6:00-7:15PM EST/ 3:00-4:15 PST'''<br><br />
Panelists will report on the work of recent international investigations of racial disparities and discrimination in the United States, including the International Expert Mechanism on Racial Discrimination in the Context of Law Enforcement (EMLER) and the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). We will hear about some of the key findings and recommendations in these reports and learn how grassroots activists and policy makers can use them to hold U.S. officials accountable to global human rights and improve conditions in local communities. We will also learn about the upcoming [https://www.ohchr.org/en/events/sessions/2024/third-session-permanent-forum-people-african-descent Third session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent], which will develop the [https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/racism/wgwg-durban/session20/2022-10-04/Chair-IGWGs-Preparatory-Draft-UN-Declaration-Rights-people-African-descent.pdf Draft United Nations Declaration on the Promotion, Protection and full Respect of the Human Rights of People of African Descent], addressing themes of reparations, sustainable development, economic justice, and education and culture. '''Panel participants''' include: Kerry McLean, J.D., Director, Human Rights and Public International Law, Columbia University Law School and Lisa Borden, Senior Policy Counsel for International Advocacy, Southern Poverty Law Center.<br><br />
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To register [Click Here]<br />
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==Past Webinars==<br />
*'''January 17 2024: A Tale of Two Cities: Atlanta & Birmingham During the Civil Rights Movement'''--Join us for a conversation about how cities can facilitate or hinder human rights movements. By discussing the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia, our speakers will shed light on how city governments, civil society leaders, and urban geographies can advance or obstruct racial justice and human rights. Speakers: Dr. Falechiondro Karcheik Sims-Alvarado, Morehouse College, Barry McNealy, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, & Ajanet Rountree PhD candidate, George Mason University. ''This event is part of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s King Week activities and is hosted by University of Alabama Birmingham’s [https://calendar.uab.edu/department/uab_institute_for_human_rights Institute for Human Rights] and the [http://ushumanrightscities.org Human Rights Cities Alliance].''<br />
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*'''February 2024: Strategies for Advancing Human Rights & Racial Justice in Cities & Communities''' --Amid unprecedented threats to basic human rights many people once took for granted–including the right to vote, enjoy access to housing and other basic needs, and to have hope for our collective future, how can globally recognized human rights be a tool for change in our communities? How can movements for racial justice benefit from human rights strategies? Why are communities around the world organizing to demand the right to the city? This panel presents lessons from the work of human rights advocates across different U.S. cities and communities about how to organize communities and build political and popular support for human rights in local settings. '''Panel presentations:''' Human Rights Cities Alliance (Molefi Askari & Eric Macadangdang); Dayton United for Human Rights (Stephanie Van Hoose); Dr. Catherine Adams, Claflin University (on organizing in small cities and rural areas and at HBCUs).<br />
: [Recording link]<br />
: '''Presentation slides:''' [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L4wirGRSpjafVee2fAqCShl94aV7eCJ_/view?usp=drive_link Introduction to Human Rights Cities-Human Rights Cities Alliance]; Dayton United for Human Rights [https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/32/Feb_12_2024_HR_Cities_Intro_Dayton_United_for_Human_Rights.pdf Slide presentation], [https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/38/Dayton_United_HR_Flyer.pdf Dayton United for Human Rights Organizing Flier]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Human_Rights_Cities_Webinar_Series_2024&diff=554Human Rights Cities Webinar Series 20242024-02-16T18:05:52Z<p>Humanrightscities: </p>
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<div>'''Upcoming Webinars''' <br><br />
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'''Wednesday March 21, 6:00-7:15PM EST/ 3:00-4:15 PST'''<br><br />
'''Using United Nations Tools to Challenge U.S. Racism: ''Commemorating the International Day to End Racism''''' <br />
<br />
Panelists will report on the work of recent international investigations of racial disparities and discrimination in the United States, including the International Expert Mechanism on Racial Discrimination in the Context of Law Enforcement (EMLER) and the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). We will hear about some of the key findings and recommendations in these reports and learn how grassroots activists and policy makers can use them to hold U.S. officials accountable to global human rights and improve conditions in local communities. We will also learn about the upcoming [https://www.ohchr.org/en/events/sessions/2024/third-session-permanent-forum-people-african-descent Third session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent], which will develop the [https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/racism/wgwg-durban/session20/2022-10-04/Chair-IGWGs-Preparatory-Draft-UN-Declaration-Rights-people-African-descent.pdf Draft United Nations Declaration on the Promotion, Protection and full Respect of the Human Rights of People of African Descent], addressing themes of reparations, sustainable development, economic justice, and education and culture. '''Panel participants''' include: Kerry McLean, J.D., Director, Human Rights and Public International Law, Columbia University Law School and Lisa Borden, Senior Policy Counsel for International Advocacy, Southern Poverty Law Center.<br><br />
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To register [Click Here]<br />
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==Past Webinars==<br />
*'''January 17 2024: A Tale of Two Cities: Atlanta & Birmingham During the Civil Rights Movement'''--Join us for a conversation about how cities can facilitate or hinder human rights movements. By discussing the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia, our speakers will shed light on how city governments, civil society leaders, and urban geographies can advance or obstruct racial justice and human rights. Speakers: Dr. Falechiondro Karcheik Sims-Alvarado, Morehouse College, Barry McNealy, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, & Ajanet Rountree PhD candidate, George Mason University. ''This event is part of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s King Week activities and is hosted by University of Alabama Birmingham’s [https://calendar.uab.edu/department/uab_institute_for_human_rights Institute for Human Rights] and the [http://ushumanrightscities.org Human Rights Cities Alliance].''<br />
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*'''February 2024: Strategies for Advancing Human Rights & Racial Justice in Cities & Communities''' --Amid unprecedented threats to basic human rights many people once took for granted–including the right to vote, enjoy access to housing and other basic needs, and to have hope for our collective future, how can globally recognized human rights be a tool for change in our communities? How can movements for racial justice benefit from human rights strategies? Why are communities around the world organizing to demand the right to the city? This panel presents lessons from the work of human rights advocates across different U.S. cities and communities about how to organize communities and build political and popular support for human rights in local settings. '''Panel presentations:''' Human Rights Cities Alliance (Molefi Askari & Eric Macadangdang); Dayton United for Human Rights (Stephanie Van Hoose); Dr. Catherine Adams, Claflin University (on organizing in small cities and rural areas and at HBCUs).<br />
: [Recording link]<br />
: '''Presentation slides:''' [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L4wirGRSpjafVee2fAqCShl94aV7eCJ_/view?usp=drive_link Introduction to Human Rights Cities-Human Rights Cities Alliance]; Dayton United for Human Rights [https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/32/Feb_12_2024_HR_Cities_Intro_Dayton_United_for_Human_Rights.pdf Slide presentation], [https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/38/Dayton_United_HR_Flyer.pdf Dayton United for Human Rights Organizing Flier]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Human_Rights_Cities_Webinar_Series_2024&diff=553Human Rights Cities Webinar Series 20242024-02-16T18:05:21Z<p>Humanrightscities: </p>
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<div>'''Upcoming Webinars''' <br />
'''Wednesday March 21, 6:00-7:15PM EST/ 3:00-4:15 PST'''<br />
'''Using United Nations Tools to Challenge U.S. Racism: ''Commemorating the International Day to End Racism''''' <br />
<br />
Panelists will report on the work of recent international investigations of racial disparities and discrimination in the United States, including the International Expert Mechanism on Racial Discrimination in the Context of Law Enforcement (EMLER) and the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). We will hear about some of the key findings and recommendations in these reports and learn how grassroots activists and policy makers can use them to hold U.S. officials accountable to global human rights and improve conditions in local communities. We will also learn about the upcoming [https://www.ohchr.org/en/events/sessions/2024/third-session-permanent-forum-people-african-descent Third session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent], which will develop the [https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/racism/wgwg-durban/session20/2022-10-04/Chair-IGWGs-Preparatory-Draft-UN-Declaration-Rights-people-African-descent.pdf Draft United Nations Declaration on the Promotion, Protection and full Respect of the Human Rights of People of African Descent], addressing themes of reparations, sustainable development, economic justice, and education and culture. '''Panel participants''' include: Kerry McLean, J.D., Director, Human Rights and Public International Law, Columbia University Law School and Lisa Borden, Senior Policy Counsel for International Advocacy, Southern Poverty Law Center.<br />
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To register [Click Here]<br />
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<br />
==Past Webinars==<br />
*'''January 17 2024: A Tale of Two Cities: Atlanta & Birmingham During the Civil Rights Movement'''--Join us for a conversation about how cities can facilitate or hinder human rights movements. By discussing the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia, our speakers will shed light on how city governments, civil society leaders, and urban geographies can advance or obstruct racial justice and human rights. Speakers: Dr. Falechiondro Karcheik Sims-Alvarado, Morehouse College, Barry McNealy, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, & Ajanet Rountree PhD candidate, George Mason University. ''This event is part of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s King Week activities and is hosted by University of Alabama Birmingham’s [https://calendar.uab.edu/department/uab_institute_for_human_rights Institute for Human Rights] and the [http://ushumanrightscities.org Human Rights Cities Alliance].''<br />
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*'''February 2024: Strategies for Advancing Human Rights & Racial Justice in Cities & Communities''' --Amid unprecedented threats to basic human rights many people once took for granted–including the right to vote, enjoy access to housing and other basic needs, and to have hope for our collective future, how can globally recognized human rights be a tool for change in our communities? How can movements for racial justice benefit from human rights strategies? Why are communities around the world organizing to demand the right to the city? This panel presents lessons from the work of human rights advocates across different U.S. cities and communities about how to organize communities and build political and popular support for human rights in local settings. '''Panel presentations:''' Human Rights Cities Alliance (Molefi Askari & Eric Macadangdang); Dayton United for Human Rights (Stephanie Van Hoose); Dr. Catherine Adams, Claflin University (on organizing in small cities and rural areas and at HBCUs).<br />
: [Recording link]<br />
: '''Presentation slides:''' [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L4wirGRSpjafVee2fAqCShl94aV7eCJ_/view?usp=drive_link Introduction to Human Rights Cities-Human Rights Cities Alliance]; Dayton United for Human Rights [https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/32/Feb_12_2024_HR_Cities_Intro_Dayton_United_for_Human_Rights.pdf Slide presentation], [https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/38/Dayton_United_HR_Flyer.pdf Dayton United for Human Rights Organizing Flier]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Human_Rights_Cities_Webinar_Series_2024&diff=552Human Rights Cities Webinar Series 20242024-02-16T18:04:36Z<p>Humanrightscities: </p>
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<div>'''NEXT WEBINAR Wednesday March 21, 6:00-7:15PM EST/ 3:00-4:15 PST'''<br />
'''Using United Nations Tools to Challenge U.S. Racism: ''Commemorating the International Day to End Racism''''' <br />
<br />
Panelists will report on the work of recent international investigations of racial disparities and discrimination in the United States, including the International Expert Mechanism on Racial Discrimination in the Context of Law Enforcement (EMLER) and the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). We will hear about some of the key findings and recommendations in these reports and learn how grassroots activists and policy makers can use them to hold U.S. officials accountable to global human rights and improve conditions in local communities. We will also learn about the upcoming [https://www.ohchr.org/en/events/sessions/2024/third-session-permanent-forum-people-african-descent Third session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent], which will develop the [https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/racism/wgwg-durban/session20/2022-10-04/Chair-IGWGs-Preparatory-Draft-UN-Declaration-Rights-people-African-descent.pdf Draft United Nations Declaration on the Promotion, Protection and full Respect of the Human Rights of People of African Descent], addressing themes of reparations, sustainable development, economic justice, and education and culture. '''Panel participants''' include: Kerry McLean, J.D., Director, Human Rights and Public International Law, Columbia University Law School and Lisa Borden, Senior Policy Counsel for International Advocacy, Southern Poverty Law Center.<br />
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To register [Click Here]<br />
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==Past Webinars==<br />
*'''January 17 2024: A Tale of Two Cities: Atlanta & Birmingham During the Civil Rights Movement'''--Join us for a conversation about how cities can facilitate or hinder human rights movements. By discussing the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia, our speakers will shed light on how city governments, civil society leaders, and urban geographies can advance or obstruct racial justice and human rights. Speakers: Dr. Falechiondro Karcheik Sims-Alvarado, Morehouse College, Barry McNealy, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, & Ajanet Rountree PhD candidate, George Mason University. ''This event is part of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s King Week activities and is hosted by University of Alabama Birmingham’s [https://calendar.uab.edu/department/uab_institute_for_human_rights Institute for Human Rights] and the [http://ushumanrightscities.org Human Rights Cities Alliance].''<br />
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*'''February 2024: Strategies for Advancing Human Rights & Racial Justice in Cities & Communities''' --Amid unprecedented threats to basic human rights many people once took for granted–including the right to vote, enjoy access to housing and other basic needs, and to have hope for our collective future, how can globally recognized human rights be a tool for change in our communities? How can movements for racial justice benefit from human rights strategies? Why are communities around the world organizing to demand the right to the city? This panel presents lessons from the work of human rights advocates across different U.S. cities and communities about how to organize communities and build political and popular support for human rights in local settings. '''Panel presentations:''' Human Rights Cities Alliance (Molefi Askari & Eric Macadangdang); Dayton United for Human Rights (Stephanie Van Hoose); Dr. Catherine Adams, Claflin University (on organizing in small cities and rural areas and at HBCUs).<br />
: [Recording link]<br />
: '''Presentation slides:''' [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L4wirGRSpjafVee2fAqCShl94aV7eCJ_/view?usp=drive_link Introduction to Human Rights Cities-Human Rights Cities Alliance]; Dayton United for Human Rights [https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/32/Feb_12_2024_HR_Cities_Intro_Dayton_United_for_Human_Rights.pdf Slide presentation], [https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/38/Dayton_United_HR_Flyer.pdf Dayton United for Human Rights Organizing Flier]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Human_Rights_Cities_Webinar_Series_2024&diff=551Human Rights Cities Webinar Series 20242024-02-16T18:02:56Z<p>Humanrightscities: </p>
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'''January 17 2024: A Tale of Two Cities: Atlanta & Birmingham During the Civil Rights Movement'''<br />
Join us for a conversation about how cities can facilitate or hinder human rights movements. By discussing the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia, our speakers will shed light on how city governments, civil society leaders, and urban geographies can advance or obstruct racial justice and human rights. Speakers: Dr. Falechiondro Karcheik Sims-Alvarado, Morehouse College, Barry McNealy, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, & Ajanet Rountree PhD candidate, George Mason University. ''This event is part of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s King Week activities and is hosted by University of Alabama Birmingham’s [https://calendar.uab.edu/department/uab_institute_for_human_rights Institute for Human Rights] and the [http://ushumanrightscities.org Human Rights Cities Alliance].''<br />
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'''February 2024: Strategies for Advancing Human Rights & Racial Justice in Cities & Communities'''<br />
Amid unprecedented threats to basic human rights many people once took for granted–including the right to vote, enjoy access to housing and other basic needs, and to have hope for our collective future, how can globally recognized human rights be a tool for change in our communities? How can movements for racial justice benefit from human rights strategies? Why are communities around the world organizing to demand the right to the city? This panel presents lessons from the work of human rights advocates across different U.S. cities and communities about how to organize communities and build political and popular support for human rights in local settings. '''Panel presentations:''' Human Rights Cities Alliance (Molefi Askari & Eric Macadangdang); Dayton United for Human Rights (Stephanie Van Hoose); Dr. Catherine Adams, Claflin University (on organizing in small cities and rural areas and at HBCUs).<br />
: [Recording link]<br />
: '''Presentation slides:''' [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L4wirGRSpjafVee2fAqCShl94aV7eCJ_/view?usp=drive_link Introduction to Human Rights Cities-Human Rights Cities Alliance]; Dayton United for Human Rights [https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/32/Feb_12_2024_HR_Cities_Intro_Dayton_United_for_Human_Rights.pdf Slide presentation], [https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/38/Dayton_United_HR_Flyer.pdf Dayton United for Human Rights Organizing Flier]<br />
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'''NEXT WEBINAR Wednesday March 21, 6:00-7:15PM EST/ 3:00-4:15 PST'''<br />
'''Using United Nations Tools to Challenge U.S. Racism: ''Commemorating the International Day to End Racism''''' <br />
<br />
Panelists will report on the work of recent international investigations of racial disparities and discrimination in the United States, including the International Expert Mechanism on Racial Discrimination in the Context of Law Enforcement (EMLER) and the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). We will hear about some of the key findings and recommendations in these reports and learn how grassroots activists and policy makers can use them to hold U.S. officials accountable to global human rights and improve conditions in local communities. We will also learn about the upcoming [https://www.ohchr.org/en/events/sessions/2024/third-session-permanent-forum-people-african-descent Third session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent], which will develop the [https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/racism/wgwg-durban/session20/2022-10-04/Chair-IGWGs-Preparatory-Draft-UN-Declaration-Rights-people-African-descent.pdf Draft United Nations Declaration on the Promotion, Protection and full Respect of the Human Rights of People of African Descent], addressing themes of reparations, sustainable development, economic justice, and education and culture. '''Panel participants''' include: Kerry McLean, J.D., Director, Human Rights and Public International Law, Columbia University Law School and Lisa Borden, Senior Policy Counsel for International Advocacy, Southern Poverty Law Center.<br />
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To register [Click Here]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Human_Rights_Cities_Webinar_Series_2024&diff=550Human Rights Cities Webinar Series 20242024-02-16T17:54:12Z<p>Humanrightscities: </p>
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'''January 17 2024: A Tale of Two Cities: Atlanta & Birmingham During the Civil Rights Movement'''<br />
Join us for a conversation about how cities can facilitate or hinder human rights movements. By discussing the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia, our speakers will shed light on how city governments, civil society leaders, and urban geographies can advance or obstruct racial justice and human rights. Speakers: Dr. Falechiondro Karcheik Sims-Alvarado, Morehouse College, Barry McNealy, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, & Ajanet Rountree PhD candidate, George Mason University. ''This event is part of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s King Week activities and is hosted by University of Alabama Birmingham’s [https://calendar.uab.edu/department/uab_institute_for_human_rights Institute for Human Rights] and the [http://ushumanrightscities.org Human Rights Cities Alliance].''<br />
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'''February 2024: Strategies for Advancing Human Rights & Racial Justice in Cities & Communities'''<br />
Amid unprecedented threats to basic human rights many people once took for granted–including the right to vote, enjoy access to housing and other basic needs, and to have hope for our collective future, how can globally recognized human rights be a tool for change in our communities? How can movements for racial justice benefit from human rights strategies? Why are communities around the world organizing to demand the right to the city? This panel presents lessons from the work of human rights advocates across different U.S. cities and communities about how to organize communities and build political and popular support for human rights in local settings. '''Panel presentations:''' Human Rights Cities Alliance (Molefi Askari & Eric Macadangdang); Dayton United for Human Rights (Stephanie Van Hoose); Dr. Catherine Adams, Claflin University (on organizing in small cities and rural areas and at HBCUs).<br />
: [Recording link]<br />
: '''Presentation slides:''' [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L4wirGRSpjafVee2fAqCShl94aV7eCJ_/view?usp=drive_link Introduction to Human Rights Cities-Human Rights Cities Alliance]; Dayton United for Human Rights [https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/32/Feb_12_2024_HR_Cities_Intro_Dayton_United_for_Human_Rights.pdf Slide presentation], [https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/38/Dayton_United_HR_Flyer.pdf Dayton United for Human Rights Organizing Flier]<br />
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'''NEXT WEBINAR Wednesday March 21, 6:00-7:15PM EST/ 3:00-4:15 PST'''<br />
'''Using United Nations Tools to Challenge U.S. Racism: ''Commemorating the International Day to End Racism''''' <br />
<br />
Panelists will report on the work of recent international investigations of racial disparities and discrimination in the United States, including the International Expert Mechanism on Racial Discrimination in the Context of Law Enforcement (EMLER), the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). We will hear about some of the key findings and recommendations in these reports and learn how grassroots activists and policy makers can use them to hold U.S. elected officials accountable to global human rights norms and improve conditions in local communities. We will also learn about the upcoming [https://www.ohchr.org/en/events/sessions/2024/third-session-permanent-forum-people-african-descent Third session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent], which will develop the [https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/racism/wgwg-durban/session20/2022-10-04/Chair-IGWGs-Preparatory-Draft-UN-Declaration-Rights-people-African-descent.pdf Draft United Nations Declaration on the Promotion, Protection and full Respect of the Human Rights of People of African Descent], addressing themes of reparations, sustainable development, economic justice, and education and culture. '''Panel participants''' include: Kerry McLean, J.D., Director, Human Rights and Public International Law, Columbia University Law School and Lisa Borden, Senior Policy Counsel for International Advocacy, Southern Poverty Law Center.<br />
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To register [Click Here]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Human_Rights_Cities_Webinar_Series_2024&diff=549Human Rights Cities Webinar Series 20242024-02-16T17:53:42Z<p>Humanrightscities: </p>
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'''January 17 2024: A Tale of Two Cities: Atlanta & Birmingham During the Civil Rights Movement'''<br />
Join us for a conversation about how cities can facilitate or hinder human rights movements. By discussing the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia, our speakers will shed light on how city governments, civil society leaders, and urban geographies can advance or obstruct racial justice and human rights. Speakers: Dr. Falechiondro Karcheik Sims-Alvarado, Morehouse College, Barry McNealy, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, & Ajanet Rountree PhD candidate, George Mason University. ''This event is part of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s King Week activities and is hosted by University of Alabama Birmingham’s [https://calendar.uab.edu/department/uab_institute_for_human_rights Institute for Human Rights] and the [http://ushumanrightscities.org Human Rights Cities Alliance].''<br />
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'''February 2024: Strategies for Advancing Human Rights & Racial Justice in Cities & Communities'''<br />
Amid unprecedented threats to basic human rights many people once took for granted–including the right to vote, enjoy access to housing and other basic needs, and to have hope for our collective future, how can globally recognized human rights be a tool for change in our communities? How can movements for racial justice benefit from human rights strategies? Why are communities around the world organizing to demand the right to the city? This panel presents lessons from the work of human rights advocates across different U.S. cities and communities about how to organize communities and build political and popular support for human rights in local settings. '''Panel presentations:''' Human Rights Cities Alliance (Molefi Askari & Eric Macadangdang); Dayton United for Human Rights (Stephanie Van Hoose); Dr. Catherine Adams, Claflin University (on organizing in small cities and rural areas and at HBCUs).<br />
: [Recording link]<br />
: '''Presentation slides:''' [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L4wirGRSpjafVee2fAqCShl94aV7eCJ_/view?usp=drive_link Introduction to Human Rights Cities-Human Rights Cities Alliance]; Dayton United for Human Rights [https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/32/Feb_12_2024_HR_Cities_Intro_Dayton_United_for_Human_Rights.pdf Slide presentation], [https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/38/Dayton_United_HR_Flyer.pdf Dayton United for Human Rights Organizing Flier]<br />
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'''NEXT WEBINAR Wednesday March 21, 6:00-7:15PM EST/ 3:00-4:15 PST'''<br />
'''Using United Nations Tools to Challenge U.S. Racism: ''Commemorating the International Day to End Racism''''' <br />
Panelists will report on the work of recent international investigations of racial disparities and discrimination in the United States, including the International Expert Mechanism on Racial Discrimination in the Context of Law Enforcement (EMLER), the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). We will hear about some of the key findings and recommendations in these reports and learn how grassroots activists and policy makers can use them to hold U.S. elected officials accountable to global human rights norms and improve conditions in local communities. We will also learn about the upcoming [https://www.ohchr.org/en/events/sessions/2024/third-session-permanent-forum-people-african-descent Third session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent], which will develop the [https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/racism/wgwg-durban/session20/2022-10-04/Chair-IGWGs-Preparatory-Draft-UN-Declaration-Rights-people-African-descent.pdf Draft United Nations Declaration on the Promotion, Protection and full Respect of the Human Rights of People of African Descent], addressing themes of reparations, sustainable development, economic justice, and education and culture. '''Panel participants''' include: Kerry McLean, J.D., Director, Human Rights and Public International Law, Columbia University Law School and Lisa Borden, Senior Policy Counsel for International Advocacy, Southern Poverty Law Center.<br />
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To register [Click Here]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Human_Rights_Cities_Webinar_Series_2024&diff=548Human Rights Cities Webinar Series 20242024-02-13T16:42:11Z<p>Humanrightscities: </p>
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'''January 17 2024: A Tale of Two Cities: Atlanta & Birmingham During the Civil Rights Movement'''<br />
Join us for a conversation about how cities can facilitate or hinder human rights movements. By discussing the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia, our speakers will shed light on how city governments, civil society leaders, and urban geographies can advance or obstruct racial justice and human rights. Speakers: Dr. Falechiondro Karcheik Sims-Alvarado, Morehouse College, Barry McNealy, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, & Ajanet Rountree PhD candidate, George Mason University. ''This event is part of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s King Week activities and is hosted by University of Alabama Birmingham’s [https://calendar.uab.edu/department/uab_institute_for_human_rights Institute for Human Rights] and the [http://ushumanrightscities.org Human Rights Cities Alliance].''<br />
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'''February 2024: Strategies for Advancing Human Rights & Racial Justice in Cities & Communities'''<br />
Amid unprecedented threats to basic human rights many people once took for granted–including the right to vote, enjoy access to housing and other basic needs, and to have hope for our collective future, how can globally recognized human rights be a tool for change in our communities? How can movements for racial justice benefit from human rights strategies? Why are communities around the world organizing to demand the right to the city? This panel presents lessons from the work of human rights advocates across different U.S. cities and communities about how to organize communities and build political and popular support for human rights in local settings. '''Panel presentations:''' Human Rights Cities Alliance (Molefi Askari & Eric Macadangdang); Dayton United for Human Rights (Stephanie Van Hoose); Dr. Catherine Adams, Claflin University (on organizing in small cities and rural areas and at HBCUs).<br />
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Panelists will report on the work of recent international investigations of racial disparities and discrimination in the United States, including the Expert Mechanism on Racial Discrimination in the Context of Law Enforcement (EMLER), the UN Special Rapporteur on Racism, and the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). We will hear about some of the key findings and recommendations in these reports and learn how grassroots activists and policy makers can use them to hold U.S. elected officials accountable to global human rights norms and improve conditions in local communities.</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=File:Dayton_United_HR_Flyer.pdf&diff=547File:Dayton United HR Flyer.pdf2024-02-13T16:41:23Z<p>Humanrightscities: </p>
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'''January 17 2024: A Tale of Two Cities: Atlanta & Birmingham During the Civil Rights Movement'''<br />
Join us for a conversation about how cities can facilitate or hinder human rights movements. By discussing the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia, our speakers will shed light on how city governments, civil society leaders, and urban geographies can advance or obstruct racial justice and human rights. Speakers: Dr. Falechiondro Karcheik Sims-Alvarado, Morehouse College, Barry McNealy, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, & Ajanet Rountree PhD candidate, George Mason University. ''This event is part of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s King Week activities and is hosted by University of Alabama Birmingham’s [https://calendar.uab.edu/department/uab_institute_for_human_rights Institute for Human Rights] and the [http://ushumanrightscities.org Human Rights Cities Alliance].''<br />
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'''February 2024: Strategies for Advancing Human Rights & Racial Justice in Cities & Communities'''<br />
Amid unprecedented threats to basic human rights many people once took for granted–including the right to vote, enjoy access to housing and other basic needs, and to have hope for our collective future, how can globally recognized human rights be a tool for change in our communities? How can movements for racial justice benefit from human rights strategies? Why are communities around the world organizing to demand the right to the city? This panel presents lessons from the work of human rights advocates across different U.S. cities and communities about how to organize communities and build political and popular support for human rights in local settings. '''Panel presentations:''' Human Rights Cities Alliance (Molefi Askari & Eric Macadangdang); Dayton United for Human Rights (Stephanie Van Hoose); Dr. Catherine Adams, Claflin University (on organizing in small cities and rural areas and at HBCUs).<br />
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'''Using United Nations Tools to Challenge U.S. Racism: ''Commemorating the International Day to End Racism''''' (5:00-6:30PM EST)<br />
Panelists will report on the work of recent international investigations of racial disparities and discrimination in the United States, including the Expert Mechanism on Racial Discrimination in the Context of Law Enforcement (EMLER), the UN Special Rapporteur on Racism, and the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). We will hear about some of the key findings and recommendations in these reports and learn how grassroots activists and policy makers can use them to hold U.S. elected officials accountable to global human rights norms and improve conditions in local communities.</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=File:Feb_12_2024_HR_Cities_Intro_Dayton_United_for_Human_Rights.pdf&diff=545File:Feb 12 2024 HR Cities Intro Dayton United for Human Rights.pdf2024-02-13T16:38:05Z<p>Humanrightscities: </p>
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'''January 17 2024: A Tale of Two Cities: Atlanta & Birmingham During the Civil Rights Movement'''<br />
Join us for a conversation about how cities can facilitate or hinder human rights movements. By discussing the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia, our speakers will shed light on how city governments, civil society leaders, and urban geographies can advance or obstruct racial justice and human rights. Speakers: Dr. Falechiondro Karcheik Sims-Alvarado, Morehouse College, Barry McNealy, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, & Ajanet Rountree PhD candidate, George Mason University. ''This event is part of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s King Week activities and is hosted by University of Alabama Birmingham’s [https://calendar.uab.edu/department/uab_institute_for_human_rights Institute for Human Rights] and the [http://ushumanrightscities.org Human Rights Cities Alliance].''<br />
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'''February 2024: Strategies for Advancing Human Rights & Racial Justice in Cities & Communities'''<br />
Amid unprecedented threats to basic human rights many people once took for granted–including the right to vote, enjoy access to housing and other basic needs, and to have hope for our collective future, how can globally recognized human rights be a tool for change in our communities? How can movements for racial justice benefit from human rights strategies? Why are communities around the world organizing to demand the right to the city? This panel presents lessons from the work of human rights advocates across different U.S. cities and communities about how to organize communities and build political and popular support for human rights in local settings. '''Panel presentations:''' Human Rights Cities Alliance (Molefi Askari & Eric Macadangdang); Dayton United for Human Rights (Stephanie Van Hoose); Dr. Catherine Adams, Claflin University (on organizing in small cities and rural areas and at HBCUs).<br />
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: '''Presentation slides:''' [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L4wirGRSpjafVee2fAqCShl94aV7eCJ_/view?usp=drive_link Introduction to Human Rights Cities-Human Rights Cities Alliance]<br />
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'''Using United Nations Tools to Challenge U.S. Racism: ''Commemorating the International Day to End Racism''''' (5:00-6:30PM EST)<br />
Panelists will report on the work of recent international investigations of racial disparities and discrimination in the United States, including the Expert Mechanism on Racial Discrimination in the Context of Law Enforcement (EMLER), the UN Special Rapporteur on Racism, and the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). We will hear about some of the key findings and recommendations in these reports and learn how grassroots activists and policy makers can use them to hold U.S. elected officials accountable to global human rights norms and improve conditions in local communities.</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Human_Rights_Cities_Webinar_Series_2024&diff=543Human Rights Cities Webinar Series 20242024-02-13T15:42:41Z<p>Humanrightscities: </p>
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'''January 17 2024: A Tale of Two Cities: Atlanta & Birmingham During the Civil Rights Movement'''<br />
Join us for a conversation about how cities can facilitate or hinder human rights movements. By discussing the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia, our speakers will shed light on how city governments, civil society leaders, and urban geographies can advance or obstruct racial justice and human rights. Speakers: Dr. Falechiondro Karcheik Sims-Alvarado, Morehouse College, Barry McNealy, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, & Ajanet Rountree PhD candidate, George Mason University. ''This event is part of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s King Week activities and is hosted by University of Alabama Birmingham’s [https://calendar.uab.edu/department/uab_institute_for_human_rights Institute for Human Rights] and the [http://ushumanrightscities.org Human Rights Cities Alliance].''<br />
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'''February 2024: Strategies for Advancing Human Rights & Racial Justice in Cities & Communities'''<br />
Amid unprecedented threats to basic human rights many people once took for granted–including the right to vote, enjoy access to housing and other basic needs, and to have hope for our collective future, how can globally recognized human rights be a tool for change in our communities? How can movements for racial justice benefit from human rights strategies? Why are communities around the world organizing to demand the right to the city? This panel presents lessons from the work of human rights advocates across different U.S. cities and communities about how to organize communities and build political and popular support for human rights in local settings. '''Panel presentations:''' Human Rights Cities Alliance (Molefi Askari & Eric Macadangdang); Dayton United for Human Rights (Stephanie Van Hoose); Dr. Catherine Adams, Claflin University (on organizing in small cities and rural areas and at HBCUs).<br />
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'''Using United Nations Tools to Challenge U.S. Racism: ''Commemorating the International Day to End Racism''''' (5:00-6:30PM EST)<br />
Panelists will report on the work of recent international investigations of racial disparities and discrimination in the United States, including the Expert Mechanism on Racial Discrimination in the Context of Law Enforcement (EMLER), the UN Special Rapporteur on Racism, and the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). We will hear about some of the key findings and recommendations in these reports and learn how grassroots activists and policy makers can use them to hold U.S. elected officials accountable to global human rights norms and improve conditions in local communities.</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Human_Rights_Cities_Webinar_Series_2024&diff=542Human Rights Cities Webinar Series 20242024-02-13T15:41:56Z<p>Humanrightscities: </p>
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'''January 17 2024: A Tale of Two Cities: Atlanta & Birmingham During the Civil Rights Movement'''<br />
Join us for a conversation about how cities can facilitate or hinder human rights movements. By discussing the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia, our speakers will shed light on how city governments, civil society leaders, and urban geographies can advance or obstruct racial justice and human rights. Speakers: Dr. Falechiondro Karcheik Sims-Alvarado, Morehouse College, Barry McNealy, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, & Ajanet Rountree PhD candidate, George Mason University. ''This event is part of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s King Week activities and is hosted by University of Alabama Birmingham’s [https://calendar.uab.edu/department/uab_institute_for_human_rights Institute for Human Rights] and the [http://ushumanrightscities.org Human Rights Cities Alliance].''<br />
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'''February 2024: Strategies for Advancing Human Rights & Racial Justice in Cities & Communities'''<br />
Amid unprecedented threats to basic human rights many people once took for granted–including the right to vote, enjoy access to housing and other basic needs, and to have hope for our collective future, how can globally recognized human rights be a tool for change in our communities? How can movements for racial justice benefit from human rights strategies? Why are communities around the world organizing to demand the right to the city? This panel presents lessons from the work of human rights advocates across different U.S. cities and communities about how to organize communities and build political and popular support for human rights in local settings. '''Panel presentations:''' Human Rights Cities Alliance (Molefi Askari & Eric Macadangdang); Dayton United for Human Rights (Stephanie Van Hoose); Dr. Catherine Adams, Claflin University (on organizing in small cities and rural areas and at HBCUs).<br />
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'''Using United Nations Tools to Challenge U.S. Racism: ''Commemorating the International Day to End Racism''''' (5:00-6:30PM EST)<br />
Panelists will report on the work of recent international investigations of racial disparities and discrimination in the United States, including the Expert Mechanism on Racial Discrimination in the Context of Law Enforcement (EMLER), the UN Special Rapporteur on Racism, and the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). We will hear about some of the key findings and recommendations in these reports and learn how grassroots activists and policy makers can use them to hold U.S. elected officials accountable to global human rights norms and improve conditions in local communities.</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Human_Rights_Cities_Webinar_Series_2024&diff=541Human Rights Cities Webinar Series 20242024-02-13T15:41:39Z<p>Humanrightscities: </p>
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'''January 17 2024: A Tale of Two Cities: Atlanta & Birmingham During the Civil Rights Movement'''<br />
Join us for a conversation about how cities can facilitate or hinder human rights movements. By discussing the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia, our speakers will shed light on how city governments, civil society leaders, and urban geographies can advance or obstruct racial justice and human rights. Speakers: Dr. Falechiondro Karcheik Sims-Alvarado, Morehouse College, Barry McNealy, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, & Ajanet Rountree PhD candidate, George Mason University. ''This event is part of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s King Week activities and is hosted by University of Alabama Birmingham’s [https://calendar.uab.edu/department/uab_institute_for_human_rights Institute for Human Rights] and the [http://ushumanrightscities.org Human Rights Cities Alliance].''<br />
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'''February 2024: Strategies for Advancing Human Rights & Racial Justice in Cities & Communities'''<br />
Amid unprecedented threats to basic human rights many people once took for granted–including the right to vote, enjoy access to housing and other basic needs, and to have hope for our collective future, how can globally recognized human rights be a tool for change in our communities? How can movements for racial justice benefit from human rights strategies? Why are communities around the world organizing to demand the right to the city? This panel presents lessons from the work of human rights advocates across different U.S. cities and communities about how to organize communities and build political and popular support for human rights in local settings. '''Panel presentations:''' Human Rights Cities Alliance (Molefi Askari & Eric Macadangdang); Dayton United for Human Rights (Stephanie Van Hoose); Dr. Catherine Adams, Claflin University (on organizing in small cities and rural areas and at HBCUs).<br />
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Join us for a conversation about how cities can facilitate or hinder human rights movements. By discussing the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia, our speakers will shed light on how city governments, civil society leaders, and urban geographies can advance or obstruct racial justice and human rights. Speakers: Dr. Falechiondro Karcheik Sims-Alvarado, Morehouse College, Barry McNealy, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, & Ajanet Rountree PhD candidate, George Mason University. ''This event is part of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s King Week activities and is hosted by University of Alabama Birmingham’s [https://calendar.uab.edu/department/uab_institute_for_human_rights Institute for Human Rights] and the [http://ushumanrightscities.org Human Rights Cities Alliance].''<br />
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'''Strategies for Advancing Human Rights & Racial Justice in Cities & Communities'''<br />
Amid unprecedented threats to basic human rights many people once took for granted–including the right to vote, enjoy access to housing and other basic needs, and to have hope for our collective future, how can globally recognized human rights be a tool for change in our communities? How can movements for racial justice benefit from human rights strategies? Why are communities around the world organizing to demand the right to the city? This panel presents lessons from the work of human rights advocates across different U.S. cities and communities about how to organize communities and build political and popular support for human rights in local settings. '''Panel presentations:''' Human Rights Cities Alliance (Molefi Askari & Eric Macadangdang); Dayton United for Human Rights (Stephanie Van Hoose); Dr. Catherine Adams, Claflin University (on organizing in small cities and rural areas and at HBCUs).<br />
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Panelists will report on the work of recent international investigations of racial disparities and discrimination in the United States, including the Expert Mechanism on Racial Discrimination in the Context of Law Enforcement (EMLER), the UN Special Rapporteur on Racism, and the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). We will hear about some of the key findings and recommendations in these reports and learn how grassroots activists and policy makers can use them to hold U.S. elected officials accountable to global human rights norms and improve conditions in local communities.</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=539Main Page2024-02-13T15:30:30Z<p>Humanrightscities: /* EVENTS */</p>
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<div>==US National Human Rights Cities Alliance==<br />
'''About'''<br />
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The U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance works to build a network of local, national, and international human rights leaders and to support activists and organizers advancing the human rights city organizing framework. The Alliance promotes the development and sharing of knowledge and models for improving respect for human rights and dignity. Recognizing that human rights don’t trickle down, they rise up, we support communities organizing and acting together to bring human rights to bear at home, drawing upon global human rights standards, institutions, and movements. Guided by the [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/6/6a/Human_Rights_City_Principles_October_2017.pdf Human Rights Cities Statement of Principles], we promote [https://www.ajamubaraka.com/peoplecentered-human-rights-as-a-framework-for-social-transformation “people-centered human rights”] based in experiences and struggles of marginalized communities. <br />
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'''[[Resources for starting a Human Rights City initiative near you]]'''<br />
*[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/f/f7/Sandwich_Strategy.pdf Our "Sandwich Strategy"- Using global human rights to make local change]<br />
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===EVENTS===<br />
<big>'''[[Human Rights Cities Webinar Series 2024]]''' --The Human Rights Cities Alliance webinars provide insights, resources, and tools to support activists working to implement human rights in local communities.<br />
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<big>'''[[Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit in Atlanta Georgia, May 18-21, 2023]]'''</big>The Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit will take place in downtown Atlanta Georgia from May 18-21. Following the city’s recent passage of a resolution naming Atlanta the newest U.S. Human Rights City, Atlanta civil society and supportive City Council members invite community activists, policy practitioners, legal experts, youth, and municipal leaders to come together to share ideas, lessons, and tools for promoting human rights in cities and communities. Now more than ever, cities need innovative ideas and strategies to address problems of affordable housing, community safety, climate change, racial and gender inequities, and reparatory justice. Learn how cities around the world are using international human rights law and institutions to shape local policies, with powerful impacts at the local level. Plenaries and breakout sessions will provide opportunities to learn, exchange and network. (Register at [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform bit.ly/atlsummit23]).<br />
*Featured plenary speakers include: Leilani Farha, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing and Global Director, The [https://make-the-shift.org/ The Shift-#Right2Housing] & Justin Hansford, Member of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University<br />
'''Co-hosts:''' The Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, American Friends Service Committee-South Region, in cooperation with Atlanta civil society and supportive members of Atlanta City Council.<br />
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:*[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform Sign up here for further information and updates:] (bit.ly/atlsummit23). Email contact: hrc [AT] udayton.edu.<br />
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[[Past Event Recordings & Documentation]]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iWMWVB9CX8 '''''The African Diaspora Convenes on the World Stage & Calls for Reparatory Justice]'''--Reports from the Inaugural session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent.'' (Recording) In December 2022 the United Nations launched the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (UNPFPAD) as part of the International Decade on People of African Descent (2015-2024). Activists who attended this historic, inaugural meeting of the PFPAD share their observations on how this new body can be a tool for building local and national movements to end white supremacy and advance racial justice. '''Panelists''': ''Lisa Borden'', Senior Policy Counsel, International Advocacy and Policy, Southern Poverty Law Center; ''Charkera Ervin,'' Howard University School of Law/ Movement Lawyering Clinic; ''Efia Nwangaza,'' SNCC Veteran, Civil/Human Rights Attorney, Director Malcolm X Center for Self Determination; ''Tiffany Williams Roberts,'' Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights; ''Gretchen Rohr'', US-Liaison and Global Strategic Litigation Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative. '''Webinar Co-sponsors:''' U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, Ubuntu Institute for Community Development, Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance, Global Studies Center & the Center for African Studies-University of Pittsburgh<br />
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*'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB6nQ23-Rew&t=1989s Using the Human Rights Framework for Racial Justice: A Conversation with Justin Hansford]'''--(Recording-November 18, 2022 by 1Hood Media). ''After Michael Brown’s murder in Ferguson, Missouri, Justin Hansford helped Brown family members bring their appeal for justice to the United Nations [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2598743 See ''Ferguson to Geneva'']. This conversation brings together Black community leaders, advocates, and educators to discuss this effort and understand how we can make use of UN bodies like the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent to promote racial equity and fight white supremacy. What role do our communities play in building global tools to help defend and advance our human rights?'' '''Panelists:''' ''Dr. Rashad Williams'', Assistant Professor of Race and Social Justice in Public Policy, University of Pittsburgh (Host), ''Tiffany Williams Roberts'', Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights (Atlanta) & Steering Committee member, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance; ''Randall Taylor'', Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition<br />
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===Current Projects===<br />
'''[[Cities Support the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent]]'''-In December 2022 the United Nations launched the first meeting of a new body charged with guiding the UN in work to end racial discrimination and systemic racism and to develop concrete steps and action plans to further reparatory justice. Delegate Justin Hansford sees the Forum as a potential "instrument of liberation" that will require continued struggle by grassroots communities to push forward needed changes. Our Human Rights Cities Alliance is committed to working to support local actions that reinforce the Forum's work and engage cities and municipal officials in its transformative agenda.<br />
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'''[[CERD Cities- Using the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination to fight racism at home]]''' -The United States is a party to this Convention, which means it must undergo a regular review of its policies to assess its compliance with international legal obligations and expectations under this treaty. The process invites community advocates to submit "shadow reports" documenting abuses as well as good practices and offering recommendations for how local and national government policies can better support U.S. treaty obligations.<br />
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[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=UPR_Cities_Project '''UPR Cities Project'''] --The Universal Periodic Review process involves quadrennial reviews of every United Nations member government's human rights performance. The Human Rights Cities Alliance supports local community work to participate in this process with guidance and models to help groups prepare local stakeholder reports to submit to the UPR Committee. The last review of the United States took place in 2019, and the next one will be in 2025.<br />
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==Past Activities==<br />
'''2022 Convening--Organizing for the US Review by Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination''' (hybrid)<br />
'''''[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Schedule_and_zoom_registration Using global human rights to strengthen anti-racism organizing and resist ongoing retrenchment of democracy and human rights]'''''<br />
July 19-21, 2022, Washington DC/ hybrid. Co-Sponsor & Host: [https://thurgoodmarshallcenter.howard.edu/ Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center], Howard University School of Law, Washington DC<br />
*''[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Schedule_and_zoom_registration See detailed program and speakers]'' <br />
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"'''Bringing Human Rights Home: U.S. Cities & the UPR--Thursday March 11, 2021 4:00PM CET (Geneva)/ 10:00AM EST (NYC)'''<br />
'''''46th UN Human Rights Council Side Event--Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Adoption of Final Report on the USA'''' [http://humanrightscities.us US Human Rights Cities Alliance] </br><br />
:U.S. communities aren’t waiting for human rights leadership from Washington: they’re using UPR recommendations to hold local governments accountable to global human rights standards. Community organizers share how they’re using global human rights to change the United States and how international leadership can support this work. '''Panelists:''' ''Jennifer Harbury - Angry Tias & Abuelas - Weslaco, TX (Rio Grande Valley); anu jain, Executive Director, City of Pittsburgh Gender Equity Commission; Sharon Lavigne - RISE St.James, St. James, Louisiana, Cancer Alley; Vincenzo Pasquantonio - Founding ED of Human Rights Commision, New Orleans; Randall Taylor –Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & Stop the Station, Pittsburgh; Lorena Quiroz - Immigrant Alliance for Justice & Equity, Jackson, MS; Patricio Rubio-Another Gulf is Possible- Rio Grande Valley, TX; Vickie Casanova Willis – US Human Rights Network; Gabriela Zavala - Resource Center Matamoros - TX/Mexico'' <br />
[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=7065d5c7-a49f-4420-ab35-ace80113d09e '''View recording here'''] <br />
[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/3c/Human_Rights_Council_Briefing_UPR_2021.pdf Download flier]<br />
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*'''Housing, Health and Human Rights: [[Zero Evictions Days 2020 Actions]]<br />
[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Zero_Evictions_Days_2020 Zero Evictions Days 2020]'''<br />
:*'''October 24-November 5''': Learn about how global real estate investors are raising rents and pushing out urban residents around the world--''': [https://watch.eventive.org/argot/play/5f8e3f07d22f3c010b0765c3 View the Film- ''Push'' online].<br />
:*'''Thursday October 29''' 7:00pm Webinar Part 1: Building a Global Movement to Protect the Right to Housing--Dialogue featuring Leilani Farha—former UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing, joined by housing and human rights leaders from Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and New York '''[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=5b09c2ec-e1ff-4781-a4c0-ac64001187ce view recording here.''']<br />
:*'''Thursday November 5''' 7:00PM –Webinar Part 2: ''Movement building for the Human Right to Housing:'' Local organizers from Philadelphia, Atlanta and Pittsburgh discuss ideas for building a powerful cross-city movement for the human right to housing and an end to evictions. [https://pitt.zoom.us/j/95879516551 Zoom meeting link] For more details and speakers see: [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Zero_Evictions_Days_2020 Zero Evictions Days 2020]<br />
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'''Recordings of past webinars'''<br />
*[https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 '''Building a Human Rights Cities Movement Against Structural Racism'''], Thursday July 9, 2020<br />
:Black resistances to dismantle violent police repression in the crux of the pandemic in the United States have inspired a global wave of resistance to both the immediate threats from violent police repression and the wider systemic forces that drive racial inequities and fuel what UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, E. Tendayi Achiume has called “a human rights crisis of existential proportions.” The global community has become activated like never before to demand accountability and transformative changes to address long-standing injustices. This webinar will offer context and clarity to help community leaders and activists learn how global human rights law and institutions can support our movements for fundamental changes in the United States. Participants will learn more about organizing work to hold local and national authorities accountable to global human rights. '''Speakers''': Dominique Day, UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent; Ejim Dike, former Executive Director, [https://www.ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network]; Jamil Dakwar ACLU Human Rights Program Director; Salimah Hankins, Acting Director, US Human Rights Network. Facilitators: Johnaca Dunlap-Ubuntu Institute & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee; Rob Robinson-International Alliance of Inhabitants & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee. [https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 View Recording] [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/f/f9/July_9_Human_Rights_Cities_Vs_Structural_Racism_Flier.pdf Flier]<br />
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*[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=afdd296d-f6ae-4418-9bc4-abd70165354e '''Local & Global Strategies for Advancing the Human Right to Housing.'''] June 11, 2020 (Recording). The Coronavirus pandemic has exposed and deepened the long-standing housing crisis in our communities. At a time when everyone’s health demands that all residents have a safe and stable home, more and more people face housing insecurity and homelessness. How can cities and communities better protect people’s right to adequate housing? This webinar features Julieta Perucca, assistant to the former [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Housing/Pages/HousingIndex.aspx UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing] and currently Deputy Director of global housing rights initiative, [https://www.make-the-shift.org/ The Shift]. Learn about the human right to housing around the world and strategies for using international law and the United Nations to advance housing and other human rights. We’ll hear from leaders in Birmingham and other cities using innovative strategies for keeping people in their homes and expanding affordable housing. City Representatives: Brandon Johnson, Director of the [http://www.peaceandpolicy.com/ Office of Peace and Policy], City of '''Birmingham'''; Daniel Joseph Wiley, [https://ironboundcc.org/ Newark Ironbound Community]; Crystal Jennings, Housing justice organizer with Pittsburgh’s Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & [https://cityofbridgesclt.org/ City of Bridges Community Land Trust]; Timothy Franzen, American Friends Service Committee & Alison Johnston, [https://www.housingjusticeleague.org/ Housing Justice League], Atlanta. ''This forum was hosted in cooperation with the [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Pittsburgh_Human_Rights_City_Alliance Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance], as part of its series, [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Learning_from_COVID-19:Shaping_a_Health_and_Human_Rights_Agenda_for_our_Region Learning from COVID-19: Shaping a Health and Human Rights Agenda for our Region], the [https://www.ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network] and [https://web.law.columbia.edu/human-rights-institute Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute]''<br />
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*'''NEW: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Calls for Greater Coordination with Local Governments & Civil Society'''. In a report to the UN Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights clarifies the important role of local governments in the implementation of international human rights standards, providing reports and recommendations for actions by local and national governments. Many of these recommendations complement the work we are doing in the Human Rights Cities movement and the UPR Cities project. [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/LocalGovernment/Pages/Index.aspx Download Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Local Government and Human Rights]<br/><br />
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===We work to realize human rights by:===<br />
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*Engaging, connecting and mobilizing communities, Peoples, workers, and diverse sectors across issue areas, constituencies, and regions to uphold and defend human rights and hold government accountable;<br />
*Building the capacity and leadership of grassroots groups and individuals to effectively apply the human rights framework in developing strategy and making long-term structural shifts to achieve justice;<br />
*Raising the visibility of local human rights concerns and activism to shape the public discourse locally, nationally, and internationally; and<br />
*Facilitating effective collective action to secure the structural change needed to fully realize human rights.<br />
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===The US Human Rights Network is guided by these core principles:=== <br />
*Human rights are universal, interdependent, indivisible, and inalienable.<br />
*Human rights movements must be led by those most directly affected by human rights violations.<br />
*Human rights advocacy and organizing should prioritize the struggles of the poor and most marginalized groups in society.<br />
*Human rights movements must be inclusive and respect and reflect the diversity within communities.<br />
*Human rights encompass civil, political, economic, social, cultural, environmental, sexual, and development rights for individuals, Peoples, and groups.<br />
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''For a more elaborated version see our: '''[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Statement_of_principles Statement of Principles]'''.''<br />
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===[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=UPR_Cities_Project '''UPR Cities Project and Toolkit''']===<br />
===[[International Human Rights Monitoring]]===<br />
This page links to work by national and international human rights organizers to use international treaties and United Nations human rights review processes to hold local and national officials in the United States accountable to our international human rights obligations.<br />
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===[[Housing is a Human Right!]]===<br />
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===Educational and Outreach Tools===<br />
*[[:file:International_Mechanisms_for_Human_Rights_Cities.pdf|International Human Rights Mechanisms Slide Show]]<br/><br />
*[[:file:Human_Rights_Cities_Movement.pdf|Human Rights Cities Introduction Slide Show]]<br/><br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpGpI4DljdY Video A European Coalition of Local Human Rights Cities in the Making, Utrecht, 12-13 December 2013]-This video illustrates how groups in Europe are engaging similar questions and strategies as we are doing with this US Human Rights Cities Alliance. We are working to expand and deepen conversations between US activists and our counterparts in other parts of the world.<br />
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==='''Reports and Documentation'''===<br />
*2018 [[:file: Greenville_2018_Summary_Report.pdf|Greenville Human Rights Cities Convening-Summary Report]]<br />
*2018 [[:file: DC_Workshop_July_2018_Human_Rights_Cities_in_Todays_Context_DRAFT_NOTES.pdf| Washington DC, July 2018 Convening Summary]]<br />
*2016 [http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/2/23/2016_DC_Human_Rights_City_Gathering_Executive_Summary_Conclusions.pdf Washington DC 2016 Human Rights Cities Convening Report]<br />
**[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Washington_DC_2016_Human_Rights_Cities_Convergence_Documentation Documentation from 2016 DC Convening]<br />
*2015 [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Workshop_Human_Rights_Cities_2015_Making_the_Global_Local Pittsburgh 2015 Initial Convening of Human Rights City Leaders]<br />
*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/a/a4/2017_Steering_Committee_Year_End_Report.pdf US Human Rights Cities Alliance 2017 Annual Report]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=538Main Page2024-02-13T15:30:06Z<p>Humanrightscities: </p>
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<div>==US National Human Rights Cities Alliance==<br />
'''About'''<br />
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The U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance works to build a network of local, national, and international human rights leaders and to support activists and organizers advancing the human rights city organizing framework. The Alliance promotes the development and sharing of knowledge and models for improving respect for human rights and dignity. Recognizing that human rights don’t trickle down, they rise up, we support communities organizing and acting together to bring human rights to bear at home, drawing upon global human rights standards, institutions, and movements. Guided by the [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/6/6a/Human_Rights_City_Principles_October_2017.pdf Human Rights Cities Statement of Principles], we promote [https://www.ajamubaraka.com/peoplecentered-human-rights-as-a-framework-for-social-transformation “people-centered human rights”] based in experiences and struggles of marginalized communities. <br />
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*[[Steering Committee]]<br/><br />
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'''[[Resources for starting a Human Rights City initiative near you]]'''<br />
*[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/f/f7/Sandwich_Strategy.pdf Our "Sandwich Strategy"- Using global human rights to make local change]<br />
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===EVENTS===<br />
<big>'''[[Human Rights Cities Webinar Series 2024]] --The Human Rights Cities Alliance webinars provide insights, resources, and tools to support activists working to implement human rights in local communities.<br />
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<big>'''[[Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit in Atlanta Georgia, May 18-21, 2023]]'''</big>The Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit will take place in downtown Atlanta Georgia from May 18-21. Following the city’s recent passage of a resolution naming Atlanta the newest U.S. Human Rights City, Atlanta civil society and supportive City Council members invite community activists, policy practitioners, legal experts, youth, and municipal leaders to come together to share ideas, lessons, and tools for promoting human rights in cities and communities. Now more than ever, cities need innovative ideas and strategies to address problems of affordable housing, community safety, climate change, racial and gender inequities, and reparatory justice. Learn how cities around the world are using international human rights law and institutions to shape local policies, with powerful impacts at the local level. Plenaries and breakout sessions will provide opportunities to learn, exchange and network. (Register at [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform bit.ly/atlsummit23]).<br />
*Featured plenary speakers include: Leilani Farha, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing and Global Director, The [https://make-the-shift.org/ The Shift-#Right2Housing] & Justin Hansford, Member of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University<br />
'''Co-hosts:''' The Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, American Friends Service Committee-South Region, in cooperation with Atlanta civil society and supportive members of Atlanta City Council.<br />
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:*[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform Sign up here for further information and updates:] (bit.ly/atlsummit23). Email contact: hrc [AT] udayton.edu.<br />
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[[Past Event Recordings & Documentation]]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iWMWVB9CX8 '''''The African Diaspora Convenes on the World Stage & Calls for Reparatory Justice]'''--Reports from the Inaugural session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent.'' (Recording) In December 2022 the United Nations launched the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (UNPFPAD) as part of the International Decade on People of African Descent (2015-2024). Activists who attended this historic, inaugural meeting of the PFPAD share their observations on how this new body can be a tool for building local and national movements to end white supremacy and advance racial justice. '''Panelists''': ''Lisa Borden'', Senior Policy Counsel, International Advocacy and Policy, Southern Poverty Law Center; ''Charkera Ervin,'' Howard University School of Law/ Movement Lawyering Clinic; ''Efia Nwangaza,'' SNCC Veteran, Civil/Human Rights Attorney, Director Malcolm X Center for Self Determination; ''Tiffany Williams Roberts,'' Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights; ''Gretchen Rohr'', US-Liaison and Global Strategic Litigation Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative. '''Webinar Co-sponsors:''' U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, Ubuntu Institute for Community Development, Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance, Global Studies Center & the Center for African Studies-University of Pittsburgh<br />
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*'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB6nQ23-Rew&t=1989s Using the Human Rights Framework for Racial Justice: A Conversation with Justin Hansford]'''--(Recording-November 18, 2022 by 1Hood Media). ''After Michael Brown’s murder in Ferguson, Missouri, Justin Hansford helped Brown family members bring their appeal for justice to the United Nations [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2598743 See ''Ferguson to Geneva'']. This conversation brings together Black community leaders, advocates, and educators to discuss this effort and understand how we can make use of UN bodies like the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent to promote racial equity and fight white supremacy. What role do our communities play in building global tools to help defend and advance our human rights?'' '''Panelists:''' ''Dr. Rashad Williams'', Assistant Professor of Race and Social Justice in Public Policy, University of Pittsburgh (Host), ''Tiffany Williams Roberts'', Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights (Atlanta) & Steering Committee member, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance; ''Randall Taylor'', Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition<br />
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===Current Projects===<br />
'''[[Cities Support the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent]]'''-In December 2022 the United Nations launched the first meeting of a new body charged with guiding the UN in work to end racial discrimination and systemic racism and to develop concrete steps and action plans to further reparatory justice. Delegate Justin Hansford sees the Forum as a potential "instrument of liberation" that will require continued struggle by grassroots communities to push forward needed changes. Our Human Rights Cities Alliance is committed to working to support local actions that reinforce the Forum's work and engage cities and municipal officials in its transformative agenda.<br />
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'''[[CERD Cities- Using the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination to fight racism at home]]''' -The United States is a party to this Convention, which means it must undergo a regular review of its policies to assess its compliance with international legal obligations and expectations under this treaty. The process invites community advocates to submit "shadow reports" documenting abuses as well as good practices and offering recommendations for how local and national government policies can better support U.S. treaty obligations.<br />
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[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=UPR_Cities_Project '''UPR Cities Project'''] --The Universal Periodic Review process involves quadrennial reviews of every United Nations member government's human rights performance. The Human Rights Cities Alliance supports local community work to participate in this process with guidance and models to help groups prepare local stakeholder reports to submit to the UPR Committee. The last review of the United States took place in 2019, and the next one will be in 2025.<br />
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==Past Activities==<br />
'''2022 Convening--Organizing for the US Review by Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination''' (hybrid)<br />
'''''[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Schedule_and_zoom_registration Using global human rights to strengthen anti-racism organizing and resist ongoing retrenchment of democracy and human rights]'''''<br />
July 19-21, 2022, Washington DC/ hybrid. Co-Sponsor & Host: [https://thurgoodmarshallcenter.howard.edu/ Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center], Howard University School of Law, Washington DC<br />
*''[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Schedule_and_zoom_registration See detailed program and speakers]'' <br />
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"'''Bringing Human Rights Home: U.S. Cities & the UPR--Thursday March 11, 2021 4:00PM CET (Geneva)/ 10:00AM EST (NYC)'''<br />
'''''46th UN Human Rights Council Side Event--Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Adoption of Final Report on the USA'''' [http://humanrightscities.us US Human Rights Cities Alliance] </br><br />
:U.S. communities aren’t waiting for human rights leadership from Washington: they’re using UPR recommendations to hold local governments accountable to global human rights standards. Community organizers share how they’re using global human rights to change the United States and how international leadership can support this work. '''Panelists:''' ''Jennifer Harbury - Angry Tias & Abuelas - Weslaco, TX (Rio Grande Valley); anu jain, Executive Director, City of Pittsburgh Gender Equity Commission; Sharon Lavigne - RISE St.James, St. James, Louisiana, Cancer Alley; Vincenzo Pasquantonio - Founding ED of Human Rights Commision, New Orleans; Randall Taylor –Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & Stop the Station, Pittsburgh; Lorena Quiroz - Immigrant Alliance for Justice & Equity, Jackson, MS; Patricio Rubio-Another Gulf is Possible- Rio Grande Valley, TX; Vickie Casanova Willis – US Human Rights Network; Gabriela Zavala - Resource Center Matamoros - TX/Mexico'' <br />
[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=7065d5c7-a49f-4420-ab35-ace80113d09e '''View recording here'''] <br />
[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/3c/Human_Rights_Council_Briefing_UPR_2021.pdf Download flier]<br />
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*'''Housing, Health and Human Rights: [[Zero Evictions Days 2020 Actions]]<br />
[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Zero_Evictions_Days_2020 Zero Evictions Days 2020]'''<br />
:*'''October 24-November 5''': Learn about how global real estate investors are raising rents and pushing out urban residents around the world--''': [https://watch.eventive.org/argot/play/5f8e3f07d22f3c010b0765c3 View the Film- ''Push'' online].<br />
:*'''Thursday October 29''' 7:00pm Webinar Part 1: Building a Global Movement to Protect the Right to Housing--Dialogue featuring Leilani Farha—former UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing, joined by housing and human rights leaders from Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and New York '''[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=5b09c2ec-e1ff-4781-a4c0-ac64001187ce view recording here.''']<br />
:*'''Thursday November 5''' 7:00PM –Webinar Part 2: ''Movement building for the Human Right to Housing:'' Local organizers from Philadelphia, Atlanta and Pittsburgh discuss ideas for building a powerful cross-city movement for the human right to housing and an end to evictions. [https://pitt.zoom.us/j/95879516551 Zoom meeting link] For more details and speakers see: [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Zero_Evictions_Days_2020 Zero Evictions Days 2020]<br />
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'''Recordings of past webinars'''<br />
*[https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 '''Building a Human Rights Cities Movement Against Structural Racism'''], Thursday July 9, 2020<br />
:Black resistances to dismantle violent police repression in the crux of the pandemic in the United States have inspired a global wave of resistance to both the immediate threats from violent police repression and the wider systemic forces that drive racial inequities and fuel what UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, E. Tendayi Achiume has called “a human rights crisis of existential proportions.” The global community has become activated like never before to demand accountability and transformative changes to address long-standing injustices. This webinar will offer context and clarity to help community leaders and activists learn how global human rights law and institutions can support our movements for fundamental changes in the United States. Participants will learn more about organizing work to hold local and national authorities accountable to global human rights. '''Speakers''': Dominique Day, UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent; Ejim Dike, former Executive Director, [https://www.ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network]; Jamil Dakwar ACLU Human Rights Program Director; Salimah Hankins, Acting Director, US Human Rights Network. Facilitators: Johnaca Dunlap-Ubuntu Institute & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee; Rob Robinson-International Alliance of Inhabitants & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee. [https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 View Recording] [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/f/f9/July_9_Human_Rights_Cities_Vs_Structural_Racism_Flier.pdf Flier]<br />
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*[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=afdd296d-f6ae-4418-9bc4-abd70165354e '''Local & Global Strategies for Advancing the Human Right to Housing.'''] June 11, 2020 (Recording). The Coronavirus pandemic has exposed and deepened the long-standing housing crisis in our communities. At a time when everyone’s health demands that all residents have a safe and stable home, more and more people face housing insecurity and homelessness. How can cities and communities better protect people’s right to adequate housing? This webinar features Julieta Perucca, assistant to the former [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Housing/Pages/HousingIndex.aspx UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing] and currently Deputy Director of global housing rights initiative, [https://www.make-the-shift.org/ The Shift]. Learn about the human right to housing around the world and strategies for using international law and the United Nations to advance housing and other human rights. We’ll hear from leaders in Birmingham and other cities using innovative strategies for keeping people in their homes and expanding affordable housing. City Representatives: Brandon Johnson, Director of the [http://www.peaceandpolicy.com/ Office of Peace and Policy], City of '''Birmingham'''; Daniel Joseph Wiley, [https://ironboundcc.org/ Newark Ironbound Community]; Crystal Jennings, Housing justice organizer with Pittsburgh’s Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & [https://cityofbridgesclt.org/ City of Bridges Community Land Trust]; Timothy Franzen, American Friends Service Committee & Alison Johnston, [https://www.housingjusticeleague.org/ Housing Justice League], Atlanta. ''This forum was hosted in cooperation with the [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Pittsburgh_Human_Rights_City_Alliance Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance], as part of its series, [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Learning_from_COVID-19:Shaping_a_Health_and_Human_Rights_Agenda_for_our_Region Learning from COVID-19: Shaping a Health and Human Rights Agenda for our Region], the [https://www.ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network] and [https://web.law.columbia.edu/human-rights-institute Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute]''<br />
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*'''NEW: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Calls for Greater Coordination with Local Governments & Civil Society'''. In a report to the UN Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights clarifies the important role of local governments in the implementation of international human rights standards, providing reports and recommendations for actions by local and national governments. Many of these recommendations complement the work we are doing in the Human Rights Cities movement and the UPR Cities project. [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/LocalGovernment/Pages/Index.aspx Download Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Local Government and Human Rights]<br/><br />
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===We work to realize human rights by:===<br />
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*Engaging, connecting and mobilizing communities, Peoples, workers, and diverse sectors across issue areas, constituencies, and regions to uphold and defend human rights and hold government accountable;<br />
*Building the capacity and leadership of grassroots groups and individuals to effectively apply the human rights framework in developing strategy and making long-term structural shifts to achieve justice;<br />
*Raising the visibility of local human rights concerns and activism to shape the public discourse locally, nationally, and internationally; and<br />
*Facilitating effective collective action to secure the structural change needed to fully realize human rights.<br />
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===The US Human Rights Network is guided by these core principles:=== <br />
*Human rights are universal, interdependent, indivisible, and inalienable.<br />
*Human rights movements must be led by those most directly affected by human rights violations.<br />
*Human rights advocacy and organizing should prioritize the struggles of the poor and most marginalized groups in society.<br />
*Human rights movements must be inclusive and respect and reflect the diversity within communities.<br />
*Human rights encompass civil, political, economic, social, cultural, environmental, sexual, and development rights for individuals, Peoples, and groups.<br />
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''For a more elaborated version see our: '''[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Statement_of_principles Statement of Principles]'''.''<br />
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===[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=UPR_Cities_Project '''UPR Cities Project and Toolkit''']===<br />
===[[International Human Rights Monitoring]]===<br />
This page links to work by national and international human rights organizers to use international treaties and United Nations human rights review processes to hold local and national officials in the United States accountable to our international human rights obligations.<br />
<br />
===[[Housing is a Human Right!]]===<br />
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===Educational and Outreach Tools===<br />
*[[:file:International_Mechanisms_for_Human_Rights_Cities.pdf|International Human Rights Mechanisms Slide Show]]<br/><br />
*[[:file:Human_Rights_Cities_Movement.pdf|Human Rights Cities Introduction Slide Show]]<br/><br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpGpI4DljdY Video A European Coalition of Local Human Rights Cities in the Making, Utrecht, 12-13 December 2013]-This video illustrates how groups in Europe are engaging similar questions and strategies as we are doing with this US Human Rights Cities Alliance. We are working to expand and deepen conversations between US activists and our counterparts in other parts of the world.<br />
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==='''Reports and Documentation'''===<br />
*2018 [[:file: Greenville_2018_Summary_Report.pdf|Greenville Human Rights Cities Convening-Summary Report]]<br />
*2018 [[:file: DC_Workshop_July_2018_Human_Rights_Cities_in_Todays_Context_DRAFT_NOTES.pdf| Washington DC, July 2018 Convening Summary]]<br />
*2016 [http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/2/23/2016_DC_Human_Rights_City_Gathering_Executive_Summary_Conclusions.pdf Washington DC 2016 Human Rights Cities Convening Report]<br />
**[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Washington_DC_2016_Human_Rights_Cities_Convergence_Documentation Documentation from 2016 DC Convening]<br />
*2015 [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Workshop_Human_Rights_Cities_2015_Making_the_Global_Local Pittsburgh 2015 Initial Convening of Human Rights City Leaders]<br />
*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/a/a4/2017_Steering_Committee_Year_End_Report.pdf US Human Rights Cities Alliance 2017 Annual Report]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Resources_for_starting_a_Human_Rights_City_initiative_near_you&diff=537Resources for starting a Human Rights City initiative near you2024-01-11T19:39:15Z<p>Humanrightscities: /* Starting a human rights city initiative */</p>
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<div>=Starting a human rights city initiative=<br />
''The path to becoming a human rights city differs by locale, and local actors must identify possibilities and develop appropriate strategies for local contexts and needs. The most important thing is to have community leadership at the start and at the center of the process. There must be some community commitment to a long-term process of '''becoming''' a human rights city. That will take work from many different sectors and constituencies, so getting buy-in near the start of the process is critical. Adopting a human rights city resolution/charter/ordinance, etc. is the beginning, reflecting a city's commitment to a long-term political process of progressively advancing human rights in the city or community. The following links provide further guidance. <br />
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_City Human Rights Cities Wikipedia Page] ''be sure to update this page with details on your city!''<br />
*[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/b/b7/The_Human_Rights_Cities_Movement_Introduction.pdf The Human Rights Cities Movement: An Introduction]<br />
*[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/6/6a/Human_Rights_City_Principles_October_2017.pdf Human Rights Cities Principles]<br />
*[https://www.uclg-cisdp.org/sites/default/files/UCLG_Global_Charter_Agenda_HR_City_0.pdf Global Charter – Agenda for Human Rights in the City]<br />
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''Here are some of the tools we have found most useful at integrating lessons from human rights city work so far:''<br />
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*'''[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/1/19/Human_Rights_Cities_Resources_List_of_US_Cities.pdf U.S. human rights cities & human rights legislation: How human rights is useful for local governments]<br />
*'''[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/e/e9/Human_Rights_City_Organizing_and_Implementation_Strategy_HRGL_Academy_Summary.pdf Recommendations for Human Rights City Organizing: Building on Past Lessons and Practices]''' <br />
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'''Other recommended resources on local human rights implementation'''<br />
:*[https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-2021-human-rights-cities-in-the-eu_en.pdf Human Rights Cities in the EU―A Framework] Fundamental Rights Agency (2021)<br />
:*[https://strath.elsevierpure.com/en/publications/integrated-implementation-of-scotlands-new-human-rights-framework Integrated Implementation of Scotland's New Human Rights Framework: Workshop Findings, October 2022]<br />
:*[https://rwi.lu.se/app/uploads/2017/03/Human-Rights-Cities-web.pdf “Human Rights Cities and Regions - Swedish and International Perspectives”] <br />
:*[https://www.humanrights.dk/tools/human-rights-impact-assessment-guidance-toolbox#:~:text=Human%20rights%20impact%20assessment%20(HRIA,discrimination%20into%20the%20assessment%20process Human rights impact assessment guidance and toolbox], Danish Institute for Human Rights (2020)<br />
:*[https://www.humanrightsgolocal.org/resources/human-rights-go-local-publication-series/ From Commitment to Responsibility for Human Rights in Cities and Regions] European Training Center for Human Rights and Democracy;UNESCO Center for the Promotion of Human Rights at Local and Regional Levels and others, ''Human Rights Go Local'' Publication Series, Graz, Austria (2022)<br />
:*''[https://rwi.lu.se/news/human-rights-cities-sdgs/ Human Rights Cities and the SDGs]'', Raul Wallenberg Institute<br />
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'''Research Compilation''' <br />
*[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/9/9f/Human_Rights_Cities_research_M.Austen_Suffolk.pdf Human Rights Cities: Research, Resources, & Resolutions] Maggie Austen, of Suffolk Law School in the U.S. compiled this database of resources and existing human rights cities resolutions, offering some insights for aspiring human rights cities.<br />
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='''Resources'''=<br />
*[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/32/NHRI_Resources.pdf Campaign for a U.S. National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)]-''The United States is among the only democratic states yet to follow international commitments and guidelines calling for the creation of a national institution to coordinate and guide human rights implementation. Allies, UN member peers, and UN expert panels have repeatedly called on the U.S. government to create an NHRI, as has a growing chorus of civil society organizations. There are new possibilities to make progress toward this important goal under the Biden administration.'' <br />
*[https://chrr.info/ University of Manitoba Centre for Human Rights Research]<br />
*[https://youtu.be/R69uBkfths4 Imagining (Winnipeg) as a Human Rights City] December 2022 (Webinar recording)--Organized by The Centre for Social Science Research and the Centre for Human Rights Research at the University of Manitoba in acknowledgment of International Human Rights Day. ''Human rights educators, community advocates, and policy leaders discuss what it means to use the human rights framework to organize for change in particular settings--and here panelists consider Winnipeg in the wake of horrific atrocities committed against Indigenous and homeless women living in that region.'' <br />
*[https://rights.info.yorku.ca/ Centre for Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion - York University]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=International_Human_Rights_Monitoring&diff=536International Human Rights Monitoring2023-10-23T18:06:38Z<p>Humanrightscities: </p>
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<div>'''International Human Rights Monitoring'''<br />
We know that political leaders will not follow human rights obligations without pressure from attentive and informed residents working to ensure that international rights standards are honored in local practices. This takes work to learn about what specific legal obligations national and local leaders have and to monitor local practices to make sure they conform to international expectations. Through the [http://ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network], we're able to come together as grassroots US human rights organizers to draw international attention to the gaps between US international legal commitments and the actual practices in the communities where we live. [https://ushrnetwork.org/our-work/international-mechanisms See this link to the US Human Rights Network-International Mechanisms Work].<br />
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=International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 2021=<br />
[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=CERD_Cities-_Using_the_Convention_on_the_Elimination_of_all_forms_of_Racial_Discrimination_to_fight_racism_at_home CERD Cities Shadow Reporting Project 2022]<br />
[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/e/ed/Cities_CERD_Report_2022_Outreach_Version.pdf A Cross-City Report on Obstacles to U.S. Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination & how Human Rights Cities Can be a Remedy] (Outreach version, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance) <br />
*[https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CERD/Shared%20Documents/USA/INT_CERD_NGO_USA_49277_E.pdf CERD Shadow Report, Dayton, Ohio]<br />
*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/5/5f/CERD_Report_Pittsburgh_2022_Community_outreach_version.pdf CERD Shadow Report, Pittsburgh PA]<br />
*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/5/5c/CERD_Spartanburg_South_Carolina_2022.pdf CERD Shadow Report, Spartanburg, SC]<br />
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=Universal Periodic Review 2019=<br />
''The Universal Periodic Review process was launched by the United Nations General Assembly in 2006 to provide for periodic examination of the human rights performance of all 193 UN Member States. It represents a significant strengthening of international human rights procedures.'' [https://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/upr/pages/uprmain.aspx For more details click here]<br />
'''The next US UPR runs from April 2019 through April 2020. All submissions of reports are due ''October 3, 2019''.''' <br><br />
''The Human Rights Cities Alliance '''[[UPR Cities Project]]''' helps cities and communities organize consultations and develop local reports that can both inform local leaders about human rights conditions and inform the national stakeholder report we will submit through the US Human Rights Network.''<br><br />
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*''On May 11, 2015 the United States human rights record was reviewed by the United Nations Human Rights Council during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), which resulted in 348 recommendations to the U.S. Government. In September the U.S. Government will decide which recommendations they will accept and which they will reject. USHRN has compiled this brief overview of some of the top recommendations to help U.S. advocates raise awareness and advocate for adoption of these recommendations.''<br />
**[https://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/upr/pages/uprmain.aspx UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights--Resource page on Universal Periodic Review]<br />
**[https://www.upr-info.org/database/statistics/ Statistics Database: Look up recommendations made to all governments to improve human rights practices]--this website allows users to track progress and view government responses to UPR recommendations.<br />
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===UPR-Relevant Prior Documentation===<br />
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<big>Official Reports</big><br />
*'''[https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/USIndex.aspx Prior UPR Reviews of US Human Rights Record]'''<br />
**[https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G15/159/71/PDF/G1515971.pdf?OpenElement 2015 Official Report of the UPR Working Group of the UN Human Rights Council]<br />
***[http://webtv.un.org/search/usa-review-22nd-session-of-universal-periodic-review/4229106421001/?term=&lan=english&cat=UPR%2022nd&page=2 View video recording of 2015 UN Human Rights Council session reviewing US human rights record]<br />
**[https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G11/100/69/PDF/G1110069.pdf?OpenElement 2011 Official Report of the UPR Working Group of the UN Human Rights Council]<br />
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<big>Civil Society/Stakeholder Reports</big><br />
**[https://ushrnetwork.org/uploads/Resources/2015-05-08_ushrn_upr_usa_advocacy_docs_compilation.pdf 2015 US Human Rights Network UPR Stakeholder Report] This report compiles documentation from grassroots human rights organizations across the United States working to advance people-centered human rights.<br />
**[https://www.prrac.org/pdf/USHRN_Overarching_UPR_Report.pdf 2010 Shadow Report- USHRN]<br />
**[https://lib.ohchr.org/HRBodies/UPR/Documents/session9/US/USHRN_UPR_USA_S09_2010_Annex18_Race%20and%20Health%20Joint%20Report%20USA.pdf 2010 submission focusing on racial health disparities and discrimination]<br><br />
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<big>Other UN/Official Documentation on US Human Rights Practices</big> <br/><br />
''These reports are from other international review processes within the United Nations and/or the UN Human Rights Council. The United States Government is expected to take into account the recommendations of all of these various bodies, and the UPR process is where civil society groups can work to hold public officials accountable to these expectations. The reports below in particular speak to the concerns and needs of some of the most directly impacted communities in the United States.''<br/><br />
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*[http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/33/61/Add.2 UN Expert Working Group on People of African Descent-US Country Report]<br />
*[https://ushrnetwork.org/2018/12/USHRN-Report-2018-Status-of-Human-Rights-in-the-US USHRN Report: 2018 Status of Human Rights in the United States]<br />
*[https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G18/125/30/PDF/G1812530.pdf?OpenElement 2018 Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights on US Country Visit]<br />
*[https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Racism/WGAfricanDescent/Pages/Communications.aspx UN Working Group on People of African Descent-Communications/Complaint Procedure]<br><br />
*[https://www.law.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/microsites/human-rights-institute/files/cerd_shadow_report_state_and_local_implementation_-_final.pdf State and Local Government Shadow Report for the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination]<br />
*[https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2fCCPR%2fICS%2fUSA%2f33413&Lang=en Report on State and Local Governmnents Compliance with the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights-List of Issues in Shadow Report]<br />
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=[https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Pages/ListofIssues.aspx Other International Monitoring Bodies and Oversight Procedures]=<br />
*[https://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/UniversalHumanRightsInstruments.aspx Links to All International Human Rights Mechanisms]<br />
*[https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Racism/WGAfricanDescent/Pages/WGEPADIndex.aspx UN Expert Working Group on People of African Descent]<br />
*[https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Poverty/Pages/SRExtremePovertyIndex.aspx Special Rapporteur on Poverty]<br />
*[https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Housing/Pages/HousingIndex.aspx Special Rapporteur on adequate housing]<br />
**[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Housing_is_a_Human_Right! Take action on the Human Right to Housing-Special initiative to hold officials accountable]<br />
*[https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Environment/SREnvironment/Pages/SRenvironmentIndex.aspx Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment]<br />
*[https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Food/Pages/FoodIndex.aspx Special Rapporteur on the right to food]<br />
*[https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Health/Pages/SRRightHealthIndex.aspx Special Rapporteur on the right to health]<br />
**[https://www.who.int/publications/almaata_declaration_en.pdf Declaration of Alma Ata 1978]<br />
**[https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/primary-health/declaration/gcphc-declaration.pdf Declaration of Astana 2018]<br />
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=Learning Tools=<br />
<br />
<big>Background on International Human Rights Review Processes</big><br />
*[https://www.law.columbia.edu/system/files/private_file/advancing_racial_justice_and_human_rights_-_2018_hri_cle_conference_report.pdf Advancing Racial Justice and Human Rights: Rights-Based Strategies for the Current Era]: ''On June 1, 2018, the Human Rights Institute at Columbia University Law School convened its 15th annual CLE Symposium on Human Rights in the United States, a signature event of the Human Rights Institute’s [https://www.law.columbia.edu/human-rights-institute/bhrh-lawyers-network Bringing Human Rights Home Lawyers’ Network]. The day-long event brought together more than 150 leading U.S. lawyers, activists, and academics, along with federal and local government representatives to share strategies to advance racial justice within a domestic and global context increasingly hostile to human rights.''<br />
*[https://www.law.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/microsites/human-rights-institute/hri_iaohra_public_comment_usccr_in_re_are_rights_a_reality.12.17.18.corrected_final.pdf Submission to the US Commission on Civil Rights regarding the importance of a national human rights infrastructure, from the perspective of HRI and state and local agencies]<br />
*[https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/PTS20_HRTB_Training_Guide_PartI.pdf UN Training Manual] <br />
*[https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/HRhandbooken.pdf UN Human Rights Handbook]<br />
*[https://web.law.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/microsites/human-rights-institute/files/special_rapporteurs_report_final.pdf Guide for advocates “Engaging UN Special Procedures to Advance Human Rights at Home”]<br />
*[https://www.law.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/microsites/human-rights-institute/desk_reference.pdf Desk Reference for State and Local Human Rights Agencies]<br />
*[https://web.law.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/microsites/human-rights-institute/files/UPR%20Toolkit_0.pdf Implementing Recommendations from the Universal Periodic Review: A Toolkit for State and Local Human Rights and Human Relations Commissions]<br />
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<big>Toolkits and Templates</big><br/><br />
[[Tips for Preparing a Report to International Human Rights Review Processes]] <br/><br />
[https://ushrnetwork.org/uploads/ushrn_unwgepad_uscivilsociety_submission_template_0%20(1).doc Expert working group on People of African Descent: Submission Template for US Civil Society]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Resources_for_starting_a_Human_Rights_City_initiative_near_you&diff=535Resources for starting a Human Rights City initiative near you2023-06-15T19:30:07Z<p>Humanrightscities: /* Starting a human rights city initiative */</p>
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<div>=Starting a human rights city initiative=<br />
''The path to becoming a human rights city differs by locale, and local actors must identify possibilities and develop appropriate strategies for local contexts and needs. The most important thing is to have community leadership at the start and at the center of the process. There must be some community commitment to a long-term process of '''becoming''' a human rights city. That will take work from many different sectors and constituencies, so getting buy-in near the start of the process is critical. Adopting a human rights city resolution/charter/ordinance, etc. is the beginning, reflecting a city's commitment to a long-term political process of progressively advancing human rights in the city or community. The following links provide further guidance. <br />
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_City Human Rights Cities Wikipedia Page] ''be sure to update this page with details on your city!''<br />
*[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/b/b7/The_Human_Rights_Cities_Movement_Introduction.pdf The Human Rights Cities Movement: An Introduction]<br />
*[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/6/6a/Human_Rights_City_Principles_October_2017.pdf Human Rights Cities Principles]<br />
*[https://www.uclg-cisdp.org/sites/default/files/UCLG_Global_Charter_Agenda_HR_City_0.pdf Global Charter – Agenda for Human Rights in the City]<br />
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''Here are some of the tools we have found most useful at integrating lessons from human rights city work so far:''<br />
<br />
*'''[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/1/19/Human_Rights_Cities_Resources_List_of_US_Cities.pdf U.S. human rights cities & human rights legislation: How human rights is useful for local governments]<br />
*'''[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/e/e9/Human_Rights_City_Organizing_and_Implementation_Strategy_HRGL_Academy_Summary.pdf Recommendations for Human Rights City Organizing: Building on Past Lessons and Practices]''' <br />
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'''Other recommended key resources'''<br />
:*[https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-2021-human-rights-cities-in-the-eu_en.pdf Human Rights Cities in the EU―A Framework] Fundamental Rights Agency (2021)<br />
:*[https://rwi.lu.se/app/uploads/2017/03/Human-Rights-Cities-web.pdf “Human Rights Cities and Regions - Swedish and International Perspectives”] <br />
:*[https://www.humanrights.dk/tools/human-rights-impact-assessment-guidance-toolbox#:~:text=Human%20rights%20impact%20assessment%20(HRIA,discrimination%20into%20the%20assessment%20process Human rights impact assessment guidance and toolbox], Danish Institute for Human Rights (2020)<br />
:*[https://www.humanrightsgolocal.org/resources/human-rights-go-local-publication-series/ From Commitment to Responsibility for Human Rights in Cities and Regions] European Training Center for Human Rights and Democracy;UNESCO Center for the Promotion of Human Rights at Local and Regional Levels and others, ''Human Rights Go Local'' Publication Series, Graz, Austria (2022)<br />
:*''[https://rwi.lu.se/news/human-rights-cities-sdgs/ Human Rights Cities and the SDGs]'', Raul Wallenberg Institute<br />
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*[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/9/9f/Human_Rights_Cities_research_M.Austen_Suffolk.pdf Human Rights Cities: Research, Resources, & Resolutions] Maggie Austen, of Suffolk Law School in the U.S. compiled this database of resources and existing human rights cities resolutions, offering some insights for aspiring human rights cities.<br />
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='''Resources'''=<br />
*[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/32/NHRI_Resources.pdf Campaign for a U.S. National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)]-''The United States is among the only democratic states yet to follow international commitments and guidelines calling for the creation of a national institution to coordinate and guide human rights implementation. Allies, UN member peers, and UN expert panels have repeatedly called on the U.S. government to create an NHRI, as has a growing chorus of civil society organizations. There are new possibilities to make progress toward this important goal under the Biden administration.'' <br />
*[https://chrr.info/ University of Manitoba Centre for Human Rights Research]<br />
*[https://youtu.be/R69uBkfths4 Imagining (Winnipeg) as a Human Rights City] December 2022 (Webinar recording)--Organized by The Centre for Social Science Research and the Centre for Human Rights Research at the University of Manitoba in acknowledgment of International Human Rights Day. ''Human rights educators, community advocates, and policy leaders discuss what it means to use the human rights framework to organize for change in particular settings--and here panelists consider Winnipeg in the wake of horrific atrocities committed against Indigenous and homeless women living in that region.'' <br />
*[https://rights.info.yorku.ca/ Centre for Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion - York University]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Resources_for_starting_a_Human_Rights_City_initiative_near_you&diff=534Resources for starting a Human Rights City initiative near you2023-06-15T19:29:52Z<p>Humanrightscities: /* Starting a human rights city initiative */</p>
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<div>=Starting a human rights city initiative=<br />
''The path to becoming a human rights city differs by locale, and local actors must identify possibilities and develop appropriate strategies for local contexts and needs. The most important thing is to have community leadership at the start and at the center of the process. There must be some community commitment to a long-term process of '''becoming''' a human rights city. That will take work from many different sectors and constituencies, so getting buy-in near the start of the process is critical. Adopting a human rights city resolution/charter/ordinance, etc. is the beginning, reflecting a city's commitment to a long-term political process of progressively advancing human rights in the city or community. The following links provide further guidance. <br />
<br />
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_City Human Rights Cities Wikipedia Page] ''be sure to update this page with details on your city!''<br />
*[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/b/b7/The_Human_Rights_Cities_Movement_Introduction.pdf The Human Rights Cities Movement: An Introduction]<br />
*[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/6/6a/Human_Rights_City_Principles_October_2017.pdf Human Rights Cities Principles]<br />
*[https://www.uclg-cisdp.org/sites/default/files/UCLG_Global_Charter_Agenda_HR_City_0.pdf Global Charter – Agenda for Human Rights in the City]<br />
<br />
Here are some of the tools we have found most useful at integrating lessons from human rights city work so far:<br />
<br />
*'''[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/1/19/Human_Rights_Cities_Resources_List_of_US_Cities.pdf U.S. human rights cities & human rights legislation: How human rights is useful for local governments]<br />
*'''[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/e/e9/Human_Rights_City_Organizing_and_Implementation_Strategy_HRGL_Academy_Summary.pdf Recommendations for Human Rights City Organizing: Building on Past Lessons and Practices]''' <br />
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'''Other recommended key resources'''<br />
:*[https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-2021-human-rights-cities-in-the-eu_en.pdf Human Rights Cities in the EU―A Framework] Fundamental Rights Agency (2021)<br />
:*[https://rwi.lu.se/app/uploads/2017/03/Human-Rights-Cities-web.pdf “Human Rights Cities and Regions - Swedish and International Perspectives”] <br />
:*[https://www.humanrights.dk/tools/human-rights-impact-assessment-guidance-toolbox#:~:text=Human%20rights%20impact%20assessment%20(HRIA,discrimination%20into%20the%20assessment%20process Human rights impact assessment guidance and toolbox], Danish Institute for Human Rights (2020)<br />
:*[https://www.humanrightsgolocal.org/resources/human-rights-go-local-publication-series/ From Commitment to Responsibility for Human Rights in Cities and Regions] European Training Center for Human Rights and Democracy;UNESCO Center for the Promotion of Human Rights at Local and Regional Levels and others, ''Human Rights Go Local'' Publication Series, Graz, Austria (2022)<br />
:*''[https://rwi.lu.se/news/human-rights-cities-sdgs/ Human Rights Cities and the SDGs]'', Raul Wallenberg Institute<br />
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*[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/9/9f/Human_Rights_Cities_research_M.Austen_Suffolk.pdf Human Rights Cities: Research, Resources, & Resolutions] Maggie Austen, of Suffolk Law School in the U.S. compiled this database of resources and existing human rights cities resolutions, offering some insights for aspiring human rights cities.<br />
<br />
='''Resources'''=<br />
*[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/32/NHRI_Resources.pdf Campaign for a U.S. National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)]-''The United States is among the only democratic states yet to follow international commitments and guidelines calling for the creation of a national institution to coordinate and guide human rights implementation. Allies, UN member peers, and UN expert panels have repeatedly called on the U.S. government to create an NHRI, as has a growing chorus of civil society organizations. There are new possibilities to make progress toward this important goal under the Biden administration.'' <br />
*[https://chrr.info/ University of Manitoba Centre for Human Rights Research]<br />
*[https://youtu.be/R69uBkfths4 Imagining (Winnipeg) as a Human Rights City] December 2022 (Webinar recording)--Organized by The Centre for Social Science Research and the Centre for Human Rights Research at the University of Manitoba in acknowledgment of International Human Rights Day. ''Human rights educators, community advocates, and policy leaders discuss what it means to use the human rights framework to organize for change in particular settings--and here panelists consider Winnipeg in the wake of horrific atrocities committed against Indigenous and homeless women living in that region.'' <br />
*[https://rights.info.yorku.ca/ Centre for Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion - York University]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Resources_for_starting_a_Human_Rights_City_initiative_near_you&diff=533Resources for starting a Human Rights City initiative near you2023-06-15T19:28:02Z<p>Humanrightscities: </p>
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<div>=Starting a human rights city initiative=<br />
''The path to becoming a human rights city differs by locale, and local actors must identify possibilities and develop appropriate strategies for local contexts and needs. The most important thing is to have community leadership at the start and at the center of the process. There must be some community commitment to a long-term process of '''becoming''' a human rights city. That will take work from many different sectors and constituencies, so getting buy-in near the start of the process is critical. Adopting a human rights city resolution/charter/ordinance, etc. is the beginning, reflecting a city's commitment to a long-term political process of progressively advancing human rights in the city or community. The following links provide further guidance. <br />
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_City Human Rights Cities Wikipedia Page] ''be sure to update this page with details on your city!''<br />
*[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/b/b7/The_Human_Rights_Cities_Movement_Introduction.pdf The Human Rights Cities Movement: An Introduction]<br />
*[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/6/6a/Human_Rights_City_Principles_October_2017.pdf Human Rights Cities Principles]<br />
*[https://www.uclg-cisdp.org/sites/default/files/UCLG_Global_Charter_Agenda_HR_City_0.pdf Global Charter – Agenda for Human Rights in the City]<br />
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Here are some of the tools we have found most useful at integrating lessons from human rights city work so far:<br />
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'''[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/e/e9/Human_Rights_City_Organizing_and_Implementation_Strategy_HRGL_Academy_Summary.pdf See our summary of key resources for human rights city organizers]''' <br />
:*'''[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/1/19/Human_Rights_Cities_Resources_List_of_US_Cities.pdf U.S. human rights cities & human rights legislation: How human rights is useful for local governments]<br />
:*[https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-2021-human-rights-cities-in-the-eu_en.pdf Human Rights Cities in the EU―A Framework] Fundamental Rights Agency (2021)<br />
:*[https://rwi.lu.se/app/uploads/2017/03/Human-Rights-Cities-web.pdf “Human Rights Cities and Regions - Swedish and International Perspectives”] <br />
:*[https://www.humanrights.dk/tools/human-rights-impact-assessment-guidance-toolbox#:~:text=Human%20rights%20impact%20assessment%20(HRIA,discrimination%20into%20the%20assessment%20process Human rights impact assessment guidance and toolbox], Danish Institute for Human Rights (2020)<br />
:*[https://www.humanrightsgolocal.org/resources/human-rights-go-local-publication-series/ From Commitment to Responsibility for Human Rights in Cities and Regions] European Training Center for Human Rights and Democracy;UNESCO Center for the Promotion of Human Rights at Local and Regional Levels and others, ''Human Rights Go Local'' Publication Series, Graz, Austria (2022)<br />
:*''[https://rwi.lu.se/news/human-rights-cities-sdgs/ Human Rights Cities and the SDGs]'', Raul Wallenberg Institute<br />
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*[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/9/9f/Human_Rights_Cities_research_M.Austen_Suffolk.pdf Human Rights Cities: Research, Resources, & Resolutions] Maggie Austen, of Suffolk Law School in the U.S. compiled this database of resources and existing human rights cities resolutions, offering some insights for aspiring human rights cities.<br />
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='''Resources'''=<br />
*[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/32/NHRI_Resources.pdf Campaign for a U.S. National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)]-''The United States is among the only democratic states yet to follow international commitments and guidelines calling for the creation of a national institution to coordinate and guide human rights implementation. Allies, UN member peers, and UN expert panels have repeatedly called on the U.S. government to create an NHRI, as has a growing chorus of civil society organizations. There are new possibilities to make progress toward this important goal under the Biden administration.'' <br />
*[https://chrr.info/ University of Manitoba Centre for Human Rights Research]<br />
*[https://youtu.be/R69uBkfths4 Imagining (Winnipeg) as a Human Rights City] December 2022 (Webinar recording)--Organized by The Centre for Social Science Research and the Centre for Human Rights Research at the University of Manitoba in acknowledgment of International Human Rights Day. ''Human rights educators, community advocates, and policy leaders discuss what it means to use the human rights framework to organize for change in particular settings--and here panelists consider Winnipeg in the wake of horrific atrocities committed against Indigenous and homeless women living in that region.'' <br />
*[https://rights.info.yorku.ca/ Centre for Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion - York University]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=File:Human_Rights_Cities_Resources_List_of_US_Cities.pdf&diff=532File:Human Rights Cities Resources List of US Cities.pdf2023-06-15T19:24:50Z<p>Humanrightscities: </p>
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<div></div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=File:NHRI_Resources.pdf&diff=529File:NHRI Resources.pdf2023-06-06T15:24:37Z<p>Humanrightscities: Humanrightscities uploaded a new version of File:NHRI Resources.pdf</p>
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<div></div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Resources_for_starting_a_Human_Rights_City_initiative_near_you&diff=528Resources for starting a Human Rights City initiative near you2023-06-06T15:03:46Z<p>Humanrightscities: /* Resources */</p>
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<div>=Starting a human rights city initiative=<br />
''The path to becoming a human rights city differs by locale, and local actors must identify possibilities and develop appropriate strategies for local contexts and needs. The most important thing is to have community leadership at the start and at the center of the process. There must be some community commitment to a long-term process of '''becoming''' a human rights city. That will take work from many different sectors and constituencies, so getting buy-in near the start of the process is critical. Adopting a human rights city resolution/charter/ordinance, etc. is the beginning, reflecting a city's commitment to a long-term political process of progressively advancing human rights in the city or community. The following links provide further guidance. <br />
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_City Human Rights Cities Wikipedia Page] ''be sure to update this page with details on your city!''<br />
*[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/b/b7/The_Human_Rights_Cities_Movement_Introduction.pdf The Human Rights Cities Movement: An Introduction]<br />
*[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/6/6a/Human_Rights_City_Principles_October_2017.pdf Human Rights Cities Principles]<br />
*[https://www.uclg-cisdp.org/sites/default/files/UCLG_Global_Charter_Agenda_HR_City_0.pdf Global Charter – Agenda for Human Rights in the City]<br />
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Here are some of the tools we have found most useful at integrating lessons from human rights city work so far:<br />
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'''[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/e/e9/Human_Rights_City_Organizing_and_Implementation_Strategy_HRGL_Academy_Summary.pdf See our summary of key resources for human rights city organizers]''' <br />
:*[https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-2021-human-rights-cities-in-the-eu_en.pdf Human Rights Cities in the EU―A Framework] Fundamental Rights Agency (2021)<br />
:*[https://rwi.lu.se/app/uploads/2017/03/Human-Rights-Cities-web.pdf “Human Rights Cities and Regions - Swedish and International Perspectives”] <br />
:*[https://www.humanrights.dk/tools/human-rights-impact-assessment-guidance-toolbox#:~:text=Human%20rights%20impact%20assessment%20(HRIA,discrimination%20into%20the%20assessment%20process Human rights impact assessment guidance and toolbox], Danish Institute for Human Rights (2020)<br />
:*[https://www.humanrightsgolocal.org/resources/human-rights-go-local-publication-series/ From Commitment to Responsibility for Human Rights in Cities and Regions] European Training Center for Human Rights and Democracy;UNESCO Center for the Promotion of Human Rights at Local and Regional Levels and others, ''Human Rights Go Local'' Publication Series, Graz, Austria (2022)<br />
:*''[https://rwi.lu.se/news/human-rights-cities-sdgs/ Human Rights Cities and the SDGs]'', Raul Wallenberg Institute<br />
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*[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/9/9f/Human_Rights_Cities_research_M.Austen_Suffolk.pdf Human Rights Cities: Research, Resources, & Resolutions] Maggie Austen, of Suffolk Law School in the U.S. compiled this database of resources and existing human rights cities resolutions, offering some insights for aspiring human rights cities.<br />
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='''Resources'''=<br />
*[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/32/NHRI_Resources.pdf Campaign for a U.S. National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)]-''The United States is among the only democratic states yet to follow international commitments and guidelines calling for the creation of a national institution to coordinate and guide human rights implementation. Allies, UN member peers, and UN expert panels have repeatedly called on the U.S. government to create an NHRI, as has a growing chorus of civil society organizations. There are new possibilities to make progress toward this important goal under the Biden administration.'' <br />
*[https://chrr.info/ University of Manitoba Centre for Human Rights Research]<br />
*[https://youtu.be/R69uBkfths4 Imagining (Winnipeg) as a Human Rights City] December 2022 (Webinar recording)--Organized by The Centre for Social Science Research and the Centre for Human Rights Research at the University of Manitoba in acknowledgment of International Human Rights Day. ''Human rights educators, community advocates, and policy leaders discuss what it means to use the human rights framework to organize for change in particular settings--and here panelists consider Winnipeg in the wake of horrific atrocities committed against Indigenous and homeless women living in that region.'' <br />
*[https://rights.info.yorku.ca/ Centre for Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion - York University]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Resources_for_starting_a_Human_Rights_City_initiative_near_you&diff=527Resources for starting a Human Rights City initiative near you2023-06-06T15:03:26Z<p>Humanrightscities: /* Research Centers and Related Links */</p>
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<div>=Starting a human rights city initiative=<br />
''The path to becoming a human rights city differs by locale, and local actors must identify possibilities and develop appropriate strategies for local contexts and needs. The most important thing is to have community leadership at the start and at the center of the process. There must be some community commitment to a long-term process of '''becoming''' a human rights city. That will take work from many different sectors and constituencies, so getting buy-in near the start of the process is critical. Adopting a human rights city resolution/charter/ordinance, etc. is the beginning, reflecting a city's commitment to a long-term political process of progressively advancing human rights in the city or community. The following links provide further guidance. <br />
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_City Human Rights Cities Wikipedia Page] ''be sure to update this page with details on your city!''<br />
*[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/b/b7/The_Human_Rights_Cities_Movement_Introduction.pdf The Human Rights Cities Movement: An Introduction]<br />
*[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/6/6a/Human_Rights_City_Principles_October_2017.pdf Human Rights Cities Principles]<br />
*[https://www.uclg-cisdp.org/sites/default/files/UCLG_Global_Charter_Agenda_HR_City_0.pdf Global Charter – Agenda for Human Rights in the City]<br />
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Here are some of the tools we have found most useful at integrating lessons from human rights city work so far:<br />
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'''[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/e/e9/Human_Rights_City_Organizing_and_Implementation_Strategy_HRGL_Academy_Summary.pdf See our summary of key resources for human rights city organizers]''' <br />
:*[https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-2021-human-rights-cities-in-the-eu_en.pdf Human Rights Cities in the EU―A Framework] Fundamental Rights Agency (2021)<br />
:*[https://rwi.lu.se/app/uploads/2017/03/Human-Rights-Cities-web.pdf “Human Rights Cities and Regions - Swedish and International Perspectives”] <br />
:*[https://www.humanrights.dk/tools/human-rights-impact-assessment-guidance-toolbox#:~:text=Human%20rights%20impact%20assessment%20(HRIA,discrimination%20into%20the%20assessment%20process Human rights impact assessment guidance and toolbox], Danish Institute for Human Rights (2020)<br />
:*[https://www.humanrightsgolocal.org/resources/human-rights-go-local-publication-series/ From Commitment to Responsibility for Human Rights in Cities and Regions] European Training Center for Human Rights and Democracy;UNESCO Center for the Promotion of Human Rights at Local and Regional Levels and others, ''Human Rights Go Local'' Publication Series, Graz, Austria (2022)<br />
:*''[https://rwi.lu.se/news/human-rights-cities-sdgs/ Human Rights Cities and the SDGs]'', Raul Wallenberg Institute<br />
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*[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/9/9f/Human_Rights_Cities_research_M.Austen_Suffolk.pdf Human Rights Cities: Research, Resources, & Resolutions] Maggie Austen, of Suffolk Law School in the U.S. compiled this database of resources and existing human rights cities resolutions, offering some insights for aspiring human rights cities.<br />
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='''Resources'''=<br />
*[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/32/NHRI_Resources.pdf Campaign for a U.S. National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)]-''The United States is among the only democratic states yet to follow international commitments and guidelines calling for the creation of a national institution to coordinate and guide human rights implementation. Allies, UN member peers, and UN expert panels have repeatedly called on the U.S. government to create an NHRI, as has a growing chorus of civil society organizations. There are new possibilities to make progress toward this important goal under the Biden administration.'' <br />
*[https://chrr.info/ University of Manitoba Centre for Human Rights Research]<br />
:*[https://youtu.be/R69uBkfths4 Imagining (Winnipeg) as a Human Rights City] December 2022 (Webinar recording)--Organized by The Centre for Social Science Research and the Centre for Human Rights Research at the University of Manitoba in acknowledgment of International Human Rights Day. ''Human rights educators, community advocates, and policy leaders discuss what it means to use the human rights framework to organize for change in particular settings--and here panelists consider Winnipeg in the wake of horrific atrocities committed against Indigenous and homeless women living in that region.'' <br />
*[https://rights.info.yorku.ca/ Centre for Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion - York University]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Cities_Support_the_UN_Permanent_Forum_on_People_of_African_Descent&diff=526Cities Support the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent2023-06-01T21:12:09Z<p>Humanrightscities: /* Background Documents and History of UN Advocacy for the African Diaspora */</p>
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<div>==Webinar recordings-Background on PFPAD==<br />
From December 4-9 2022 the United Nations launched the first meeting of the [https://www.ohchr.org/en/permanent-forum-people-african-descent Permanent Forum on People of African Descent], a new body charged with guiding the UN in work to end racial discrimination and systemic racism and to develop concrete steps and action plans to improve the well being of all people of the African diaspora. Delegate Justin Hansford sees the Forum as a potential "instrument of liberation" that will require continued struggle by grassroots communities to push forward needed changes. Our Human Rights Cities Alliance is committed to working to support local actions that reinforce the Forum's work and engage cities and municipal officials in its transformative agenda.<br />
:'''*[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/e/e7/PFPAD_Introduction_Intl_Civil_Society_Working_Group_2023.pdf Slideshow: International Civil Society and the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent]''' -''An introduction to the Permanent Forum and how human rights advocates in civil society can engage with it.'' (ICSWG/PFPAD)<br />
:'''*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iWMWVB9CX8 The African Diaspora Convenes on the World Stage & Calls for Reparatory Justice]''' (Webinar recording) Report-back webinar on the Inaugural session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent. Advocates who attended PFPAD will share their observations and offer ideas for how this new body can be a tool for building local and national movements to end white supremacy and advance racial justice. '''Panelists:''' Lisa Borden, Senior Policy Counsel, International Advocacy and Policy, Southern Poverty Law Center; Charkera Ervin, Howard University School of Law/ Movement Lawyering Clinic; Efia Nwangaza, SNCC Veteran, Civil/Human Rights Attorney, Director Malcolm X Center for Self Determination; Tiffany Williams Roberts, Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights; Gretchen Rohr, US-Liaison and Global Strategic Litigation Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative. '''Co-sponsors''': U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, Ubuntu Institute for Community Development, Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance, Global Studies Center & the Center for African Studies, University of Pittsburgh<br />
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*'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB6nQ23-Rew&t=1989s Using the Human Rights Framework for Racial Justice: ''A Conversation with Justin Hansford]'''--(Recording) After Michael Brown’s murder in Ferguson, Missouri, Justin Hansford helped Brown family members bring their appeal for justice to the United Nations [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2598743 See ''Ferguson to Geneva'']. This conversation brings together Black community leaders, advocates, and educators to discuss this effort and understand how global human rights law can be a tool for social transformation. Justin Hansford is Professor of Law at Howard University, Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, and representative to the new United Nations Permanent Forum of People of African Descent (UNPFPAD). Professor Hansford’s visit to Pittsburgh was part of a “listening tour” he made in preparation for the inaugural meeting of the UNPFPAD in early December.'''Panelists:''' Dr. Rashad Williams, University of Pittsburgh (Host), Tiffany Williams Roberts, Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights (Atlanta) & Steering Committee member, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance; Randall Taylor, Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition<br />
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==Official Websites and documents==<br />
:*[https://www.ohchr.org/en/permanent-forum-people-african-descent Permanent Forum of People on African Descent Website]<br />
:*[https://www.ohchr.org/en/events/forums/2022/1st-session-permanent-forum-people-african-descent See all the Forum member, State party, and NGO statements on the Forum’s website]<br />
:*[https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/forums/forum-african-descent/sessions/session1/statements/2023-01-05/Southern-Center-for-Human-Rights.pdf Address by Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee member, Ms. Tiffany Roberts of the Southern Center for Human Rights] to the Inaugural Meeting of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, December 8, 2022 (~3 min.) ''This intervention includes an invitation on behalf of the U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee to members of the Permanent Forum to attend the May 2022 Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit in Atlanta, where Black-led organizations will gather to explore ways to build upon and support the work of the Permanent Forum.''<br />
*[https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/racism/forum-people-african-descent/1st-session/2022-11-24/PFPAD-1st-Session-concept-note-EN.pdf Concept Note on the Thematic Discussions]<br />
*[https://www.ohchr.org/en/permanent-forum-people-african-descent/declaration-human-rights-people-african-descent Declaration on the human rights of people of African descent] (Background)<br />
:*[https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/racism/forum-people-african-descent/declaration/2022-10-13/ppad-prelim-submission-declaration-pad.pdf Draft text: UN Declaration on Rights of People of African Descent]<br />
:*[https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/racism/forum-people-african-descent/declaration/2022-10-13/ppad-prelim-submission-declaration-pad.pdf Forum members' Preliminary Submission towards the UN Declaration on the Rights of People of African Descent] discusses its proposals for what should be included in the Declaration, centering the importance of reparatory justice.<br />
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'''Live recordings''' of Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (PFPAD) inaugural meeting can be found at the following links:<br />
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| [https://media.un.org/en/asset/k14/k14llu7ijc 4th Meeting Dec. 6]|| [https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1t/k1t9m532qs 5th Meeting-Dec. 7] || [https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1g/k1g6gytika 6th Meeting Dec. 7]<br />
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| [https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1n/k1n6n1vx9h 7th Meeting Dec. 8] || [https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1g/k1g6oa317f 8th Meeting Dec. 8]|| [https://www.ohchr.org/en/permanent-forum-people-african-descent '''Permanent Forum of People on African Descent Website''']<br />
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==Background Documents and History of UN Advocacy for the African Diaspora==<br />
*[https://www.ohchr.org/en/publications/reference-publications/durban-declaration-and-programme-action Durban Declaration and Programme of Action] (2002)<br />
*[https://vimeo.com/449555137 FILM: "Durban 400": Reparations and the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action] Documentary film on the 2001 World Conference Against Racism.<br />
::[https://vimeo.com/172501713 View “Durban 400” trailer]<br />
*[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/32/NHRI_Resources.pdf Resources on National Human Rights Institution] -Part of presentation for side-event at the 2nd meeting of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent in New York City, ''Creating Structures for Accountability: A National Human Rights Institution for the United States''.</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=File:NHRI_Resources.pdf&diff=525File:NHRI Resources.pdf2023-06-01T21:07:45Z<p>Humanrightscities: </p>
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<div></div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=524Main Page2023-05-20T16:21:31Z<p>Humanrightscities: /* US National Human Rights Cities Alliance */</p>
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<div>==US National Human Rights Cities Alliance==<br />
'''About'''<br />
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The U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance works to build a network of local, national, and international human rights leaders and to support activists and organizers advancing the human rights city organizing framework. The Alliance promotes the development and sharing of knowledge and models for improving respect for human rights and dignity. Recognizing that human rights don’t trickle down, they rise up, we support communities organizing and acting together to bring human rights to bear at home, drawing upon global human rights standards, institutions, and movements. Guided by the [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/6/6a/Human_Rights_City_Principles_October_2017.pdf Human Rights Cities Statement of Principles], we promote [https://www.ajamubaraka.com/peoplecentered-human-rights-as-a-framework-for-social-transformation “people-centered human rights”] based in experiences and struggles of marginalized communities. <br />
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*[[Steering Committee]]<br/><br />
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'''[[Resources for starting a Human Rights City initiative near you]]'''<br />
*[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/f/f7/Sandwich_Strategy.pdf Our "Sandwich Strategy"- Using global human rights to make local change]<br />
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===EVENTS===<br />
<big>'''[[Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit in Atlanta Georgia, May 18-21, 2023]]'''</big>The Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit will take place in downtown Atlanta Georgia from May 18-21. Following the city’s recent passage of a resolution naming Atlanta the newest U.S. Human Rights City, Atlanta civil society and supportive City Council members invite community activists, policy practitioners, legal experts, youth, and municipal leaders to come together to share ideas, lessons, and tools for promoting human rights in cities and communities. Now more than ever, cities need innovative ideas and strategies to address problems of affordable housing, community safety, climate change, racial and gender inequities, and reparatory justice. Learn how cities around the world are using international human rights law and institutions to shape local policies, with powerful impacts at the local level. Plenaries and breakout sessions will provide opportunities to learn, exchange and network. (Register at [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform bit.ly/atlsummit23]).<br />
*Featured plenary speakers include: Leilani Farha, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing and Global Director, The [https://make-the-shift.org/ The Shift-#Right2Housing] & Justin Hansford, Member of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University<br />
'''Co-hosts:''' The Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, American Friends Service Committee-South Region, in cooperation with Atlanta civil society and supportive members of Atlanta City Council.<br />
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:*[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform Sign up here for further information and updates:] (bit.ly/atlsummit23). Email contact: hrc [AT] udayton.edu.<br />
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[[Past Event Recordings & Documentation]]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iWMWVB9CX8 '''''The African Diaspora Convenes on the World Stage & Calls for Reparatory Justice]'''--Reports from the Inaugural session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent.'' (Recording) In December 2022 the United Nations launched the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (UNPFPAD) as part of the International Decade on People of African Descent (2015-2024). Activists who attended this historic, inaugural meeting of the PFPAD share their observations on how this new body can be a tool for building local and national movements to end white supremacy and advance racial justice. '''Panelists''': ''Lisa Borden'', Senior Policy Counsel, International Advocacy and Policy, Southern Poverty Law Center; ''Charkera Ervin,'' Howard University School of Law/ Movement Lawyering Clinic; ''Efia Nwangaza,'' SNCC Veteran, Civil/Human Rights Attorney, Director Malcolm X Center for Self Determination; ''Tiffany Williams Roberts,'' Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights; ''Gretchen Rohr'', US-Liaison and Global Strategic Litigation Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative. '''Webinar Co-sponsors:''' U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, Ubuntu Institute for Community Development, Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance, Global Studies Center & the Center for African Studies-University of Pittsburgh<br />
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*'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB6nQ23-Rew&t=1989s Using the Human Rights Framework for Racial Justice: A Conversation with Justin Hansford]'''--(Recording-November 18, 2022 by 1Hood Media). ''After Michael Brown’s murder in Ferguson, Missouri, Justin Hansford helped Brown family members bring their appeal for justice to the United Nations [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2598743 See ''Ferguson to Geneva'']. This conversation brings together Black community leaders, advocates, and educators to discuss this effort and understand how we can make use of UN bodies like the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent to promote racial equity and fight white supremacy. What role do our communities play in building global tools to help defend and advance our human rights?'' '''Panelists:''' ''Dr. Rashad Williams'', Assistant Professor of Race and Social Justice in Public Policy, University of Pittsburgh (Host), ''Tiffany Williams Roberts'', Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights (Atlanta) & Steering Committee member, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance; ''Randall Taylor'', Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition<br />
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===Current Projects===<br />
'''[[Cities Support the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent]]'''-In December 2022 the United Nations launched the first meeting of a new body charged with guiding the UN in work to end racial discrimination and systemic racism and to develop concrete steps and action plans to further reparatory justice. Delegate Justin Hansford sees the Forum as a potential "instrument of liberation" that will require continued struggle by grassroots communities to push forward needed changes. Our Human Rights Cities Alliance is committed to working to support local actions that reinforce the Forum's work and engage cities and municipal officials in its transformative agenda.<br />
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'''[[CERD Cities- Using the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination to fight racism at home]]''' -The United States is a party to this Convention, which means it must undergo a regular review of its policies to assess its compliance with international legal obligations and expectations under this treaty. The process invites community advocates to submit "shadow reports" documenting abuses as well as good practices and offering recommendations for how local and national government policies can better support U.S. treaty obligations.<br />
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[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=UPR_Cities_Project '''UPR Cities Project'''] --The Universal Periodic Review process involves quadrennial reviews of every United Nations member government's human rights performance. The Human Rights Cities Alliance supports local community work to participate in this process with guidance and models to help groups prepare local stakeholder reports to submit to the UPR Committee. The last review of the United States took place in 2019, and the next one will be in 2025.<br />
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==Past Activities==<br />
'''2022 Convening--Organizing for the US Review by Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination''' (hybrid)<br />
'''''[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Schedule_and_zoom_registration Using global human rights to strengthen anti-racism organizing and resist ongoing retrenchment of democracy and human rights]'''''<br />
July 19-21, 2022, Washington DC/ hybrid. Co-Sponsor & Host: [https://thurgoodmarshallcenter.howard.edu/ Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center], Howard University School of Law, Washington DC<br />
*''[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Schedule_and_zoom_registration See detailed program and speakers]'' <br />
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"'''Bringing Human Rights Home: U.S. Cities & the UPR--Thursday March 11, 2021 4:00PM CET (Geneva)/ 10:00AM EST (NYC)'''<br />
'''''46th UN Human Rights Council Side Event--Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Adoption of Final Report on the USA'''' [http://humanrightscities.us US Human Rights Cities Alliance] </br><br />
:U.S. communities aren’t waiting for human rights leadership from Washington: they’re using UPR recommendations to hold local governments accountable to global human rights standards. Community organizers share how they’re using global human rights to change the United States and how international leadership can support this work. '''Panelists:''' ''Jennifer Harbury - Angry Tias & Abuelas - Weslaco, TX (Rio Grande Valley); anu jain, Executive Director, City of Pittsburgh Gender Equity Commission; Sharon Lavigne - RISE St.James, St. James, Louisiana, Cancer Alley; Vincenzo Pasquantonio - Founding ED of Human Rights Commision, New Orleans; Randall Taylor –Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & Stop the Station, Pittsburgh; Lorena Quiroz - Immigrant Alliance for Justice & Equity, Jackson, MS; Patricio Rubio-Another Gulf is Possible- Rio Grande Valley, TX; Vickie Casanova Willis – US Human Rights Network; Gabriela Zavala - Resource Center Matamoros - TX/Mexico'' <br />
[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=7065d5c7-a49f-4420-ab35-ace80113d09e '''View recording here'''] <br />
[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/3c/Human_Rights_Council_Briefing_UPR_2021.pdf Download flier]<br />
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*'''Housing, Health and Human Rights: [[Zero Evictions Days 2020 Actions]]<br />
[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Zero_Evictions_Days_2020 Zero Evictions Days 2020]'''<br />
:*'''October 24-November 5''': Learn about how global real estate investors are raising rents and pushing out urban residents around the world--''': [https://watch.eventive.org/argot/play/5f8e3f07d22f3c010b0765c3 View the Film- ''Push'' online].<br />
:*'''Thursday October 29''' 7:00pm Webinar Part 1: Building a Global Movement to Protect the Right to Housing--Dialogue featuring Leilani Farha—former UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing, joined by housing and human rights leaders from Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and New York '''[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=5b09c2ec-e1ff-4781-a4c0-ac64001187ce view recording here.''']<br />
:*'''Thursday November 5''' 7:00PM –Webinar Part 2: ''Movement building for the Human Right to Housing:'' Local organizers from Philadelphia, Atlanta and Pittsburgh discuss ideas for building a powerful cross-city movement for the human right to housing and an end to evictions. [https://pitt.zoom.us/j/95879516551 Zoom meeting link] For more details and speakers see: [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Zero_Evictions_Days_2020 Zero Evictions Days 2020]<br />
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'''Recordings of past webinars'''<br />
*[https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 '''Building a Human Rights Cities Movement Against Structural Racism'''], Thursday July 9, 2020<br />
:Black resistances to dismantle violent police repression in the crux of the pandemic in the United States have inspired a global wave of resistance to both the immediate threats from violent police repression and the wider systemic forces that drive racial inequities and fuel what UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, E. Tendayi Achiume has called “a human rights crisis of existential proportions.” The global community has become activated like never before to demand accountability and transformative changes to address long-standing injustices. This webinar will offer context and clarity to help community leaders and activists learn how global human rights law and institutions can support our movements for fundamental changes in the United States. Participants will learn more about organizing work to hold local and national authorities accountable to global human rights. '''Speakers''': Dominique Day, UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent; Ejim Dike, former Executive Director, [https://www.ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network]; Jamil Dakwar ACLU Human Rights Program Director; Salimah Hankins, Acting Director, US Human Rights Network. Facilitators: Johnaca Dunlap-Ubuntu Institute & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee; Rob Robinson-International Alliance of Inhabitants & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee. [https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 View Recording] [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/f/f9/July_9_Human_Rights_Cities_Vs_Structural_Racism_Flier.pdf Flier]<br />
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*[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=afdd296d-f6ae-4418-9bc4-abd70165354e '''Local & Global Strategies for Advancing the Human Right to Housing.'''] June 11, 2020 (Recording). The Coronavirus pandemic has exposed and deepened the long-standing housing crisis in our communities. At a time when everyone’s health demands that all residents have a safe and stable home, more and more people face housing insecurity and homelessness. How can cities and communities better protect people’s right to adequate housing? This webinar features Julieta Perucca, assistant to the former [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Housing/Pages/HousingIndex.aspx UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing] and currently Deputy Director of global housing rights initiative, [https://www.make-the-shift.org/ The Shift]. Learn about the human right to housing around the world and strategies for using international law and the United Nations to advance housing and other human rights. We’ll hear from leaders in Birmingham and other cities using innovative strategies for keeping people in their homes and expanding affordable housing. City Representatives: Brandon Johnson, Director of the [http://www.peaceandpolicy.com/ Office of Peace and Policy], City of '''Birmingham'''; Daniel Joseph Wiley, [https://ironboundcc.org/ Newark Ironbound Community]; Crystal Jennings, Housing justice organizer with Pittsburgh’s Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & [https://cityofbridgesclt.org/ City of Bridges Community Land Trust]; Timothy Franzen, American Friends Service Committee & Alison Johnston, [https://www.housingjusticeleague.org/ Housing Justice League], Atlanta. ''This forum was hosted in cooperation with the [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Pittsburgh_Human_Rights_City_Alliance Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance], as part of its series, [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Learning_from_COVID-19:Shaping_a_Health_and_Human_Rights_Agenda_for_our_Region Learning from COVID-19: Shaping a Health and Human Rights Agenda for our Region], the [https://www.ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network] and [https://web.law.columbia.edu/human-rights-institute Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute]''<br />
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*'''NEW: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Calls for Greater Coordination with Local Governments & Civil Society'''. In a report to the UN Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights clarifies the important role of local governments in the implementation of international human rights standards, providing reports and recommendations for actions by local and national governments. Many of these recommendations complement the work we are doing in the Human Rights Cities movement and the UPR Cities project. [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/LocalGovernment/Pages/Index.aspx Download Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Local Government and Human Rights]<br/><br />
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===We work to realize human rights by:===<br />
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*Engaging, connecting and mobilizing communities, Peoples, workers, and diverse sectors across issue areas, constituencies, and regions to uphold and defend human rights and hold government accountable;<br />
*Building the capacity and leadership of grassroots groups and individuals to effectively apply the human rights framework in developing strategy and making long-term structural shifts to achieve justice;<br />
*Raising the visibility of local human rights concerns and activism to shape the public discourse locally, nationally, and internationally; and<br />
*Facilitating effective collective action to secure the structural change needed to fully realize human rights.<br />
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===The US Human Rights Network is guided by these core principles:=== <br />
*Human rights are universal, interdependent, indivisible, and inalienable.<br />
*Human rights movements must be led by those most directly affected by human rights violations.<br />
*Human rights advocacy and organizing should prioritize the struggles of the poor and most marginalized groups in society.<br />
*Human rights movements must be inclusive and respect and reflect the diversity within communities.<br />
*Human rights encompass civil, political, economic, social, cultural, environmental, sexual, and development rights for individuals, Peoples, and groups.<br />
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''For a more elaborated version see our: '''[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Statement_of_principles Statement of Principles]'''.''<br />
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===[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=UPR_Cities_Project '''UPR Cities Project and Toolkit''']===<br />
===[[International Human Rights Monitoring]]===<br />
This page links to work by national and international human rights organizers to use international treaties and United Nations human rights review processes to hold local and national officials in the United States accountable to our international human rights obligations.<br />
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===[[Housing is a Human Right!]]===<br />
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===Educational and Outreach Tools===<br />
*[[:file:International_Mechanisms_for_Human_Rights_Cities.pdf|International Human Rights Mechanisms Slide Show]]<br/><br />
*[[:file:Human_Rights_Cities_Movement.pdf|Human Rights Cities Introduction Slide Show]]<br/><br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpGpI4DljdY Video A European Coalition of Local Human Rights Cities in the Making, Utrecht, 12-13 December 2013]-This video illustrates how groups in Europe are engaging similar questions and strategies as we are doing with this US Human Rights Cities Alliance. We are working to expand and deepen conversations between US activists and our counterparts in other parts of the world.<br />
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==='''Reports and Documentation'''===<br />
*2018 [[:file: Greenville_2018_Summary_Report.pdf|Greenville Human Rights Cities Convening-Summary Report]]<br />
*2018 [[:file: DC_Workshop_July_2018_Human_Rights_Cities_in_Todays_Context_DRAFT_NOTES.pdf| Washington DC, July 2018 Convening Summary]]<br />
*2016 [http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/2/23/2016_DC_Human_Rights_City_Gathering_Executive_Summary_Conclusions.pdf Washington DC 2016 Human Rights Cities Convening Report]<br />
**[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Washington_DC_2016_Human_Rights_Cities_Convergence_Documentation Documentation from 2016 DC Convening]<br />
*2015 [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Workshop_Human_Rights_Cities_2015_Making_the_Global_Local Pittsburgh 2015 Initial Convening of Human Rights City Leaders]<br />
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<div><big>'''Promoting Human Rights Learning'''</big> <br />
The Human Rights Cities Alliance organizes occasional meetings and webinars to help share ideas and promote human rights consciousness and learning about the politics of human rights in global spaces like the United Nations. Below we share links to recordings of past programs. <br />
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'''Past event recordings & documentation''' <br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iWMWVB9CX8 '''''The African Diaspora Convenes on the World Stage & Calls for Reparatory Justice]'''--Reports from the Inaugural session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent.'' (Recording) In December 2022 the United Nations launched the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (UNPFPAD) as part of the International Decade on People of African Descent (2015-2024). Activists who attended this historic, inaugural meeting of the PFPAD share their observations on how this new body can be a tool for building local and national movements to end white supremacy and advance racial justice. '''Panelists''': ''Lisa Borden'', Senior Policy Counsel, International Advocacy and Policy, Southern Poverty Law Center; ''Charkera Ervin,'' Howard University School of Law/ Movement Lawyering Clinic; ''Efia Nwangaza,'' SNCC Veteran, Civil/Human Rights Attorney, Director Malcolm X Center for Self Determination; ''Tiffany Williams Roberts,'' Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights; ''Gretchen Rohr'', US-Liaison and Global Strategic Litigation Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative. '''Webinar Co-sponsors:''' U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, Ubuntu Institute for Community Development, Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance, Global Studies Center & the Center for African Studies-University of Pittsburgh<br />
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*'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB6nQ23-Rew&t=1989s Using the Human Rights Framework for Racial Justice: A Conversation with Justin Hansford]'''--(Recording-November 18, 2022 by 1Hood Media). ''After Michael Brown’s murder in Ferguson, Missouri, Justin Hansford helped Brown family members bring their appeal for justice to the United Nations [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2598743 See ''Ferguson to Geneva'']. This conversation brings together Black community leaders, advocates, and educators to discuss this effort and understand how we can make use of UN bodies like the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent to promote racial equity and fight white supremacy. What role do our communities play in building global tools to help defend and advance our human rights?'' '''Panelists:''' ''Dr. Rashad Williams'', Assistant Professor of Race and Social Justice in Public Policy, University of Pittsburgh (Host), ''Tiffany Williams Roberts'', Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights (Atlanta) & Steering Committee member, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance; ''Randall Taylor'', Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition<br />
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*'''Building a Global Movement to Protect the Right to Housing''' Thursday October 29, 2020 --Dialogue featuring Leilani Farha—former UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing, joined by housing and human rights leaders from Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and New York [https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=5b09c2ec-e1ff-4781-a4c0-ac64001187ce view recording here].<br />
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*[https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 '''Building a Human Rights Cities Movement Against Structural Racism,'''] Thursday July 9, 2020 [https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 View Recording] -Black resistances to dismantle violent police repression in the crux of the pandemic in the United States have inspired a global wave of resistance to both the immediate threats from violent police repression and the wider systemic forces that drive racial inequities and fuel what UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, E. Tendayi Achiume has called “a human rights crisis of existential proportions.” The global community has become activated like never before to demand accountability and transformative changes to address long-standing injustices. This webinar will offer context and clarity to help community leaders and activists learn how global human rights law and institutions can support our movements for fundamental changes in the United States. Participants will learn more about organizing work to hold local and national authorities accountable to global human rights. Speakers: Dominique Day, UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent; Ejim Dike, former Executive Director, US Human Rights Network; Jamil Dakwar ACLU Human Rights Program Director; Salimah Hankins, Acting Director, US Human Rights Network. Facilitators: Johnaca Dunlap-Ubuntu Institute & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee; Rob Robinson-International Alliance of Inhabitants & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee. <br />
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*[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=afdd296d-f6ae-4418-9bc4-abd70165354e Local & Global Strategies for Advancing the Human Right to Housing]. June 11, 2020 (Recording). The Coronavirus pandemic has exposed and deepened the long-standing housing crisis in our communities. At a time when everyone’s health demands that all residents have a safe and stable home, more and more people face housing insecurity and homelessness. How can cities and communities better protect people’s right to adequate housing? This webinar features Julieta Perucca, assistant to the former UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing and currently Deputy Director of global housing rights initiative, The Shift. Learn about the human right to housing around the world and strategies for using international law and the United Nations to advance housing and other human rights. We’ll hear from leaders in Birmingham and other cities using innovative strategies for keeping people in their homes and expanding affordable housing. City Representatives: Brandon Johnson, Director of the Office of Peace and Policy, City of Birmingham; Daniel Joseph Wiley, Newark Ironbound Community; Crystal Jennings, Housing justice organizer with Pittsburgh’s Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & City of Bridges Community Land Trust; Timothy Franzen, American Friends Service Committee & Alison Johnston, Housing Justice League, Atlanta. This forum was hosted in cooperation with the Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance, as part of its series, Learning from COVID-19: Shaping a Health and Human Rights Agenda for our Region, the US Human Rights Network and Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=521Main Page2023-05-16T21:01:27Z<p>Humanrightscities: /* Recent Events, Recordings & Documentation */</p>
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<div>==US National Human Rights Cities Alliance==<br />
'''About'''<br />
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The U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance works to build a network of local, national, and international human rights leaders and to support activists and organizers advancing the human rights city organizing framework. The Alliance promotes the development and sharing of knowledge and models for improving respect for human rights and dignity. Recognizing that human rights don’t trickle down, they rise up, we support communities organizing and acting together to bring human rights to bear at home, drawing upon global human rights standards, institutions, and movements. Guided by the [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/6/6a/Human_Rights_City_Principles_October_2017.pdf Human Rights Cities Statement of Principles], we promote [https://www.ajamubaraka.com/peoplecentered-human-rights-as-a-framework-for-social-transformation “people-centered human rights”] based in experiences and struggles of marginalized communities. <br />
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'''[[Resources for starting a Human Rights City initiative near you]]'''<br />
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===EVENTS===<br />
<big>'''[[Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit in Atlanta Georgia, May 18-21, 2023]]'''</big>The Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit will take place in downtown Atlanta Georgia from May 18-21. Following the city’s recent passage of a resolution naming Atlanta the newest U.S. Human Rights City, Atlanta civil society and supportive City Council members invite community activists, policy practitioners, legal experts, youth, and municipal leaders to come together to share ideas, lessons, and tools for promoting human rights in cities and communities. Now more than ever, cities need innovative ideas and strategies to address problems of affordable housing, community safety, climate change, racial and gender inequities, and reparatory justice. Learn how cities around the world are using international human rights law and institutions to shape local policies, with powerful impacts at the local level. Plenaries and breakout sessions will provide opportunities to learn, exchange and network. (Register at [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform bit.ly/atlsummit23]).<br />
*Featured plenary speakers include: Leilani Farha, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing and Global Director, The [https://make-the-shift.org/ The Shift-#Right2Housing] & Justin Hansford, Member of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University<br />
'''Co-hosts:''' The Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, American Friends Service Committee-South Region, in cooperation with Atlanta civil society and supportive members of Atlanta City Council.<br />
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:*[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform Sign up here for further information and updates:] (bit.ly/atlsummit23). Email contact: hrc [AT] udayton.edu.<br />
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[[Past Event Recordings & Documentation]]<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iWMWVB9CX8 '''''The African Diaspora Convenes on the World Stage & Calls for Reparatory Justice]'''--Reports from the Inaugural session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent.'' (Recording) In December 2022 the United Nations launched the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (UNPFPAD) as part of the International Decade on People of African Descent (2015-2024). Activists who attended this historic, inaugural meeting of the PFPAD share their observations on how this new body can be a tool for building local and national movements to end white supremacy and advance racial justice. '''Panelists''': ''Lisa Borden'', Senior Policy Counsel, International Advocacy and Policy, Southern Poverty Law Center; ''Charkera Ervin,'' Howard University School of Law/ Movement Lawyering Clinic; ''Efia Nwangaza,'' SNCC Veteran, Civil/Human Rights Attorney, Director Malcolm X Center for Self Determination; ''Tiffany Williams Roberts,'' Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights; ''Gretchen Rohr'', US-Liaison and Global Strategic Litigation Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative. '''Webinar Co-sponsors:''' U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, Ubuntu Institute for Community Development, Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance, Global Studies Center & the Center for African Studies-University of Pittsburgh<br />
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*'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB6nQ23-Rew&t=1989s Using the Human Rights Framework for Racial Justice: A Conversation with Justin Hansford]'''--(Recording-November 18, 2022 by 1Hood Media). ''After Michael Brown’s murder in Ferguson, Missouri, Justin Hansford helped Brown family members bring their appeal for justice to the United Nations [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2598743 See ''Ferguson to Geneva'']. This conversation brings together Black community leaders, advocates, and educators to discuss this effort and understand how we can make use of UN bodies like the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent to promote racial equity and fight white supremacy. What role do our communities play in building global tools to help defend and advance our human rights?'' '''Panelists:''' ''Dr. Rashad Williams'', Assistant Professor of Race and Social Justice in Public Policy, University of Pittsburgh (Host), ''Tiffany Williams Roberts'', Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights (Atlanta) & Steering Committee member, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance; ''Randall Taylor'', Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition<br />
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===Current Projects===<br />
'''[[Cities Support the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent]]'''-In December 2022 the United Nations launched the first meeting of a new body charged with guiding the UN in work to end racial discrimination and systemic racism and to develop concrete steps and action plans to further reparatory justice. Delegate Justin Hansford sees the Forum as a potential "instrument of liberation" that will require continued struggle by grassroots communities to push forward needed changes. Our Human Rights Cities Alliance is committed to working to support local actions that reinforce the Forum's work and engage cities and municipal officials in its transformative agenda.<br />
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'''[[CERD Cities- Using the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination to fight racism at home]]''' -The United States is a party to this Convention, which means it must undergo a regular review of its policies to assess its compliance with international legal obligations and expectations under this treaty. The process invites community advocates to submit "shadow reports" documenting abuses as well as good practices and offering recommendations for how local and national government policies can better support U.S. treaty obligations.<br />
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[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=UPR_Cities_Project '''UPR Cities Project'''] --The Universal Periodic Review process involves quadrennial reviews of every United Nations member government's human rights performance. The Human Rights Cities Alliance supports local community work to participate in this process with guidance and models to help groups prepare local stakeholder reports to submit to the UPR Committee. The last review of the United States took place in 2019, and the next one will be in 2025.<br />
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==Past Activities==<br />
'''2022 Convening--Organizing for the US Review by Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination''' (hybrid)<br />
'''''[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Schedule_and_zoom_registration Using global human rights to strengthen anti-racism organizing and resist ongoing retrenchment of democracy and human rights]'''''<br />
July 19-21, 2022, Washington DC/ hybrid. Co-Sponsor & Host: [https://thurgoodmarshallcenter.howard.edu/ Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center], Howard University School of Law, Washington DC<br />
*''[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Schedule_and_zoom_registration See detailed program and speakers]'' <br />
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"'''Bringing Human Rights Home: U.S. Cities & the UPR--Thursday March 11, 2021 4:00PM CET (Geneva)/ 10:00AM EST (NYC)'''<br />
'''''46th UN Human Rights Council Side Event--Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Adoption of Final Report on the USA'''' [http://humanrightscities.us US Human Rights Cities Alliance] </br><br />
:U.S. communities aren’t waiting for human rights leadership from Washington: they’re using UPR recommendations to hold local governments accountable to global human rights standards. Community organizers share how they’re using global human rights to change the United States and how international leadership can support this work. '''Panelists:''' ''Jennifer Harbury - Angry Tias & Abuelas - Weslaco, TX (Rio Grande Valley); anu jain, Executive Director, City of Pittsburgh Gender Equity Commission; Sharon Lavigne - RISE St.James, St. James, Louisiana, Cancer Alley; Vincenzo Pasquantonio - Founding ED of Human Rights Commision, New Orleans; Randall Taylor –Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & Stop the Station, Pittsburgh; Lorena Quiroz - Immigrant Alliance for Justice & Equity, Jackson, MS; Patricio Rubio-Another Gulf is Possible- Rio Grande Valley, TX; Vickie Casanova Willis – US Human Rights Network; Gabriela Zavala - Resource Center Matamoros - TX/Mexico'' <br />
[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=7065d5c7-a49f-4420-ab35-ace80113d09e '''View recording here'''] <br />
[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/3c/Human_Rights_Council_Briefing_UPR_2021.pdf Download flier]<br />
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*'''Housing, Health and Human Rights: [[Zero Evictions Days 2020 Actions]]<br />
[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Zero_Evictions_Days_2020 Zero Evictions Days 2020]'''<br />
:*'''October 24-November 5''': Learn about how global real estate investors are raising rents and pushing out urban residents around the world--''': [https://watch.eventive.org/argot/play/5f8e3f07d22f3c010b0765c3 View the Film- ''Push'' online].<br />
:*'''Thursday October 29''' 7:00pm Webinar Part 1: Building a Global Movement to Protect the Right to Housing--Dialogue featuring Leilani Farha—former UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing, joined by housing and human rights leaders from Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and New York '''[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=5b09c2ec-e1ff-4781-a4c0-ac64001187ce view recording here.''']<br />
:*'''Thursday November 5''' 7:00PM –Webinar Part 2: ''Movement building for the Human Right to Housing:'' Local organizers from Philadelphia, Atlanta and Pittsburgh discuss ideas for building a powerful cross-city movement for the human right to housing and an end to evictions. [https://pitt.zoom.us/j/95879516551 Zoom meeting link] For more details and speakers see: [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Zero_Evictions_Days_2020 Zero Evictions Days 2020]<br />
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'''Recordings of past webinars'''<br />
*[https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 '''Building a Human Rights Cities Movement Against Structural Racism'''], Thursday July 9, 2020<br />
:Black resistances to dismantle violent police repression in the crux of the pandemic in the United States have inspired a global wave of resistance to both the immediate threats from violent police repression and the wider systemic forces that drive racial inequities and fuel what UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, E. Tendayi Achiume has called “a human rights crisis of existential proportions.” The global community has become activated like never before to demand accountability and transformative changes to address long-standing injustices. This webinar will offer context and clarity to help community leaders and activists learn how global human rights law and institutions can support our movements for fundamental changes in the United States. Participants will learn more about organizing work to hold local and national authorities accountable to global human rights. '''Speakers''': Dominique Day, UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent; Ejim Dike, former Executive Director, [https://www.ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network]; Jamil Dakwar ACLU Human Rights Program Director; Salimah Hankins, Acting Director, US Human Rights Network. Facilitators: Johnaca Dunlap-Ubuntu Institute & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee; Rob Robinson-International Alliance of Inhabitants & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee. [https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 View Recording] [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/f/f9/July_9_Human_Rights_Cities_Vs_Structural_Racism_Flier.pdf Flier]<br />
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*[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=afdd296d-f6ae-4418-9bc4-abd70165354e '''Local & Global Strategies for Advancing the Human Right to Housing.'''] June 11, 2020 (Recording). The Coronavirus pandemic has exposed and deepened the long-standing housing crisis in our communities. At a time when everyone’s health demands that all residents have a safe and stable home, more and more people face housing insecurity and homelessness. How can cities and communities better protect people’s right to adequate housing? This webinar features Julieta Perucca, assistant to the former [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Housing/Pages/HousingIndex.aspx UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing] and currently Deputy Director of global housing rights initiative, [https://www.make-the-shift.org/ The Shift]. Learn about the human right to housing around the world and strategies for using international law and the United Nations to advance housing and other human rights. We’ll hear from leaders in Birmingham and other cities using innovative strategies for keeping people in their homes and expanding affordable housing. City Representatives: Brandon Johnson, Director of the [http://www.peaceandpolicy.com/ Office of Peace and Policy], City of '''Birmingham'''; Daniel Joseph Wiley, [https://ironboundcc.org/ Newark Ironbound Community]; Crystal Jennings, Housing justice organizer with Pittsburgh’s Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & [https://cityofbridgesclt.org/ City of Bridges Community Land Trust]; Timothy Franzen, American Friends Service Committee & Alison Johnston, [https://www.housingjusticeleague.org/ Housing Justice League], Atlanta. ''This forum was hosted in cooperation with the [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Pittsburgh_Human_Rights_City_Alliance Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance], as part of its series, [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Learning_from_COVID-19:Shaping_a_Health_and_Human_Rights_Agenda_for_our_Region Learning from COVID-19: Shaping a Health and Human Rights Agenda for our Region], the [https://www.ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network] and [https://web.law.columbia.edu/human-rights-institute Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute]''<br />
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*'''NEW: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Calls for Greater Coordination with Local Governments & Civil Society'''. In a report to the UN Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights clarifies the important role of local governments in the implementation of international human rights standards, providing reports and recommendations for actions by local and national governments. Many of these recommendations complement the work we are doing in the Human Rights Cities movement and the UPR Cities project. [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/LocalGovernment/Pages/Index.aspx Download Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Local Government and Human Rights]<br/><br />
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===We work to realize human rights by:===<br />
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*Engaging, connecting and mobilizing communities, Peoples, workers, and diverse sectors across issue areas, constituencies, and regions to uphold and defend human rights and hold government accountable;<br />
*Building the capacity and leadership of grassroots groups and individuals to effectively apply the human rights framework in developing strategy and making long-term structural shifts to achieve justice;<br />
*Raising the visibility of local human rights concerns and activism to shape the public discourse locally, nationally, and internationally; and<br />
*Facilitating effective collective action to secure the structural change needed to fully realize human rights.<br />
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===The US Human Rights Network is guided by these core principles:=== <br />
*Human rights are universal, interdependent, indivisible, and inalienable.<br />
*Human rights movements must be led by those most directly affected by human rights violations.<br />
*Human rights advocacy and organizing should prioritize the struggles of the poor and most marginalized groups in society.<br />
*Human rights movements must be inclusive and respect and reflect the diversity within communities.<br />
*Human rights encompass civil, political, economic, social, cultural, environmental, sexual, and development rights for individuals, Peoples, and groups.<br />
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''For a more elaborated version see our: '''[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Statement_of_principles Statement of Principles]'''.''<br />
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===[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=UPR_Cities_Project '''UPR Cities Project and Toolkit''']===<br />
===[[International Human Rights Monitoring]]===<br />
This page links to work by national and international human rights organizers to use international treaties and United Nations human rights review processes to hold local and national officials in the United States accountable to our international human rights obligations.<br />
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===[[Housing is a Human Right!]]===<br />
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===Educational and Outreach Tools===<br />
*[[:file:International_Mechanisms_for_Human_Rights_Cities.pdf|International Human Rights Mechanisms Slide Show]]<br/><br />
*[[:file:Human_Rights_Cities_Movement.pdf|Human Rights Cities Introduction Slide Show]]<br/><br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpGpI4DljdY Video A European Coalition of Local Human Rights Cities in the Making, Utrecht, 12-13 December 2013]-This video illustrates how groups in Europe are engaging similar questions and strategies as we are doing with this US Human Rights Cities Alliance. We are working to expand and deepen conversations between US activists and our counterparts in other parts of the world.<br />
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==='''Reports and Documentation'''===<br />
*2018 [[:file: Greenville_2018_Summary_Report.pdf|Greenville Human Rights Cities Convening-Summary Report]]<br />
*2018 [[:file: DC_Workshop_July_2018_Human_Rights_Cities_in_Todays_Context_DRAFT_NOTES.pdf| Washington DC, July 2018 Convening Summary]]<br />
*2016 [http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/2/23/2016_DC_Human_Rights_City_Gathering_Executive_Summary_Conclusions.pdf Washington DC 2016 Human Rights Cities Convening Report]<br />
**[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Washington_DC_2016_Human_Rights_Cities_Convergence_Documentation Documentation from 2016 DC Convening]<br />
*2015 [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Workshop_Human_Rights_Cities_2015_Making_the_Global_Local Pittsburgh 2015 Initial Convening of Human Rights City Leaders]<br />
*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/a/a4/2017_Steering_Committee_Year_End_Report.pdf US Human Rights Cities Alliance 2017 Annual Report]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=520Main Page2023-05-03T19:37:43Z<p>Humanrightscities: /* Current Projects */</p>
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<div>==US National Human Rights Cities Alliance==<br />
'''About'''<br />
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The U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance works to build a network of local, national, and international human rights leaders and to support activists and organizers advancing the human rights city organizing framework. The Alliance promotes the development and sharing of knowledge and models for improving respect for human rights and dignity. Recognizing that human rights don’t trickle down, they rise up, we support communities organizing and acting together to bring human rights to bear at home, drawing upon global human rights standards, institutions, and movements. Guided by the [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/6/6a/Human_Rights_City_Principles_October_2017.pdf Human Rights Cities Statement of Principles], we promote [https://www.ajamubaraka.com/peoplecentered-human-rights-as-a-framework-for-social-transformation “people-centered human rights”] based in experiences and struggles of marginalized communities. <br />
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*[[Steering Committee]]<br/><br />
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'''[[Resources for starting a Human Rights City initiative near you]]'''<br />
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===EVENTS===<br />
<big>'''[[Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit in Atlanta Georgia, May 18-21, 2023]]'''</big>The Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit will take place in downtown Atlanta Georgia from May 18-21. Following the city’s recent passage of a resolution naming Atlanta the newest U.S. Human Rights City, Atlanta civil society and supportive City Council members invite community activists, policy practitioners, legal experts, youth, and municipal leaders to come together to share ideas, lessons, and tools for promoting human rights in cities and communities. Now more than ever, cities need innovative ideas and strategies to address problems of affordable housing, community safety, climate change, racial and gender inequities, and reparatory justice. Learn how cities around the world are using international human rights law and institutions to shape local policies, with powerful impacts at the local level. Plenaries and breakout sessions will provide opportunities to learn, exchange and network. (Register at [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform bit.ly/atlsummit23]).<br />
*Featured plenary speakers include: Leilani Farha, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing and Global Director, The [https://make-the-shift.org/ The Shift-#Right2Housing] & Justin Hansford, Member of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University<br />
'''Co-hosts:''' The Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, American Friends Service Committee-South Region, in cooperation with Atlanta civil society and supportive members of Atlanta City Council.<br />
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:*[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform Sign up here for further information and updates:] (bit.ly/atlsummit23). Email contact: hrc [AT] udayton.edu.<br />
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=Recent Events, Recordings & Documentation=<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iWMWVB9CX8 '''''The African Diaspora Convenes on the World Stage & Calls for Reparatory Justice]'''--Reports from the Inaugural session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent.'' (Recording) In December 2022 the United Nations launched the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (UNPFPAD) as part of the International Decade on People of African Descent (2015-2024). Activists who attended this historic, inaugural meeting of the PFPAD share their observations on how this new body can be a tool for building local and national movements to end white supremacy and advance racial justice. '''Panelists''': ''Lisa Borden'', Senior Policy Counsel, International Advocacy and Policy, Southern Poverty Law Center; ''Charkera Ervin,'' Howard University School of Law/ Movement Lawyering Clinic; ''Efia Nwangaza,'' SNCC Veteran, Civil/Human Rights Attorney, Director Malcolm X Center for Self Determination; ''Tiffany Williams Roberts,'' Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights; ''Gretchen Rohr'', US-Liaison and Global Strategic Litigation Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative. '''Webinar Co-sponsors:''' U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, Ubuntu Institute for Community Development, Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance, Global Studies Center & the Center for African Studies-University of Pittsburgh<br />
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*'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB6nQ23-Rew&t=1989s Using the Human Rights Framework for Racial Justice: A Conversation with Justin Hansford]'''--(Recording-November 18, 2022 by 1Hood Media). ''After Michael Brown’s murder in Ferguson, Missouri, Justin Hansford helped Brown family members bring their appeal for justice to the United Nations [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2598743 See ''Ferguson to Geneva'']. This conversation brings together Black community leaders, advocates, and educators to discuss this effort and understand how we can make use of UN bodies like the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent to promote racial equity and fight white supremacy. What role do our communities play in building global tools to help defend and advance our human rights?'' '''Panelists:''' ''Dr. Rashad Williams'', Assistant Professor of Race and Social Justice in Public Policy, University of Pittsburgh (Host), ''Tiffany Williams Roberts'', Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights (Atlanta) & Steering Committee member, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance; ''Randall Taylor'', Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition<br />
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===Current Projects===<br />
'''[[Cities Support the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent]]'''-In December 2022 the United Nations launched the first meeting of a new body charged with guiding the UN in work to end racial discrimination and systemic racism and to develop concrete steps and action plans to further reparatory justice. Delegate Justin Hansford sees the Forum as a potential "instrument of liberation" that will require continued struggle by grassroots communities to push forward needed changes. Our Human Rights Cities Alliance is committed to working to support local actions that reinforce the Forum's work and engage cities and municipal officials in its transformative agenda.<br />
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'''[[CERD Cities- Using the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination to fight racism at home]]''' -The United States is a party to this Convention, which means it must undergo a regular review of its policies to assess its compliance with international legal obligations and expectations under this treaty. The process invites community advocates to submit "shadow reports" documenting abuses as well as good practices and offering recommendations for how local and national government policies can better support U.S. treaty obligations.<br />
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[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=UPR_Cities_Project '''UPR Cities Project'''] --The Universal Periodic Review process involves quadrennial reviews of every United Nations member government's human rights performance. The Human Rights Cities Alliance supports local community work to participate in this process with guidance and models to help groups prepare local stakeholder reports to submit to the UPR Committee. The last review of the United States took place in 2019, and the next one will be in 2025.<br />
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==Past Activities==<br />
'''2022 Convening--Organizing for the US Review by Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination''' (hybrid)<br />
'''''[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Schedule_and_zoom_registration Using global human rights to strengthen anti-racism organizing and resist ongoing retrenchment of democracy and human rights]'''''<br />
July 19-21, 2022, Washington DC/ hybrid. Co-Sponsor & Host: [https://thurgoodmarshallcenter.howard.edu/ Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center], Howard University School of Law, Washington DC<br />
*''[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Schedule_and_zoom_registration See detailed program and speakers]'' <br />
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"'''Bringing Human Rights Home: U.S. Cities & the UPR--Thursday March 11, 2021 4:00PM CET (Geneva)/ 10:00AM EST (NYC)'''<br />
'''''46th UN Human Rights Council Side Event--Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Adoption of Final Report on the USA'''' [http://humanrightscities.us US Human Rights Cities Alliance] </br><br />
:U.S. communities aren’t waiting for human rights leadership from Washington: they’re using UPR recommendations to hold local governments accountable to global human rights standards. Community organizers share how they’re using global human rights to change the United States and how international leadership can support this work. '''Panelists:''' ''Jennifer Harbury - Angry Tias & Abuelas - Weslaco, TX (Rio Grande Valley); anu jain, Executive Director, City of Pittsburgh Gender Equity Commission; Sharon Lavigne - RISE St.James, St. James, Louisiana, Cancer Alley; Vincenzo Pasquantonio - Founding ED of Human Rights Commision, New Orleans; Randall Taylor –Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & Stop the Station, Pittsburgh; Lorena Quiroz - Immigrant Alliance for Justice & Equity, Jackson, MS; Patricio Rubio-Another Gulf is Possible- Rio Grande Valley, TX; Vickie Casanova Willis – US Human Rights Network; Gabriela Zavala - Resource Center Matamoros - TX/Mexico'' <br />
[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=7065d5c7-a49f-4420-ab35-ace80113d09e '''View recording here'''] <br />
[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/3c/Human_Rights_Council_Briefing_UPR_2021.pdf Download flier]<br />
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*'''Housing, Health and Human Rights: [[Zero Evictions Days 2020 Actions]]<br />
[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Zero_Evictions_Days_2020 Zero Evictions Days 2020]'''<br />
:*'''October 24-November 5''': Learn about how global real estate investors are raising rents and pushing out urban residents around the world--''': [https://watch.eventive.org/argot/play/5f8e3f07d22f3c010b0765c3 View the Film- ''Push'' online].<br />
:*'''Thursday October 29''' 7:00pm Webinar Part 1: Building a Global Movement to Protect the Right to Housing--Dialogue featuring Leilani Farha—former UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing, joined by housing and human rights leaders from Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and New York '''[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=5b09c2ec-e1ff-4781-a4c0-ac64001187ce view recording here.''']<br />
:*'''Thursday November 5''' 7:00PM –Webinar Part 2: ''Movement building for the Human Right to Housing:'' Local organizers from Philadelphia, Atlanta and Pittsburgh discuss ideas for building a powerful cross-city movement for the human right to housing and an end to evictions. [https://pitt.zoom.us/j/95879516551 Zoom meeting link] For more details and speakers see: [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Zero_Evictions_Days_2020 Zero Evictions Days 2020]<br />
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'''Recordings of past webinars'''<br />
*[https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 '''Building a Human Rights Cities Movement Against Structural Racism'''], Thursday July 9, 2020<br />
:Black resistances to dismantle violent police repression in the crux of the pandemic in the United States have inspired a global wave of resistance to both the immediate threats from violent police repression and the wider systemic forces that drive racial inequities and fuel what UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, E. Tendayi Achiume has called “a human rights crisis of existential proportions.” The global community has become activated like never before to demand accountability and transformative changes to address long-standing injustices. This webinar will offer context and clarity to help community leaders and activists learn how global human rights law and institutions can support our movements for fundamental changes in the United States. Participants will learn more about organizing work to hold local and national authorities accountable to global human rights. '''Speakers''': Dominique Day, UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent; Ejim Dike, former Executive Director, [https://www.ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network]; Jamil Dakwar ACLU Human Rights Program Director; Salimah Hankins, Acting Director, US Human Rights Network. Facilitators: Johnaca Dunlap-Ubuntu Institute & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee; Rob Robinson-International Alliance of Inhabitants & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee. [https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 View Recording] [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/f/f9/July_9_Human_Rights_Cities_Vs_Structural_Racism_Flier.pdf Flier]<br />
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*[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=afdd296d-f6ae-4418-9bc4-abd70165354e '''Local & Global Strategies for Advancing the Human Right to Housing.'''] June 11, 2020 (Recording). The Coronavirus pandemic has exposed and deepened the long-standing housing crisis in our communities. At a time when everyone’s health demands that all residents have a safe and stable home, more and more people face housing insecurity and homelessness. How can cities and communities better protect people’s right to adequate housing? This webinar features Julieta Perucca, assistant to the former [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Housing/Pages/HousingIndex.aspx UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing] and currently Deputy Director of global housing rights initiative, [https://www.make-the-shift.org/ The Shift]. Learn about the human right to housing around the world and strategies for using international law and the United Nations to advance housing and other human rights. We’ll hear from leaders in Birmingham and other cities using innovative strategies for keeping people in their homes and expanding affordable housing. City Representatives: Brandon Johnson, Director of the [http://www.peaceandpolicy.com/ Office of Peace and Policy], City of '''Birmingham'''; Daniel Joseph Wiley, [https://ironboundcc.org/ Newark Ironbound Community]; Crystal Jennings, Housing justice organizer with Pittsburgh’s Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & [https://cityofbridgesclt.org/ City of Bridges Community Land Trust]; Timothy Franzen, American Friends Service Committee & Alison Johnston, [https://www.housingjusticeleague.org/ Housing Justice League], Atlanta. ''This forum was hosted in cooperation with the [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Pittsburgh_Human_Rights_City_Alliance Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance], as part of its series, [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Learning_from_COVID-19:Shaping_a_Health_and_Human_Rights_Agenda_for_our_Region Learning from COVID-19: Shaping a Health and Human Rights Agenda for our Region], the [https://www.ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network] and [https://web.law.columbia.edu/human-rights-institute Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute]''<br />
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*'''NEW: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Calls for Greater Coordination with Local Governments & Civil Society'''. In a report to the UN Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights clarifies the important role of local governments in the implementation of international human rights standards, providing reports and recommendations for actions by local and national governments. Many of these recommendations complement the work we are doing in the Human Rights Cities movement and the UPR Cities project. [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/LocalGovernment/Pages/Index.aspx Download Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Local Government and Human Rights]<br/><br />
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===We work to realize human rights by:===<br />
<br />
*Engaging, connecting and mobilizing communities, Peoples, workers, and diverse sectors across issue areas, constituencies, and regions to uphold and defend human rights and hold government accountable;<br />
*Building the capacity and leadership of grassroots groups and individuals to effectively apply the human rights framework in developing strategy and making long-term structural shifts to achieve justice;<br />
*Raising the visibility of local human rights concerns and activism to shape the public discourse locally, nationally, and internationally; and<br />
*Facilitating effective collective action to secure the structural change needed to fully realize human rights.<br />
<br />
===The US Human Rights Network is guided by these core principles:=== <br />
*Human rights are universal, interdependent, indivisible, and inalienable.<br />
*Human rights movements must be led by those most directly affected by human rights violations.<br />
*Human rights advocacy and organizing should prioritize the struggles of the poor and most marginalized groups in society.<br />
*Human rights movements must be inclusive and respect and reflect the diversity within communities.<br />
*Human rights encompass civil, political, economic, social, cultural, environmental, sexual, and development rights for individuals, Peoples, and groups.<br />
<br />
''For a more elaborated version see our: '''[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Statement_of_principles Statement of Principles]'''.''<br />
<br />
===[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=UPR_Cities_Project '''UPR Cities Project and Toolkit''']===<br />
===[[International Human Rights Monitoring]]===<br />
This page links to work by national and international human rights organizers to use international treaties and United Nations human rights review processes to hold local and national officials in the United States accountable to our international human rights obligations.<br />
<br />
===[[Housing is a Human Right!]]===<br />
<br />
===Educational and Outreach Tools===<br />
*[[:file:International_Mechanisms_for_Human_Rights_Cities.pdf|International Human Rights Mechanisms Slide Show]]<br/><br />
*[[:file:Human_Rights_Cities_Movement.pdf|Human Rights Cities Introduction Slide Show]]<br/><br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpGpI4DljdY Video A European Coalition of Local Human Rights Cities in the Making, Utrecht, 12-13 December 2013]-This video illustrates how groups in Europe are engaging similar questions and strategies as we are doing with this US Human Rights Cities Alliance. We are working to expand and deepen conversations between US activists and our counterparts in other parts of the world.<br />
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==='''Reports and Documentation'''===<br />
*2018 [[:file: Greenville_2018_Summary_Report.pdf|Greenville Human Rights Cities Convening-Summary Report]]<br />
*2018 [[:file: DC_Workshop_July_2018_Human_Rights_Cities_in_Todays_Context_DRAFT_NOTES.pdf| Washington DC, July 2018 Convening Summary]]<br />
*2016 [http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/2/23/2016_DC_Human_Rights_City_Gathering_Executive_Summary_Conclusions.pdf Washington DC 2016 Human Rights Cities Convening Report]<br />
**[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Washington_DC_2016_Human_Rights_Cities_Convergence_Documentation Documentation from 2016 DC Convening]<br />
*2015 [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Workshop_Human_Rights_Cities_2015_Making_the_Global_Local Pittsburgh 2015 Initial Convening of Human Rights City Leaders]<br />
*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/a/a4/2017_Steering_Committee_Year_End_Report.pdf US Human Rights Cities Alliance 2017 Annual Report]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=519Main Page2023-05-03T19:37:23Z<p>Humanrightscities: /* Current Projects */</p>
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<div>==US National Human Rights Cities Alliance==<br />
'''About'''<br />
<br />
The U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance works to build a network of local, national, and international human rights leaders and to support activists and organizers advancing the human rights city organizing framework. The Alliance promotes the development and sharing of knowledge and models for improving respect for human rights and dignity. Recognizing that human rights don’t trickle down, they rise up, we support communities organizing and acting together to bring human rights to bear at home, drawing upon global human rights standards, institutions, and movements. Guided by the [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/6/6a/Human_Rights_City_Principles_October_2017.pdf Human Rights Cities Statement of Principles], we promote [https://www.ajamubaraka.com/peoplecentered-human-rights-as-a-framework-for-social-transformation “people-centered human rights”] based in experiences and struggles of marginalized communities. <br />
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*[[Steering Committee]]<br/><br />
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'''[[Resources for starting a Human Rights City initiative near you]]'''<br />
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===EVENTS===<br />
<big>'''[[Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit in Atlanta Georgia, May 18-21, 2023]]'''</big>The Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit will take place in downtown Atlanta Georgia from May 18-21. Following the city’s recent passage of a resolution naming Atlanta the newest U.S. Human Rights City, Atlanta civil society and supportive City Council members invite community activists, policy practitioners, legal experts, youth, and municipal leaders to come together to share ideas, lessons, and tools for promoting human rights in cities and communities. Now more than ever, cities need innovative ideas and strategies to address problems of affordable housing, community safety, climate change, racial and gender inequities, and reparatory justice. Learn how cities around the world are using international human rights law and institutions to shape local policies, with powerful impacts at the local level. Plenaries and breakout sessions will provide opportunities to learn, exchange and network. (Register at [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform bit.ly/atlsummit23]).<br />
*Featured plenary speakers include: Leilani Farha, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing and Global Director, The [https://make-the-shift.org/ The Shift-#Right2Housing] & Justin Hansford, Member of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University<br />
'''Co-hosts:''' The Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, American Friends Service Committee-South Region, in cooperation with Atlanta civil society and supportive members of Atlanta City Council.<br />
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:*[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform Sign up here for further information and updates:] (bit.ly/atlsummit23). Email contact: hrc [AT] udayton.edu.<br />
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=Recent Events, Recordings & Documentation=<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iWMWVB9CX8 '''''The African Diaspora Convenes on the World Stage & Calls for Reparatory Justice]'''--Reports from the Inaugural session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent.'' (Recording) In December 2022 the United Nations launched the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (UNPFPAD) as part of the International Decade on People of African Descent (2015-2024). Activists who attended this historic, inaugural meeting of the PFPAD share their observations on how this new body can be a tool for building local and national movements to end white supremacy and advance racial justice. '''Panelists''': ''Lisa Borden'', Senior Policy Counsel, International Advocacy and Policy, Southern Poverty Law Center; ''Charkera Ervin,'' Howard University School of Law/ Movement Lawyering Clinic; ''Efia Nwangaza,'' SNCC Veteran, Civil/Human Rights Attorney, Director Malcolm X Center for Self Determination; ''Tiffany Williams Roberts,'' Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights; ''Gretchen Rohr'', US-Liaison and Global Strategic Litigation Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative. '''Webinar Co-sponsors:''' U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, Ubuntu Institute for Community Development, Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance, Global Studies Center & the Center for African Studies-University of Pittsburgh<br />
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*'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB6nQ23-Rew&t=1989s Using the Human Rights Framework for Racial Justice: A Conversation with Justin Hansford]'''--(Recording-November 18, 2022 by 1Hood Media). ''After Michael Brown’s murder in Ferguson, Missouri, Justin Hansford helped Brown family members bring their appeal for justice to the United Nations [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2598743 See ''Ferguson to Geneva'']. This conversation brings together Black community leaders, advocates, and educators to discuss this effort and understand how we can make use of UN bodies like the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent to promote racial equity and fight white supremacy. What role do our communities play in building global tools to help defend and advance our human rights?'' '''Panelists:''' ''Dr. Rashad Williams'', Assistant Professor of Race and Social Justice in Public Policy, University of Pittsburgh (Host), ''Tiffany Williams Roberts'', Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights (Atlanta) & Steering Committee member, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance; ''Randall Taylor'', Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition<br />
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===Current Projects===<br />
'''[[Cities Support the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent]]'''-In December 2022 the United Nations launched the first meeting of a new body charged with guiding the UN in work to end racial discrimination and systemic racism and to develop concrete steps and action plans to further reparatory justice. Delegate Justin Hansford sees the Forum as a potential "instrument of liberation" that will require continued struggle by grassroots communities to push forward needed changes. Our Human Rights Cities Alliance is committed to working to support local actions that reinforce the Forum's work and engage cities and municipal officials in its transformative agenda.<br />
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'''[[CERD Cities- Using the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination to fight racism at home]]''' -The United States is a party to this Convention, which means it must undergo a regular review of its policies to assess its compliance with international legal obligations and expectations under this treaty. The process invites community advocates to submit "shadow reports" documenting abuses as well as good practices and offering recommendations for how local and national government policies can better support U.S. treaty obligations.<br />
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*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=UPR_Cities_Project '''UPR Cities Project'''] --The Universal Periodic Review process involves quadrennial reviews of every United Nations member government's human rights performance. The Human Rights Cities Alliance supports local community work to participate in this process with guidance and models to help groups prepare local stakeholder reports to submit to the UPR Committee. The last review of the United States took place in 2019, and the next one will be in 2025.<br />
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==Past Activities==<br />
'''2022 Convening--Organizing for the US Review by Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination''' (hybrid)<br />
'''''[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Schedule_and_zoom_registration Using global human rights to strengthen anti-racism organizing and resist ongoing retrenchment of democracy and human rights]'''''<br />
July 19-21, 2022, Washington DC/ hybrid. Co-Sponsor & Host: [https://thurgoodmarshallcenter.howard.edu/ Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center], Howard University School of Law, Washington DC<br />
*''[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Schedule_and_zoom_registration See detailed program and speakers]'' <br />
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"'''Bringing Human Rights Home: U.S. Cities & the UPR--Thursday March 11, 2021 4:00PM CET (Geneva)/ 10:00AM EST (NYC)'''<br />
'''''46th UN Human Rights Council Side Event--Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Adoption of Final Report on the USA'''' [http://humanrightscities.us US Human Rights Cities Alliance] </br><br />
:U.S. communities aren’t waiting for human rights leadership from Washington: they’re using UPR recommendations to hold local governments accountable to global human rights standards. Community organizers share how they’re using global human rights to change the United States and how international leadership can support this work. '''Panelists:''' ''Jennifer Harbury - Angry Tias & Abuelas - Weslaco, TX (Rio Grande Valley); anu jain, Executive Director, City of Pittsburgh Gender Equity Commission; Sharon Lavigne - RISE St.James, St. James, Louisiana, Cancer Alley; Vincenzo Pasquantonio - Founding ED of Human Rights Commision, New Orleans; Randall Taylor –Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & Stop the Station, Pittsburgh; Lorena Quiroz - Immigrant Alliance for Justice & Equity, Jackson, MS; Patricio Rubio-Another Gulf is Possible- Rio Grande Valley, TX; Vickie Casanova Willis – US Human Rights Network; Gabriela Zavala - Resource Center Matamoros - TX/Mexico'' <br />
[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=7065d5c7-a49f-4420-ab35-ace80113d09e '''View recording here'''] <br />
[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/3c/Human_Rights_Council_Briefing_UPR_2021.pdf Download flier]<br />
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*'''Housing, Health and Human Rights: [[Zero Evictions Days 2020 Actions]]<br />
[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Zero_Evictions_Days_2020 Zero Evictions Days 2020]'''<br />
:*'''October 24-November 5''': Learn about how global real estate investors are raising rents and pushing out urban residents around the world--''': [https://watch.eventive.org/argot/play/5f8e3f07d22f3c010b0765c3 View the Film- ''Push'' online].<br />
:*'''Thursday October 29''' 7:00pm Webinar Part 1: Building a Global Movement to Protect the Right to Housing--Dialogue featuring Leilani Farha—former UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing, joined by housing and human rights leaders from Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and New York '''[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=5b09c2ec-e1ff-4781-a4c0-ac64001187ce view recording here.''']<br />
:*'''Thursday November 5''' 7:00PM –Webinar Part 2: ''Movement building for the Human Right to Housing:'' Local organizers from Philadelphia, Atlanta and Pittsburgh discuss ideas for building a powerful cross-city movement for the human right to housing and an end to evictions. [https://pitt.zoom.us/j/95879516551 Zoom meeting link] For more details and speakers see: [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Zero_Evictions_Days_2020 Zero Evictions Days 2020]<br />
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'''Recordings of past webinars'''<br />
*[https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 '''Building a Human Rights Cities Movement Against Structural Racism'''], Thursday July 9, 2020<br />
:Black resistances to dismantle violent police repression in the crux of the pandemic in the United States have inspired a global wave of resistance to both the immediate threats from violent police repression and the wider systemic forces that drive racial inequities and fuel what UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, E. Tendayi Achiume has called “a human rights crisis of existential proportions.” The global community has become activated like never before to demand accountability and transformative changes to address long-standing injustices. This webinar will offer context and clarity to help community leaders and activists learn how global human rights law and institutions can support our movements for fundamental changes in the United States. Participants will learn more about organizing work to hold local and national authorities accountable to global human rights. '''Speakers''': Dominique Day, UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent; Ejim Dike, former Executive Director, [https://www.ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network]; Jamil Dakwar ACLU Human Rights Program Director; Salimah Hankins, Acting Director, US Human Rights Network. Facilitators: Johnaca Dunlap-Ubuntu Institute & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee; Rob Robinson-International Alliance of Inhabitants & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee. [https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 View Recording] [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/f/f9/July_9_Human_Rights_Cities_Vs_Structural_Racism_Flier.pdf Flier]<br />
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*[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=afdd296d-f6ae-4418-9bc4-abd70165354e '''Local & Global Strategies for Advancing the Human Right to Housing.'''] June 11, 2020 (Recording). The Coronavirus pandemic has exposed and deepened the long-standing housing crisis in our communities. At a time when everyone’s health demands that all residents have a safe and stable home, more and more people face housing insecurity and homelessness. How can cities and communities better protect people’s right to adequate housing? This webinar features Julieta Perucca, assistant to the former [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Housing/Pages/HousingIndex.aspx UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing] and currently Deputy Director of global housing rights initiative, [https://www.make-the-shift.org/ The Shift]. Learn about the human right to housing around the world and strategies for using international law and the United Nations to advance housing and other human rights. We’ll hear from leaders in Birmingham and other cities using innovative strategies for keeping people in their homes and expanding affordable housing. City Representatives: Brandon Johnson, Director of the [http://www.peaceandpolicy.com/ Office of Peace and Policy], City of '''Birmingham'''; Daniel Joseph Wiley, [https://ironboundcc.org/ Newark Ironbound Community]; Crystal Jennings, Housing justice organizer with Pittsburgh’s Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & [https://cityofbridgesclt.org/ City of Bridges Community Land Trust]; Timothy Franzen, American Friends Service Committee & Alison Johnston, [https://www.housingjusticeleague.org/ Housing Justice League], Atlanta. ''This forum was hosted in cooperation with the [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Pittsburgh_Human_Rights_City_Alliance Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance], as part of its series, [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Learning_from_COVID-19:Shaping_a_Health_and_Human_Rights_Agenda_for_our_Region Learning from COVID-19: Shaping a Health and Human Rights Agenda for our Region], the [https://www.ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network] and [https://web.law.columbia.edu/human-rights-institute Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute]''<br />
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*'''NEW: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Calls for Greater Coordination with Local Governments & Civil Society'''. In a report to the UN Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights clarifies the important role of local governments in the implementation of international human rights standards, providing reports and recommendations for actions by local and national governments. Many of these recommendations complement the work we are doing in the Human Rights Cities movement and the UPR Cities project. [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/LocalGovernment/Pages/Index.aspx Download Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Local Government and Human Rights]<br/><br />
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===We work to realize human rights by:===<br />
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*Engaging, connecting and mobilizing communities, Peoples, workers, and diverse sectors across issue areas, constituencies, and regions to uphold and defend human rights and hold government accountable;<br />
*Building the capacity and leadership of grassroots groups and individuals to effectively apply the human rights framework in developing strategy and making long-term structural shifts to achieve justice;<br />
*Raising the visibility of local human rights concerns and activism to shape the public discourse locally, nationally, and internationally; and<br />
*Facilitating effective collective action to secure the structural change needed to fully realize human rights.<br />
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===The US Human Rights Network is guided by these core principles:=== <br />
*Human rights are universal, interdependent, indivisible, and inalienable.<br />
*Human rights movements must be led by those most directly affected by human rights violations.<br />
*Human rights advocacy and organizing should prioritize the struggles of the poor and most marginalized groups in society.<br />
*Human rights movements must be inclusive and respect and reflect the diversity within communities.<br />
*Human rights encompass civil, political, economic, social, cultural, environmental, sexual, and development rights for individuals, Peoples, and groups.<br />
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''For a more elaborated version see our: '''[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Statement_of_principles Statement of Principles]'''.''<br />
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===[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=UPR_Cities_Project '''UPR Cities Project and Toolkit''']===<br />
===[[International Human Rights Monitoring]]===<br />
This page links to work by national and international human rights organizers to use international treaties and United Nations human rights review processes to hold local and national officials in the United States accountable to our international human rights obligations.<br />
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===[[Housing is a Human Right!]]===<br />
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===Educational and Outreach Tools===<br />
*[[:file:International_Mechanisms_for_Human_Rights_Cities.pdf|International Human Rights Mechanisms Slide Show]]<br/><br />
*[[:file:Human_Rights_Cities_Movement.pdf|Human Rights Cities Introduction Slide Show]]<br/><br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpGpI4DljdY Video A European Coalition of Local Human Rights Cities in the Making, Utrecht, 12-13 December 2013]-This video illustrates how groups in Europe are engaging similar questions and strategies as we are doing with this US Human Rights Cities Alliance. We are working to expand and deepen conversations between US activists and our counterparts in other parts of the world.<br />
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==='''Reports and Documentation'''===<br />
*2018 [[:file: Greenville_2018_Summary_Report.pdf|Greenville Human Rights Cities Convening-Summary Report]]<br />
*2018 [[:file: DC_Workshop_July_2018_Human_Rights_Cities_in_Todays_Context_DRAFT_NOTES.pdf| Washington DC, July 2018 Convening Summary]]<br />
*2016 [http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/2/23/2016_DC_Human_Rights_City_Gathering_Executive_Summary_Conclusions.pdf Washington DC 2016 Human Rights Cities Convening Report]<br />
**[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Washington_DC_2016_Human_Rights_Cities_Convergence_Documentation Documentation from 2016 DC Convening]<br />
*2015 [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Workshop_Human_Rights_Cities_2015_Making_the_Global_Local Pittsburgh 2015 Initial Convening of Human Rights City Leaders]<br />
*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/a/a4/2017_Steering_Committee_Year_End_Report.pdf US Human Rights Cities Alliance 2017 Annual Report]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=518Main Page2023-05-03T19:34:37Z<p>Humanrightscities: /* Past Activities */</p>
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<div>==US National Human Rights Cities Alliance==<br />
'''About'''<br />
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The U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance works to build a network of local, national, and international human rights leaders and to support activists and organizers advancing the human rights city organizing framework. The Alliance promotes the development and sharing of knowledge and models for improving respect for human rights and dignity. Recognizing that human rights don’t trickle down, they rise up, we support communities organizing and acting together to bring human rights to bear at home, drawing upon global human rights standards, institutions, and movements. Guided by the [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/6/6a/Human_Rights_City_Principles_October_2017.pdf Human Rights Cities Statement of Principles], we promote [https://www.ajamubaraka.com/peoplecentered-human-rights-as-a-framework-for-social-transformation “people-centered human rights”] based in experiences and struggles of marginalized communities. <br />
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'''[[Resources for starting a Human Rights City initiative near you]]'''<br />
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===EVENTS===<br />
<big>'''[[Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit in Atlanta Georgia, May 18-21, 2023]]'''</big>The Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit will take place in downtown Atlanta Georgia from May 18-21. Following the city’s recent passage of a resolution naming Atlanta the newest U.S. Human Rights City, Atlanta civil society and supportive City Council members invite community activists, policy practitioners, legal experts, youth, and municipal leaders to come together to share ideas, lessons, and tools for promoting human rights in cities and communities. Now more than ever, cities need innovative ideas and strategies to address problems of affordable housing, community safety, climate change, racial and gender inequities, and reparatory justice. Learn how cities around the world are using international human rights law and institutions to shape local policies, with powerful impacts at the local level. Plenaries and breakout sessions will provide opportunities to learn, exchange and network. (Register at [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform bit.ly/atlsummit23]).<br />
*Featured plenary speakers include: Leilani Farha, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing and Global Director, The [https://make-the-shift.org/ The Shift-#Right2Housing] & Justin Hansford, Member of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University<br />
'''Co-hosts:''' The Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, American Friends Service Committee-South Region, in cooperation with Atlanta civil society and supportive members of Atlanta City Council.<br />
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:*[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform Sign up here for further information and updates:] (bit.ly/atlsummit23). Email contact: hrc [AT] udayton.edu.<br />
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=Recent Events, Recordings & Documentation=<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iWMWVB9CX8 '''''The African Diaspora Convenes on the World Stage & Calls for Reparatory Justice]'''--Reports from the Inaugural session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent.'' (Recording) In December 2022 the United Nations launched the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (UNPFPAD) as part of the International Decade on People of African Descent (2015-2024). Activists who attended this historic, inaugural meeting of the PFPAD share their observations on how this new body can be a tool for building local and national movements to end white supremacy and advance racial justice. '''Panelists''': ''Lisa Borden'', Senior Policy Counsel, International Advocacy and Policy, Southern Poverty Law Center; ''Charkera Ervin,'' Howard University School of Law/ Movement Lawyering Clinic; ''Efia Nwangaza,'' SNCC Veteran, Civil/Human Rights Attorney, Director Malcolm X Center for Self Determination; ''Tiffany Williams Roberts,'' Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights; ''Gretchen Rohr'', US-Liaison and Global Strategic Litigation Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative. '''Webinar Co-sponsors:''' U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, Ubuntu Institute for Community Development, Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance, Global Studies Center & the Center for African Studies-University of Pittsburgh<br />
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*'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB6nQ23-Rew&t=1989s Using the Human Rights Framework for Racial Justice: A Conversation with Justin Hansford]'''--(Recording-November 18, 2022 by 1Hood Media). ''After Michael Brown’s murder in Ferguson, Missouri, Justin Hansford helped Brown family members bring their appeal for justice to the United Nations [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2598743 See ''Ferguson to Geneva'']. This conversation brings together Black community leaders, advocates, and educators to discuss this effort and understand how we can make use of UN bodies like the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent to promote racial equity and fight white supremacy. What role do our communities play in building global tools to help defend and advance our human rights?'' '''Panelists:''' ''Dr. Rashad Williams'', Assistant Professor of Race and Social Justice in Public Policy, University of Pittsburgh (Host), ''Tiffany Williams Roberts'', Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights (Atlanta) & Steering Committee member, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance; ''Randall Taylor'', Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition<br />
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===Current Projects===<br />
'''[[Cities Support the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent]]'''-In December 2022 the United Nations launched the first meeting of a new body charged with guiding the UN in work to end racial discrimination and systemic racism and to develop concrete steps and action plans to further reparatory justice. Delegate Justin Hansford sees the Forum as a potential "instrument of liberation" that will require continued struggle by grassroots communities to push forward needed changes. Our Human Rights Cities Alliance is committed to working to support local actions that reinforce the Forum's work and engage cities and municipal officials in its transformative agenda.<br />
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'''[[CERD Cities- Using the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination to fight racism at home]]''' -The United States is a party to this Convention, which means it must undergo a regular review of its policies to assess its compliance with international legal obligations and expectations under this treaty. The process invites community advocates to submit "shadow reports" documenting abuses as well as good practices and offering recommendations for how local and national government policies can better support U.S. treaty obligations.<br />
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'''[ UPR Cities]'''<br />
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==Past Activities==<br />
'''2022 Convening--Organizing for the US Review by Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination''' (hybrid)<br />
'''''[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Schedule_and_zoom_registration Using global human rights to strengthen anti-racism organizing and resist ongoing retrenchment of democracy and human rights]'''''<br />
July 19-21, 2022, Washington DC/ hybrid. Co-Sponsor & Host: [https://thurgoodmarshallcenter.howard.edu/ Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center], Howard University School of Law, Washington DC<br />
*''[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Schedule_and_zoom_registration See detailed program and speakers]'' <br />
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"'''Bringing Human Rights Home: U.S. Cities & the UPR--Thursday March 11, 2021 4:00PM CET (Geneva)/ 10:00AM EST (NYC)'''<br />
'''''46th UN Human Rights Council Side Event--Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Adoption of Final Report on the USA'''' [http://humanrightscities.us US Human Rights Cities Alliance] </br><br />
:U.S. communities aren’t waiting for human rights leadership from Washington: they’re using UPR recommendations to hold local governments accountable to global human rights standards. Community organizers share how they’re using global human rights to change the United States and how international leadership can support this work. '''Panelists:''' ''Jennifer Harbury - Angry Tias & Abuelas - Weslaco, TX (Rio Grande Valley); anu jain, Executive Director, City of Pittsburgh Gender Equity Commission; Sharon Lavigne - RISE St.James, St. James, Louisiana, Cancer Alley; Vincenzo Pasquantonio - Founding ED of Human Rights Commision, New Orleans; Randall Taylor –Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & Stop the Station, Pittsburgh; Lorena Quiroz - Immigrant Alliance for Justice & Equity, Jackson, MS; Patricio Rubio-Another Gulf is Possible- Rio Grande Valley, TX; Vickie Casanova Willis – US Human Rights Network; Gabriela Zavala - Resource Center Matamoros - TX/Mexico'' <br />
[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=7065d5c7-a49f-4420-ab35-ace80113d09e '''View recording here'''] <br />
[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/3c/Human_Rights_Council_Briefing_UPR_2021.pdf Download flier]<br />
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*'''Housing, Health and Human Rights: [[Zero Evictions Days 2020 Actions]]<br />
[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Zero_Evictions_Days_2020 Zero Evictions Days 2020]'''<br />
:*'''October 24-November 5''': Learn about how global real estate investors are raising rents and pushing out urban residents around the world--''': [https://watch.eventive.org/argot/play/5f8e3f07d22f3c010b0765c3 View the Film- ''Push'' online].<br />
:*'''Thursday October 29''' 7:00pm Webinar Part 1: Building a Global Movement to Protect the Right to Housing--Dialogue featuring Leilani Farha—former UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing, joined by housing and human rights leaders from Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and New York '''[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=5b09c2ec-e1ff-4781-a4c0-ac64001187ce view recording here.''']<br />
:*'''Thursday November 5''' 7:00PM –Webinar Part 2: ''Movement building for the Human Right to Housing:'' Local organizers from Philadelphia, Atlanta and Pittsburgh discuss ideas for building a powerful cross-city movement for the human right to housing and an end to evictions. [https://pitt.zoom.us/j/95879516551 Zoom meeting link] For more details and speakers see: [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Zero_Evictions_Days_2020 Zero Evictions Days 2020]<br />
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'''Recordings of past webinars'''<br />
*[https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 '''Building a Human Rights Cities Movement Against Structural Racism'''], Thursday July 9, 2020<br />
:Black resistances to dismantle violent police repression in the crux of the pandemic in the United States have inspired a global wave of resistance to both the immediate threats from violent police repression and the wider systemic forces that drive racial inequities and fuel what UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, E. Tendayi Achiume has called “a human rights crisis of existential proportions.” The global community has become activated like never before to demand accountability and transformative changes to address long-standing injustices. This webinar will offer context and clarity to help community leaders and activists learn how global human rights law and institutions can support our movements for fundamental changes in the United States. Participants will learn more about organizing work to hold local and national authorities accountable to global human rights. '''Speakers''': Dominique Day, UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent; Ejim Dike, former Executive Director, [https://www.ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network]; Jamil Dakwar ACLU Human Rights Program Director; Salimah Hankins, Acting Director, US Human Rights Network. Facilitators: Johnaca Dunlap-Ubuntu Institute & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee; Rob Robinson-International Alliance of Inhabitants & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee. [https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 View Recording] [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/f/f9/July_9_Human_Rights_Cities_Vs_Structural_Racism_Flier.pdf Flier]<br />
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*[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=afdd296d-f6ae-4418-9bc4-abd70165354e '''Local & Global Strategies for Advancing the Human Right to Housing.'''] June 11, 2020 (Recording). The Coronavirus pandemic has exposed and deepened the long-standing housing crisis in our communities. At a time when everyone’s health demands that all residents have a safe and stable home, more and more people face housing insecurity and homelessness. How can cities and communities better protect people’s right to adequate housing? This webinar features Julieta Perucca, assistant to the former [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Housing/Pages/HousingIndex.aspx UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing] and currently Deputy Director of global housing rights initiative, [https://www.make-the-shift.org/ The Shift]. Learn about the human right to housing around the world and strategies for using international law and the United Nations to advance housing and other human rights. We’ll hear from leaders in Birmingham and other cities using innovative strategies for keeping people in their homes and expanding affordable housing. City Representatives: Brandon Johnson, Director of the [http://www.peaceandpolicy.com/ Office of Peace and Policy], City of '''Birmingham'''; Daniel Joseph Wiley, [https://ironboundcc.org/ Newark Ironbound Community]; Crystal Jennings, Housing justice organizer with Pittsburgh’s Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & [https://cityofbridgesclt.org/ City of Bridges Community Land Trust]; Timothy Franzen, American Friends Service Committee & Alison Johnston, [https://www.housingjusticeleague.org/ Housing Justice League], Atlanta. ''This forum was hosted in cooperation with the [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Pittsburgh_Human_Rights_City_Alliance Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance], as part of its series, [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Learning_from_COVID-19:Shaping_a_Health_and_Human_Rights_Agenda_for_our_Region Learning from COVID-19: Shaping a Health and Human Rights Agenda for our Region], the [https://www.ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network] and [https://web.law.columbia.edu/human-rights-institute Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute]''<br />
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*'''NEW: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Calls for Greater Coordination with Local Governments & Civil Society'''. In a report to the UN Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights clarifies the important role of local governments in the implementation of international human rights standards, providing reports and recommendations for actions by local and national governments. Many of these recommendations complement the work we are doing in the Human Rights Cities movement and the UPR Cities project. [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/LocalGovernment/Pages/Index.aspx Download Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Local Government and Human Rights]<br/><br />
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===We work to realize human rights by:===<br />
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*Engaging, connecting and mobilizing communities, Peoples, workers, and diverse sectors across issue areas, constituencies, and regions to uphold and defend human rights and hold government accountable;<br />
*Building the capacity and leadership of grassroots groups and individuals to effectively apply the human rights framework in developing strategy and making long-term structural shifts to achieve justice;<br />
*Raising the visibility of local human rights concerns and activism to shape the public discourse locally, nationally, and internationally; and<br />
*Facilitating effective collective action to secure the structural change needed to fully realize human rights.<br />
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===The US Human Rights Network is guided by these core principles:=== <br />
*Human rights are universal, interdependent, indivisible, and inalienable.<br />
*Human rights movements must be led by those most directly affected by human rights violations.<br />
*Human rights advocacy and organizing should prioritize the struggles of the poor and most marginalized groups in society.<br />
*Human rights movements must be inclusive and respect and reflect the diversity within communities.<br />
*Human rights encompass civil, political, economic, social, cultural, environmental, sexual, and development rights for individuals, Peoples, and groups.<br />
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''For a more elaborated version see our: '''[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Statement_of_principles Statement of Principles]'''.''<br />
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===[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=UPR_Cities_Project '''UPR Cities Project and Toolkit''']===<br />
===[[International Human Rights Monitoring]]===<br />
This page links to work by national and international human rights organizers to use international treaties and United Nations human rights review processes to hold local and national officials in the United States accountable to our international human rights obligations.<br />
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===[[Housing is a Human Right!]]===<br />
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===Educational and Outreach Tools===<br />
*[[:file:International_Mechanisms_for_Human_Rights_Cities.pdf|International Human Rights Mechanisms Slide Show]]<br/><br />
*[[:file:Human_Rights_Cities_Movement.pdf|Human Rights Cities Introduction Slide Show]]<br/><br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpGpI4DljdY Video A European Coalition of Local Human Rights Cities in the Making, Utrecht, 12-13 December 2013]-This video illustrates how groups in Europe are engaging similar questions and strategies as we are doing with this US Human Rights Cities Alliance. We are working to expand and deepen conversations between US activists and our counterparts in other parts of the world.<br />
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==='''Reports and Documentation'''===<br />
*2018 [[:file: Greenville_2018_Summary_Report.pdf|Greenville Human Rights Cities Convening-Summary Report]]<br />
*2018 [[:file: DC_Workshop_July_2018_Human_Rights_Cities_in_Todays_Context_DRAFT_NOTES.pdf| Washington DC, July 2018 Convening Summary]]<br />
*2016 [http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/2/23/2016_DC_Human_Rights_City_Gathering_Executive_Summary_Conclusions.pdf Washington DC 2016 Human Rights Cities Convening Report]<br />
**[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Washington_DC_2016_Human_Rights_Cities_Convergence_Documentation Documentation from 2016 DC Convening]<br />
*2015 [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Workshop_Human_Rights_Cities_2015_Making_the_Global_Local Pittsburgh 2015 Initial Convening of Human Rights City Leaders]<br />
*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/a/a4/2017_Steering_Committee_Year_End_Report.pdf US Human Rights Cities Alliance 2017 Annual Report]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=CERD_Cities-_Using_the_Convention_on_the_Elimination_of_all_forms_of_Racial_Discrimination_to_fight_racism_at_home&diff=517CERD Cities- Using the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination to fight racism at home2023-05-03T19:33:09Z<p>Humanrightscities: </p>
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<div>'''CERD Cities 2022: Using International Law to Advance Racial Justice in our Cities''' <br />
''In August 2022, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD Committee) examined the U.S. record of compliance with the [https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/international-convention-elimination-all-forms-racial International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination] (ICERD or CERD). This review saw unprecedented mobilization from U.S. civil society, and their work contributed to a powerful document that can help us call on governments at city and state levels to bring their practices in line with international expectations and obligations. Our work ahead will help "bring CERD home" to our cities and help residents and public officials learn about this important global process.''<br />
*The [https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CERD%2FC%2FUSA%2FCO%2F10-12&Lang=en ''CERD Committee’s Concluding Observations''] details recommendations that the U.S. government is expected to respond to by November 2025 or earlier (several issues require responses after one year). <br />
::*'''[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/c/c8/Local_use_summary_of_CERD_Concluding_Report_2022.docx.pdf Summary of how CERD Committee's Recommendations apply to local jurisdictions]''' -This guide prepared by HRCA volunteers will help advocates identify relevant sections of the CERD Committee report to use in their work. <br />
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'''City Shadow Reports & Related documentation'''<br />
:*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/e/ed/Cities_CERD_Report_2022_Outreach_Version.pdf A Cross-City Report on Obstacles to U.S. Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination & how Human Rights Cities Can be a Remedy] (Outreach version, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance) [https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CERD/Shared%20Documents/USA/INT_CERD_NGO_USA_49303_E.pdf (UN Database version)]<br />
:*[https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CERD/Shared%20Documents/USA/INT_CERD_NGO_USA_49277_E.pdf “An Assault on Our Community”: Racial Discrimination in the Closure and Demolition of the Good Samaritan Hospital by Premier Health Partners in Dayton, Ohio] <br />
:*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/5/5f/CERD_Report_Pittsburgh_2022_Community_outreach_version.pdf Racial Discrimination & Equity in the United States: Evidence from Pittsburgh] (Outreach version) [https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2fCERD%2fNGO%2fUSA%2f49212&Lang=en (UN Database version)]<br />
:*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/5/5c/CERD_Spartanburg_South_Carolina_2022.pdf Racial Discrimination & Equity in the United States: Evidence from Spartanburg, SC compiled by the Ubuntu Institute for Community Development] ([https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2fCERD%2fNGO%2fUSA%2f49333&Lang=en UN Database version])<br />
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:*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P30jUlv2q0g **'''Recording of the U.S. State Department delegation consultation with civil society''' representatives at the U.S. Mission in Geneva, August 10, 2022]: This recording and the supplemental documentation was released following pressure from civil society leaders demanding more transparency in U.S. engagement with UN proceedings like CERD. ‘’*The final 90 minutes of the recording shows voices of impacted community groups standing up to demand time and space in this forum.’’<br />
:*[https://uploads.mwp.mprod.getusinfo.com/uploads/sites/25/2022/09/US-CERD-Supplemental-Response.pdf supplemental submission by the U.S. Government to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination following the U.S. review]: ‘’This document responds to specific questions and concerns raised by the Committee in the review’’ <br />
:*[https://media.un.org/en/asset/k18/k18suarlc1 Aug. 11, 2022 CERD Committee Consultation with the USA] -This 90 Min. session features introductory presentations from the U.S. delegation to CERD, including representatives from the Dept. of Justice, HUD, EPA, and other key agencies. This is followed by questions and analyses from CERD Committee experts, who reviewed U.S. reports and offer follow up questions and assessments of performance. Their assessments are based on input from civil society such as our own shadow reports, and you will see some of the issues we raised addressed in their remarks. The final segment provides brief responses from U.S. officials to the questions raised.<br />
:*[https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1c/k1c08hhq97 Aug. 12, 2022 CERD Committee Consultation with the USA] This session begins with 1 hour of questions from the CERD Committee-addressing, e.g. gun violence, policing and legal system, housing, food and education, child welfare, maternal and reproductive health. <br />
:*[https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=2556&Lang=en Additional documentation from the 107th Session CERD (8 - 30 Aug 2022)]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=CERD_Cities-_Using_the_Convention_on_the_Elimination_of_all_forms_of_Racial_Discrimination_to_fight_racism_at_home&diff=516CERD Cities- Using the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination to fight racism at home2023-05-03T19:32:50Z<p>Humanrightscities: </p>
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<div>'''CERD Cities 2022: Using International Law to Advance Racial Justice in our Cities''' <br />
''In August 2022, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD Committee) examined the U.S. record of compliance with the [https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/international-convention-elimination-all-forms-racial International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination] (ICERD or CERD). This review saw unprecedented mobilization from U.S. civil society, and their work contributed to a powerful document that can help us call on governments at city and state levels to bring their practices in line with international expectations and obligations. Our work ahead will help "bring CERD home" to our cities and help residents and public officials learn about this important global process.''<br />
*The [https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CERD%2FC%2FUSA%2FCO%2F10-12&Lang=en ''CERD Committee’s Concluding Observations''] details recommendations that the U.S. government is expected to respond to by November 2025 or earlier (several issues require responses after one year). <br />
::*'''[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/c/c8/Local_use_summary_of_CERD_Concluding_Report_2022.docx.pdf Summary of how CERD Committee's Recommendations apply to local jurisdictions]''' -This guide will help advocates identify relevant sections of the CERD Committee report to use in their work. <br />
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'''City Shadow Reports & Related documentation'''<br />
:*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/e/ed/Cities_CERD_Report_2022_Outreach_Version.pdf A Cross-City Report on Obstacles to U.S. Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination & how Human Rights Cities Can be a Remedy] (Outreach version, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance) [https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CERD/Shared%20Documents/USA/INT_CERD_NGO_USA_49303_E.pdf (UN Database version)]<br />
:*[https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CERD/Shared%20Documents/USA/INT_CERD_NGO_USA_49277_E.pdf “An Assault on Our Community”: Racial Discrimination in the Closure and Demolition of the Good Samaritan Hospital by Premier Health Partners in Dayton, Ohio] <br />
:*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/5/5f/CERD_Report_Pittsburgh_2022_Community_outreach_version.pdf Racial Discrimination & Equity in the United States: Evidence from Pittsburgh] (Outreach version) [https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2fCERD%2fNGO%2fUSA%2f49212&Lang=en (UN Database version)]<br />
:*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/5/5c/CERD_Spartanburg_South_Carolina_2022.pdf Racial Discrimination & Equity in the United States: Evidence from Spartanburg, SC compiled by the Ubuntu Institute for Community Development] ([https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2fCERD%2fNGO%2fUSA%2f49333&Lang=en UN Database version])<br />
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:*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P30jUlv2q0g **'''Recording of the U.S. State Department delegation consultation with civil society''' representatives at the U.S. Mission in Geneva, August 10, 2022]: This recording and the supplemental documentation was released following pressure from civil society leaders demanding more transparency in U.S. engagement with UN proceedings like CERD. ‘’*The final 90 minutes of the recording shows voices of impacted community groups standing up to demand time and space in this forum.’’<br />
:*[https://uploads.mwp.mprod.getusinfo.com/uploads/sites/25/2022/09/US-CERD-Supplemental-Response.pdf supplemental submission by the U.S. Government to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination following the U.S. review]: ‘’This document responds to specific questions and concerns raised by the Committee in the review’’ <br />
:*[https://media.un.org/en/asset/k18/k18suarlc1 Aug. 11, 2022 CERD Committee Consultation with the USA] -This 90 Min. session features introductory presentations from the U.S. delegation to CERD, including representatives from the Dept. of Justice, HUD, EPA, and other key agencies. This is followed by questions and analyses from CERD Committee experts, who reviewed U.S. reports and offer follow up questions and assessments of performance. Their assessments are based on input from civil society such as our own shadow reports, and you will see some of the issues we raised addressed in their remarks. The final segment provides brief responses from U.S. officials to the questions raised.<br />
:*[https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1c/k1c08hhq97 Aug. 12, 2022 CERD Committee Consultation with the USA] This session begins with 1 hour of questions from the CERD Committee-addressing, e.g. gun violence, policing and legal system, housing, food and education, child welfare, maternal and reproductive health. <br />
:*[https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=2556&Lang=en Additional documentation from the 107th Session CERD (8 - 30 Aug 2022)]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=CERD_Cities-_Using_the_Convention_on_the_Elimination_of_all_forms_of_Racial_Discrimination_to_fight_racism_at_home&diff=515CERD Cities- Using the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination to fight racism at home2023-05-03T19:32:05Z<p>Humanrightscities: </p>
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<div>'''CERD Cities 2022: Using International Law to Advance Racial Justice in our Cities''' <br />
''In August 2022, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD Committee) examined the U.S. record of compliance with the [https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/international-convention-elimination-all-forms-racial International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination] (ICERD or CERD). This review saw unprecedented mobilization from U.S. civil society, and their work contributed to a powerful document that can help us call on governments at city and state levels to bring their practices in line with international expectations and obligations. Our work ahead will help "bring CERD home" to our cities and help residents and public officials learn about this important global process.''<br />
*The [https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CERD%2FC%2FUSA%2FCO%2F10-12&Lang=en '''CERD Committee’s Concluding Observations'''] details recommendations that the U.S. government is expected to respond to by November 2025 or earlier (several issues require responses after one year). <br />
::*[https://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/c/c8/Local_use_summary_of_CERD_Concluding_Report_2022.docx.pdf Summary of how CERD Committee's Recommendations apply to local jurisdictions] -This guide will help advocates identify relevant sections of the CERD Committee report to use in their work. <br />
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'''City Shadow Reports & Related documentation'''<br />
:*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/e/ed/Cities_CERD_Report_2022_Outreach_Version.pdf A Cross-City Report on Obstacles to U.S. Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination & how Human Rights Cities Can be a Remedy] (Outreach version, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance) [https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CERD/Shared%20Documents/USA/INT_CERD_NGO_USA_49303_E.pdf (UN Database version)]<br />
:*[https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CERD/Shared%20Documents/USA/INT_CERD_NGO_USA_49277_E.pdf “An Assault on Our Community”: Racial Discrimination in the Closure and Demolition of the Good Samaritan Hospital by Premier Health Partners in Dayton, Ohio] <br />
:*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/5/5f/CERD_Report_Pittsburgh_2022_Community_outreach_version.pdf Racial Discrimination & Equity in the United States: Evidence from Pittsburgh] (Outreach version) [https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2fCERD%2fNGO%2fUSA%2f49212&Lang=en (UN Database version)]<br />
:*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/5/5c/CERD_Spartanburg_South_Carolina_2022.pdf Racial Discrimination & Equity in the United States: Evidence from Spartanburg, SC compiled by the Ubuntu Institute for Community Development] ([https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2fCERD%2fNGO%2fUSA%2f49333&Lang=en UN Database version])<br />
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:*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P30jUlv2q0g **'''Recording of the U.S. State Department delegation consultation with civil society''' representatives at the U.S. Mission in Geneva, August 10, 2022]: This recording and the supplemental documentation was released following pressure from civil society leaders demanding more transparency in U.S. engagement with UN proceedings like CERD. ‘’*The final 90 minutes of the recording shows voices of impacted community groups standing up to demand time and space in this forum.’’<br />
:*[https://uploads.mwp.mprod.getusinfo.com/uploads/sites/25/2022/09/US-CERD-Supplemental-Response.pdf supplemental submission by the U.S. Government to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination following the U.S. review]: ‘’This document responds to specific questions and concerns raised by the Committee in the review’’ <br />
:*[https://media.un.org/en/asset/k18/k18suarlc1 Aug. 11, 2022 CERD Committee Consultation with the USA] -This 90 Min. session features introductory presentations from the U.S. delegation to CERD, including representatives from the Dept. of Justice, HUD, EPA, and other key agencies. This is followed by questions and analyses from CERD Committee experts, who reviewed U.S. reports and offer follow up questions and assessments of performance. Their assessments are based on input from civil society such as our own shadow reports, and you will see some of the issues we raised addressed in their remarks. The final segment provides brief responses from U.S. officials to the questions raised.<br />
:*[https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1c/k1c08hhq97 Aug. 12, 2022 CERD Committee Consultation with the USA] This session begins with 1 hour of questions from the CERD Committee-addressing, e.g. gun violence, policing and legal system, housing, food and education, child welfare, maternal and reproductive health. <br />
:*[https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=2556&Lang=en Additional documentation from the 107th Session CERD (8 - 30 Aug 2022)]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=File:Local_use_summary_of_CERD_Concluding_Report_2022.docx.pdf&diff=514File:Local use summary of CERD Concluding Report 2022.docx.pdf2023-05-03T19:31:00Z<p>Humanrightscities: </p>
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<div></div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=CERD_Cities-_Using_the_Convention_on_the_Elimination_of_all_forms_of_Racial_Discrimination_to_fight_racism_at_home&diff=513CERD Cities- Using the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination to fight racism at home2023-05-03T19:27:39Z<p>Humanrightscities: Created page with " '''CERD Cities 2022: Using International Law to Advance Racial Justice in our Cities''' ''In August 2022, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CE..."</p>
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'''CERD Cities 2022: Using International Law to Advance Racial Justice in our Cities''' <br />
''In August 2022, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD Committee) examined the U.S. record of compliance with the [https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/international-convention-elimination-all-forms-racial International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination] (ICERD or CERD). This review saw unprecedented mobilization from U.S. civil society, and their work contributed to a powerful document that can help us call on governments at city and state levels to bring their practices in line with international expectations and obligations. Our work ahead will help "bring CERD home" to our cities and help residents and public officials learn about this important global process.''<br />
*The [https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CERD%2FC%2FUSA%2FCO%2F10-12&Lang=en '''CERD Committee’s Concluding Observations'''] details recommendations that the U.S. government is expected to respond to by November 2025 or earlier (several issues require responses after one year). <br />
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'''City Shadow Reports & Related documentation'''<br />
:*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/e/ed/Cities_CERD_Report_2022_Outreach_Version.pdf A Cross-City Report on Obstacles to U.S. Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination & how Human Rights Cities Can be a Remedy] (Outreach version, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance) [https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CERD/Shared%20Documents/USA/INT_CERD_NGO_USA_49303_E.pdf (UN Database version)]<br />
:*[https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CERD/Shared%20Documents/USA/INT_CERD_NGO_USA_49277_E.pdf “An Assault on Our Community”: Racial Discrimination in the Closure and Demolition of the Good Samaritan Hospital by Premier Health Partners in Dayton, Ohio] <br />
:*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/5/5f/CERD_Report_Pittsburgh_2022_Community_outreach_version.pdf Racial Discrimination & Equity in the United States: Evidence from Pittsburgh] (Outreach version) [https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2fCERD%2fNGO%2fUSA%2f49212&Lang=en (UN Database version)]<br />
:*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/5/5c/CERD_Spartanburg_South_Carolina_2022.pdf Racial Discrimination & Equity in the United States: Evidence from Spartanburg, SC compiled by the Ubuntu Institute for Community Development] ([https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2fCERD%2fNGO%2fUSA%2f49333&Lang=en UN Database version])<br />
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:*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P30jUlv2q0g **'''Recording of the U.S. State Department delegation consultation with civil society''' representatives at the U.S. Mission in Geneva, August 10, 2022]: This recording and the supplemental documentation was released following pressure from civil society leaders demanding more transparency in U.S. engagement with UN proceedings like CERD. ‘’*The final 90 minutes of the recording shows voices of impacted community groups standing up to demand time and space in this forum.’’<br />
:*[https://uploads.mwp.mprod.getusinfo.com/uploads/sites/25/2022/09/US-CERD-Supplemental-Response.pdf supplemental submission by the U.S. Government to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination following the U.S. review]: ‘’This document responds to specific questions and concerns raised by the Committee in the review’’ <br />
:*[https://media.un.org/en/asset/k18/k18suarlc1 Aug. 11, 2022 CERD Committee Consultation with the USA] -This 90 Min. session features introductory presentations from the U.S. delegation to CERD, including representatives from the Dept. of Justice, HUD, EPA, and other key agencies. This is followed by questions and analyses from CERD Committee experts, who reviewed U.S. reports and offer follow up questions and assessments of performance. Their assessments are based on input from civil society such as our own shadow reports, and you will see some of the issues we raised addressed in their remarks. The final segment provides brief responses from U.S. officials to the questions raised.<br />
:*[https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1c/k1c08hhq97 Aug. 12, 2022 CERD Committee Consultation with the USA] This session begins with 1 hour of questions from the CERD Committee-addressing, e.g. gun violence, policing and legal system, housing, food and education, child welfare, maternal and reproductive health. <br />
:*[https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=2556&Lang=en Additional documentation from the 107th Session CERD (8 - 30 Aug 2022)]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=512Main Page2023-05-03T19:27:22Z<p>Humanrightscities: /* Current Projects */</p>
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<div>==US National Human Rights Cities Alliance==<br />
'''About'''<br />
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The U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance works to build a network of local, national, and international human rights leaders and to support activists and organizers advancing the human rights city organizing framework. The Alliance promotes the development and sharing of knowledge and models for improving respect for human rights and dignity. Recognizing that human rights don’t trickle down, they rise up, we support communities organizing and acting together to bring human rights to bear at home, drawing upon global human rights standards, institutions, and movements. Guided by the [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/6/6a/Human_Rights_City_Principles_October_2017.pdf Human Rights Cities Statement of Principles], we promote [https://www.ajamubaraka.com/peoplecentered-human-rights-as-a-framework-for-social-transformation “people-centered human rights”] based in experiences and struggles of marginalized communities. <br />
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'''[[Resources for starting a Human Rights City initiative near you]]'''<br />
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===EVENTS===<br />
<big>'''[[Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit in Atlanta Georgia, May 18-21, 2023]]'''</big>The Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit will take place in downtown Atlanta Georgia from May 18-21. Following the city’s recent passage of a resolution naming Atlanta the newest U.S. Human Rights City, Atlanta civil society and supportive City Council members invite community activists, policy practitioners, legal experts, youth, and municipal leaders to come together to share ideas, lessons, and tools for promoting human rights in cities and communities. Now more than ever, cities need innovative ideas and strategies to address problems of affordable housing, community safety, climate change, racial and gender inequities, and reparatory justice. Learn how cities around the world are using international human rights law and institutions to shape local policies, with powerful impacts at the local level. Plenaries and breakout sessions will provide opportunities to learn, exchange and network. (Register at [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform bit.ly/atlsummit23]).<br />
*Featured plenary speakers include: Leilani Farha, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing and Global Director, The [https://make-the-shift.org/ The Shift-#Right2Housing] & Justin Hansford, Member of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University<br />
'''Co-hosts:''' The Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, American Friends Service Committee-South Region, in cooperation with Atlanta civil society and supportive members of Atlanta City Council.<br />
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:*[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform Sign up here for further information and updates:] (bit.ly/atlsummit23). Email contact: hrc [AT] udayton.edu.<br />
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=Recent Events, Recordings & Documentation=<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iWMWVB9CX8 '''''The African Diaspora Convenes on the World Stage & Calls for Reparatory Justice]'''--Reports from the Inaugural session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent.'' (Recording) In December 2022 the United Nations launched the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (UNPFPAD) as part of the International Decade on People of African Descent (2015-2024). Activists who attended this historic, inaugural meeting of the PFPAD share their observations on how this new body can be a tool for building local and national movements to end white supremacy and advance racial justice. '''Panelists''': ''Lisa Borden'', Senior Policy Counsel, International Advocacy and Policy, Southern Poverty Law Center; ''Charkera Ervin,'' Howard University School of Law/ Movement Lawyering Clinic; ''Efia Nwangaza,'' SNCC Veteran, Civil/Human Rights Attorney, Director Malcolm X Center for Self Determination; ''Tiffany Williams Roberts,'' Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights; ''Gretchen Rohr'', US-Liaison and Global Strategic Litigation Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative. '''Webinar Co-sponsors:''' U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, Ubuntu Institute for Community Development, Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance, Global Studies Center & the Center for African Studies-University of Pittsburgh<br />
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*'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB6nQ23-Rew&t=1989s Using the Human Rights Framework for Racial Justice: A Conversation with Justin Hansford]'''--(Recording-November 18, 2022 by 1Hood Media). ''After Michael Brown’s murder in Ferguson, Missouri, Justin Hansford helped Brown family members bring their appeal for justice to the United Nations [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2598743 See ''Ferguson to Geneva'']. This conversation brings together Black community leaders, advocates, and educators to discuss this effort and understand how we can make use of UN bodies like the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent to promote racial equity and fight white supremacy. What role do our communities play in building global tools to help defend and advance our human rights?'' '''Panelists:''' ''Dr. Rashad Williams'', Assistant Professor of Race and Social Justice in Public Policy, University of Pittsburgh (Host), ''Tiffany Williams Roberts'', Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights (Atlanta) & Steering Committee member, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance; ''Randall Taylor'', Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition<br />
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===Current Projects===<br />
'''[[Cities Support the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent]]'''-In December 2022 the United Nations launched the first meeting of a new body charged with guiding the UN in work to end racial discrimination and systemic racism and to develop concrete steps and action plans to further reparatory justice. Delegate Justin Hansford sees the Forum as a potential "instrument of liberation" that will require continued struggle by grassroots communities to push forward needed changes. Our Human Rights Cities Alliance is committed to working to support local actions that reinforce the Forum's work and engage cities and municipal officials in its transformative agenda.<br />
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'''[[CERD Cities- Using the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination to fight racism at home]]''' -The United States is a party to this Convention, which means it must undergo a regular review of its policies to assess its compliance with international legal obligations and expectations under this treaty. The process invites community advocates to submit "shadow reports" documenting abuses as well as good practices and offering recommendations for how local and national government policies can better support U.S. treaty obligations.<br />
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'''[ UPR Cities]'''<br />
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==Past Activities==<br />
'''2022 Convening--Organizing for the US Review by Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination''' (hybrid)<br />
'''''[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Schedule_and_zoom_registration Using global human rights to strengthen anti-racism organizing and resist ongoing retrenchment of democracy and human rights]'''''<br />
July 19-21, 2022, Washington DC/ hybrid. Co-Sponsor & Host: [https://thurgoodmarshallcenter.howard.edu/ Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center], Howard University School of Law, Washington DC<br />
*''[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Schedule_and_zoom_registration See detailed program and speakers]'' <br />
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"'''Bringing Human Rights Home: U.S. Cities & the UPR--Thursday March 11, 2021 4:00PM CET (Geneva)/ 10:00AM EST (NYC)'''<br />
'''''46th UN Human Rights Council Side Event--Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Adoption of Final Report on the USA'''' [http://humanrightscities.us US Human Rights Cities Alliance] </br><br />
:U.S. communities aren’t waiting for human rights leadership from Washington: they’re using UPR recommendations to hold local governments accountable to global human rights standards. Community organizers share how they’re using global human rights to change the United States and how international leadership can support this work. '''Panelists:''' ''Jennifer Harbury - Angry Tias & Abuelas - Weslaco, TX (Rio Grande Valley); anu jain, Executive Director, City of Pittsburgh Gender Equity Commission; Sharon Lavigne - RISE St.James, St. James, Louisiana, Cancer Alley; Vincenzo Pasquantonio - Founding ED of Human Rights Commision, New Orleans; Randall Taylor –Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & Stop the Station, Pittsburgh; Lorena Quiroz - Immigrant Alliance for Justice & Equity, Jackson, MS; Patricio Rubio-Another Gulf is Possible- Rio Grande Valley, TX; Vickie Casanova Willis – US Human Rights Network; Gabriela Zavala - Resource Center Matamoros - TX/Mexico'' <br />
[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=7065d5c7-a49f-4420-ab35-ace80113d09e '''View recording here'''] <br />
[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/3c/Human_Rights_Council_Briefing_UPR_2021.pdf Download flier]<br />
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*'''Housing, Health and Human Rights: [[Zero Evictions Days 2020 Actions]]<br />
[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Zero_Evictions_Days_2020 Zero Evictions Days 2020]'''<br />
:*'''October 24-November 5''': Learn about how global real estate investors are raising rents and pushing out urban residents around the world--''': [https://watch.eventive.org/argot/play/5f8e3f07d22f3c010b0765c3 View the Film- ''Push'' online].<br />
:*'''Thursday October 29''' 7:00pm Webinar Part 1: Building a Global Movement to Protect the Right to Housing--Dialogue featuring Leilani Farha—former UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing, joined by housing and human rights leaders from Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and New York '''[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=5b09c2ec-e1ff-4781-a4c0-ac64001187ce view recording here.''']<br />
:*'''Thursday November 5''' 7:00PM –Webinar Part 2: ''Movement building for the Human Right to Housing:'' Local organizers from Philadelphia, Atlanta and Pittsburgh discuss ideas for building a powerful cross-city movement for the human right to housing and an end to evictions. [https://pitt.zoom.us/j/95879516551 Zoom meeting link] For more details and speakers see: [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Zero_Evictions_Days_2020 Zero Evictions Days 2020]<br />
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<big>'''Recent Work'''</big> <br />
*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=UPR_Cities_Project '''UPR Cities Project'''] <br />
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'''Recordings of past webinars'''<br />
*[https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 '''Building a Human Rights Cities Movement Against Structural Racism'''], Thursday July 9, 2020<br />
:Black resistances to dismantle violent police repression in the crux of the pandemic in the United States have inspired a global wave of resistance to both the immediate threats from violent police repression and the wider systemic forces that drive racial inequities and fuel what UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, E. Tendayi Achiume has called “a human rights crisis of existential proportions.” The global community has become activated like never before to demand accountability and transformative changes to address long-standing injustices. This webinar will offer context and clarity to help community leaders and activists learn how global human rights law and institutions can support our movements for fundamental changes in the United States. Participants will learn more about organizing work to hold local and national authorities accountable to global human rights. '''Speakers''': Dominique Day, UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent; Ejim Dike, former Executive Director, [https://www.ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network]; Jamil Dakwar ACLU Human Rights Program Director; Salimah Hankins, Acting Director, US Human Rights Network. Facilitators: Johnaca Dunlap-Ubuntu Institute & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee; Rob Robinson-International Alliance of Inhabitants & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee. [https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 View Recording] [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/f/f9/July_9_Human_Rights_Cities_Vs_Structural_Racism_Flier.pdf Flier]<br />
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*[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=afdd296d-f6ae-4418-9bc4-abd70165354e '''Local & Global Strategies for Advancing the Human Right to Housing.'''] June 11, 2020 (Recording). The Coronavirus pandemic has exposed and deepened the long-standing housing crisis in our communities. At a time when everyone’s health demands that all residents have a safe and stable home, more and more people face housing insecurity and homelessness. How can cities and communities better protect people’s right to adequate housing? This webinar features Julieta Perucca, assistant to the former [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Housing/Pages/HousingIndex.aspx UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing] and currently Deputy Director of global housing rights initiative, [https://www.make-the-shift.org/ The Shift]. Learn about the human right to housing around the world and strategies for using international law and the United Nations to advance housing and other human rights. We’ll hear from leaders in Birmingham and other cities using innovative strategies for keeping people in their homes and expanding affordable housing. City Representatives: Brandon Johnson, Director of the [http://www.peaceandpolicy.com/ Office of Peace and Policy], City of '''Birmingham'''; Daniel Joseph Wiley, [https://ironboundcc.org/ Newark Ironbound Community]; Crystal Jennings, Housing justice organizer with Pittsburgh’s Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & [https://cityofbridgesclt.org/ City of Bridges Community Land Trust]; Timothy Franzen, American Friends Service Committee & Alison Johnston, [https://www.housingjusticeleague.org/ Housing Justice League], Atlanta. ''This forum was hosted in cooperation with the [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Pittsburgh_Human_Rights_City_Alliance Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance], as part of its series, [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Learning_from_COVID-19:Shaping_a_Health_and_Human_Rights_Agenda_for_our_Region Learning from COVID-19: Shaping a Health and Human Rights Agenda for our Region], the [https://www.ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network] and [https://web.law.columbia.edu/human-rights-institute Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute]''<br />
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*'''NEW: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Calls for Greater Coordination with Local Governments & Civil Society'''. In a report to the UN Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights clarifies the important role of local governments in the implementation of international human rights standards, providing reports and recommendations for actions by local and national governments. Many of these recommendations complement the work we are doing in the Human Rights Cities movement and the UPR Cities project. [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/LocalGovernment/Pages/Index.aspx Download Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Local Government and Human Rights]<br/><br />
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===We work to realize human rights by:===<br />
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*Engaging, connecting and mobilizing communities, Peoples, workers, and diverse sectors across issue areas, constituencies, and regions to uphold and defend human rights and hold government accountable;<br />
*Building the capacity and leadership of grassroots groups and individuals to effectively apply the human rights framework in developing strategy and making long-term structural shifts to achieve justice;<br />
*Raising the visibility of local human rights concerns and activism to shape the public discourse locally, nationally, and internationally; and<br />
*Facilitating effective collective action to secure the structural change needed to fully realize human rights.<br />
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===The US Human Rights Network is guided by these core principles:=== <br />
*Human rights are universal, interdependent, indivisible, and inalienable.<br />
*Human rights movements must be led by those most directly affected by human rights violations.<br />
*Human rights advocacy and organizing should prioritize the struggles of the poor and most marginalized groups in society.<br />
*Human rights movements must be inclusive and respect and reflect the diversity within communities.<br />
*Human rights encompass civil, political, economic, social, cultural, environmental, sexual, and development rights for individuals, Peoples, and groups.<br />
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''For a more elaborated version see our: '''[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Statement_of_principles Statement of Principles]'''.''<br />
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===[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=UPR_Cities_Project '''UPR Cities Project and Toolkit''']===<br />
===[[International Human Rights Monitoring]]===<br />
This page links to work by national and international human rights organizers to use international treaties and United Nations human rights review processes to hold local and national officials in the United States accountable to our international human rights obligations.<br />
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===[[Housing is a Human Right!]]===<br />
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===Educational and Outreach Tools===<br />
*[[:file:International_Mechanisms_for_Human_Rights_Cities.pdf|International Human Rights Mechanisms Slide Show]]<br/><br />
*[[:file:Human_Rights_Cities_Movement.pdf|Human Rights Cities Introduction Slide Show]]<br/><br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpGpI4DljdY Video A European Coalition of Local Human Rights Cities in the Making, Utrecht, 12-13 December 2013]-This video illustrates how groups in Europe are engaging similar questions and strategies as we are doing with this US Human Rights Cities Alliance. We are working to expand and deepen conversations between US activists and our counterparts in other parts of the world.<br />
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==='''Reports and Documentation'''===<br />
*2018 [[:file: Greenville_2018_Summary_Report.pdf|Greenville Human Rights Cities Convening-Summary Report]]<br />
*2018 [[:file: DC_Workshop_July_2018_Human_Rights_Cities_in_Todays_Context_DRAFT_NOTES.pdf| Washington DC, July 2018 Convening Summary]]<br />
*2016 [http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/2/23/2016_DC_Human_Rights_City_Gathering_Executive_Summary_Conclusions.pdf Washington DC 2016 Human Rights Cities Convening Report]<br />
**[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Washington_DC_2016_Human_Rights_Cities_Convergence_Documentation Documentation from 2016 DC Convening]<br />
*2015 [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Workshop_Human_Rights_Cities_2015_Making_the_Global_Local Pittsburgh 2015 Initial Convening of Human Rights City Leaders]<br />
*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/a/a4/2017_Steering_Committee_Year_End_Report.pdf US Human Rights Cities Alliance 2017 Annual Report]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=511Main Page2023-05-03T19:27:09Z<p>Humanrightscities: /* Past Event recordings */</p>
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<div>==US National Human Rights Cities Alliance==<br />
'''About'''<br />
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The U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance works to build a network of local, national, and international human rights leaders and to support activists and organizers advancing the human rights city organizing framework. The Alliance promotes the development and sharing of knowledge and models for improving respect for human rights and dignity. Recognizing that human rights don’t trickle down, they rise up, we support communities organizing and acting together to bring human rights to bear at home, drawing upon global human rights standards, institutions, and movements. Guided by the [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/6/6a/Human_Rights_City_Principles_October_2017.pdf Human Rights Cities Statement of Principles], we promote [https://www.ajamubaraka.com/peoplecentered-human-rights-as-a-framework-for-social-transformation “people-centered human rights”] based in experiences and struggles of marginalized communities. <br />
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*[[Steering Committee]]<br/><br />
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'''[[Resources for starting a Human Rights City initiative near you]]'''<br />
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===EVENTS===<br />
<big>'''[[Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit in Atlanta Georgia, May 18-21, 2023]]'''</big>The Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit will take place in downtown Atlanta Georgia from May 18-21. Following the city’s recent passage of a resolution naming Atlanta the newest U.S. Human Rights City, Atlanta civil society and supportive City Council members invite community activists, policy practitioners, legal experts, youth, and municipal leaders to come together to share ideas, lessons, and tools for promoting human rights in cities and communities. Now more than ever, cities need innovative ideas and strategies to address problems of affordable housing, community safety, climate change, racial and gender inequities, and reparatory justice. Learn how cities around the world are using international human rights law and institutions to shape local policies, with powerful impacts at the local level. Plenaries and breakout sessions will provide opportunities to learn, exchange and network. (Register at [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform bit.ly/atlsummit23]).<br />
*Featured plenary speakers include: Leilani Farha, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing and Global Director, The [https://make-the-shift.org/ The Shift-#Right2Housing] & Justin Hansford, Member of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University<br />
'''Co-hosts:''' The Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, American Friends Service Committee-South Region, in cooperation with Atlanta civil society and supportive members of Atlanta City Council.<br />
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:*[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform Sign up here for further information and updates:] (bit.ly/atlsummit23). Email contact: hrc [AT] udayton.edu.<br />
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=Recent Events, Recordings & Documentation=<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iWMWVB9CX8 '''''The African Diaspora Convenes on the World Stage & Calls for Reparatory Justice]'''--Reports from the Inaugural session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent.'' (Recording) In December 2022 the United Nations launched the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (UNPFPAD) as part of the International Decade on People of African Descent (2015-2024). Activists who attended this historic, inaugural meeting of the PFPAD share their observations on how this new body can be a tool for building local and national movements to end white supremacy and advance racial justice. '''Panelists''': ''Lisa Borden'', Senior Policy Counsel, International Advocacy and Policy, Southern Poverty Law Center; ''Charkera Ervin,'' Howard University School of Law/ Movement Lawyering Clinic; ''Efia Nwangaza,'' SNCC Veteran, Civil/Human Rights Attorney, Director Malcolm X Center for Self Determination; ''Tiffany Williams Roberts,'' Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights; ''Gretchen Rohr'', US-Liaison and Global Strategic Litigation Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative. '''Webinar Co-sponsors:''' U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, Ubuntu Institute for Community Development, Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance, Global Studies Center & the Center for African Studies-University of Pittsburgh<br />
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*'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB6nQ23-Rew&t=1989s Using the Human Rights Framework for Racial Justice: A Conversation with Justin Hansford]'''--(Recording-November 18, 2022 by 1Hood Media). ''After Michael Brown’s murder in Ferguson, Missouri, Justin Hansford helped Brown family members bring their appeal for justice to the United Nations [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2598743 See ''Ferguson to Geneva'']. This conversation brings together Black community leaders, advocates, and educators to discuss this effort and understand how we can make use of UN bodies like the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent to promote racial equity and fight white supremacy. What role do our communities play in building global tools to help defend and advance our human rights?'' '''Panelists:''' ''Dr. Rashad Williams'', Assistant Professor of Race and Social Justice in Public Policy, University of Pittsburgh (Host), ''Tiffany Williams Roberts'', Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights (Atlanta) & Steering Committee member, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance; ''Randall Taylor'', Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition<br />
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===Current Projects===<br />
'''[[Cities Support the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent]]'''-In December 2022 the United Nations launched the first meeting of a new body charged with guiding the UN in work to end racial discrimination and systemic racism and to develop concrete steps and action plans to further reparatory justice. Delegate Justin Hansford sees the Forum as a potential "instrument of liberation" that will require continued struggle by grassroots communities to push forward needed changes. Our Human Rights Cities Alliance is committed to working to support local actions that reinforce the Forum's work and engage cities and municipal officials in its transformative agenda.<br />
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'''[[CERD Cities- Using the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination to fight racism at home]] -The United States is a party to this Convention, which means it must undergo a regular review of its policies to assess its compliance with international legal obligations and expectations under this treaty. The process invites community advocates to submit "shadow reports" documenting abuses as well as good practices and offering recommendations for how local and national government policies can better support U.S. treaty obligations.<br />
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'''[ UPR Cities]'''<br />
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==Past Activities==<br />
'''2022 Convening--Organizing for the US Review by Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination''' (hybrid)<br />
'''''[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Schedule_and_zoom_registration Using global human rights to strengthen anti-racism organizing and resist ongoing retrenchment of democracy and human rights]'''''<br />
July 19-21, 2022, Washington DC/ hybrid. Co-Sponsor & Host: [https://thurgoodmarshallcenter.howard.edu/ Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center], Howard University School of Law, Washington DC<br />
*''[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Schedule_and_zoom_registration See detailed program and speakers]'' <br />
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"'''Bringing Human Rights Home: U.S. Cities & the UPR--Thursday March 11, 2021 4:00PM CET (Geneva)/ 10:00AM EST (NYC)'''<br />
'''''46th UN Human Rights Council Side Event--Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Adoption of Final Report on the USA'''' [http://humanrightscities.us US Human Rights Cities Alliance] </br><br />
:U.S. communities aren’t waiting for human rights leadership from Washington: they’re using UPR recommendations to hold local governments accountable to global human rights standards. Community organizers share how they’re using global human rights to change the United States and how international leadership can support this work. '''Panelists:''' ''Jennifer Harbury - Angry Tias & Abuelas - Weslaco, TX (Rio Grande Valley); anu jain, Executive Director, City of Pittsburgh Gender Equity Commission; Sharon Lavigne - RISE St.James, St. James, Louisiana, Cancer Alley; Vincenzo Pasquantonio - Founding ED of Human Rights Commision, New Orleans; Randall Taylor –Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & Stop the Station, Pittsburgh; Lorena Quiroz - Immigrant Alliance for Justice & Equity, Jackson, MS; Patricio Rubio-Another Gulf is Possible- Rio Grande Valley, TX; Vickie Casanova Willis – US Human Rights Network; Gabriela Zavala - Resource Center Matamoros - TX/Mexico'' <br />
[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=7065d5c7-a49f-4420-ab35-ace80113d09e '''View recording here'''] <br />
[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/3c/Human_Rights_Council_Briefing_UPR_2021.pdf Download flier]<br />
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*'''Housing, Health and Human Rights: [[Zero Evictions Days 2020 Actions]]<br />
[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Zero_Evictions_Days_2020 Zero Evictions Days 2020]'''<br />
:*'''October 24-November 5''': Learn about how global real estate investors are raising rents and pushing out urban residents around the world--''': [https://watch.eventive.org/argot/play/5f8e3f07d22f3c010b0765c3 View the Film- ''Push'' online].<br />
:*'''Thursday October 29''' 7:00pm Webinar Part 1: Building a Global Movement to Protect the Right to Housing--Dialogue featuring Leilani Farha—former UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing, joined by housing and human rights leaders from Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and New York '''[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=5b09c2ec-e1ff-4781-a4c0-ac64001187ce view recording here.''']<br />
:*'''Thursday November 5''' 7:00PM –Webinar Part 2: ''Movement building for the Human Right to Housing:'' Local organizers from Philadelphia, Atlanta and Pittsburgh discuss ideas for building a powerful cross-city movement for the human right to housing and an end to evictions. [https://pitt.zoom.us/j/95879516551 Zoom meeting link] For more details and speakers see: [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Zero_Evictions_Days_2020 Zero Evictions Days 2020]<br />
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<big>'''Recent Work'''</big> <br />
*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=UPR_Cities_Project '''UPR Cities Project'''] <br />
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'''Recordings of past webinars'''<br />
*[https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 '''Building a Human Rights Cities Movement Against Structural Racism'''], Thursday July 9, 2020<br />
:Black resistances to dismantle violent police repression in the crux of the pandemic in the United States have inspired a global wave of resistance to both the immediate threats from violent police repression and the wider systemic forces that drive racial inequities and fuel what UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, E. Tendayi Achiume has called “a human rights crisis of existential proportions.” The global community has become activated like never before to demand accountability and transformative changes to address long-standing injustices. This webinar will offer context and clarity to help community leaders and activists learn how global human rights law and institutions can support our movements for fundamental changes in the United States. Participants will learn more about organizing work to hold local and national authorities accountable to global human rights. '''Speakers''': Dominique Day, UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent; Ejim Dike, former Executive Director, [https://www.ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network]; Jamil Dakwar ACLU Human Rights Program Director; Salimah Hankins, Acting Director, US Human Rights Network. Facilitators: Johnaca Dunlap-Ubuntu Institute & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee; Rob Robinson-International Alliance of Inhabitants & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee. [https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 View Recording] [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/f/f9/July_9_Human_Rights_Cities_Vs_Structural_Racism_Flier.pdf Flier]<br />
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*[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=afdd296d-f6ae-4418-9bc4-abd70165354e '''Local & Global Strategies for Advancing the Human Right to Housing.'''] June 11, 2020 (Recording). The Coronavirus pandemic has exposed and deepened the long-standing housing crisis in our communities. At a time when everyone’s health demands that all residents have a safe and stable home, more and more people face housing insecurity and homelessness. How can cities and communities better protect people’s right to adequate housing? This webinar features Julieta Perucca, assistant to the former [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Housing/Pages/HousingIndex.aspx UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing] and currently Deputy Director of global housing rights initiative, [https://www.make-the-shift.org/ The Shift]. Learn about the human right to housing around the world and strategies for using international law and the United Nations to advance housing and other human rights. We’ll hear from leaders in Birmingham and other cities using innovative strategies for keeping people in their homes and expanding affordable housing. City Representatives: Brandon Johnson, Director of the [http://www.peaceandpolicy.com/ Office of Peace and Policy], City of '''Birmingham'''; Daniel Joseph Wiley, [https://ironboundcc.org/ Newark Ironbound Community]; Crystal Jennings, Housing justice organizer with Pittsburgh’s Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & [https://cityofbridgesclt.org/ City of Bridges Community Land Trust]; Timothy Franzen, American Friends Service Committee & Alison Johnston, [https://www.housingjusticeleague.org/ Housing Justice League], Atlanta. ''This forum was hosted in cooperation with the [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Pittsburgh_Human_Rights_City_Alliance Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance], as part of its series, [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Learning_from_COVID-19:Shaping_a_Health_and_Human_Rights_Agenda_for_our_Region Learning from COVID-19: Shaping a Health and Human Rights Agenda for our Region], the [https://www.ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network] and [https://web.law.columbia.edu/human-rights-institute Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute]''<br />
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*'''NEW: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Calls for Greater Coordination with Local Governments & Civil Society'''. In a report to the UN Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights clarifies the important role of local governments in the implementation of international human rights standards, providing reports and recommendations for actions by local and national governments. Many of these recommendations complement the work we are doing in the Human Rights Cities movement and the UPR Cities project. [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/LocalGovernment/Pages/Index.aspx Download Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Local Government and Human Rights]<br/><br />
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===We work to realize human rights by:===<br />
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*Engaging, connecting and mobilizing communities, Peoples, workers, and diverse sectors across issue areas, constituencies, and regions to uphold and defend human rights and hold government accountable;<br />
*Building the capacity and leadership of grassroots groups and individuals to effectively apply the human rights framework in developing strategy and making long-term structural shifts to achieve justice;<br />
*Raising the visibility of local human rights concerns and activism to shape the public discourse locally, nationally, and internationally; and<br />
*Facilitating effective collective action to secure the structural change needed to fully realize human rights.<br />
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===The US Human Rights Network is guided by these core principles:=== <br />
*Human rights are universal, interdependent, indivisible, and inalienable.<br />
*Human rights movements must be led by those most directly affected by human rights violations.<br />
*Human rights advocacy and organizing should prioritize the struggles of the poor and most marginalized groups in society.<br />
*Human rights movements must be inclusive and respect and reflect the diversity within communities.<br />
*Human rights encompass civil, political, economic, social, cultural, environmental, sexual, and development rights for individuals, Peoples, and groups.<br />
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''For a more elaborated version see our: '''[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Statement_of_principles Statement of Principles]'''.''<br />
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===[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=UPR_Cities_Project '''UPR Cities Project and Toolkit''']===<br />
===[[International Human Rights Monitoring]]===<br />
This page links to work by national and international human rights organizers to use international treaties and United Nations human rights review processes to hold local and national officials in the United States accountable to our international human rights obligations.<br />
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===[[Housing is a Human Right!]]===<br />
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===Educational and Outreach Tools===<br />
*[[:file:International_Mechanisms_for_Human_Rights_Cities.pdf|International Human Rights Mechanisms Slide Show]]<br/><br />
*[[:file:Human_Rights_Cities_Movement.pdf|Human Rights Cities Introduction Slide Show]]<br/><br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpGpI4DljdY Video A European Coalition of Local Human Rights Cities in the Making, Utrecht, 12-13 December 2013]-This video illustrates how groups in Europe are engaging similar questions and strategies as we are doing with this US Human Rights Cities Alliance. We are working to expand and deepen conversations between US activists and our counterparts in other parts of the world.<br />
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==='''Reports and Documentation'''===<br />
*2018 [[:file: Greenville_2018_Summary_Report.pdf|Greenville Human Rights Cities Convening-Summary Report]]<br />
*2018 [[:file: DC_Workshop_July_2018_Human_Rights_Cities_in_Todays_Context_DRAFT_NOTES.pdf| Washington DC, July 2018 Convening Summary]]<br />
*2016 [http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/2/23/2016_DC_Human_Rights_City_Gathering_Executive_Summary_Conclusions.pdf Washington DC 2016 Human Rights Cities Convening Report]<br />
**[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Washington_DC_2016_Human_Rights_Cities_Convergence_Documentation Documentation from 2016 DC Convening]<br />
*2015 [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Workshop_Human_Rights_Cities_2015_Making_the_Global_Local Pittsburgh 2015 Initial Convening of Human Rights City Leaders]<br />
*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/a/a4/2017_Steering_Committee_Year_End_Report.pdf US Human Rights Cities Alliance 2017 Annual Report]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=510Main Page2023-05-03T19:22:23Z<p>Humanrightscities: /* Past Event recordings */</p>
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<div>==US National Human Rights Cities Alliance==<br />
'''About'''<br />
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The U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance works to build a network of local, national, and international human rights leaders and to support activists and organizers advancing the human rights city organizing framework. The Alliance promotes the development and sharing of knowledge and models for improving respect for human rights and dignity. Recognizing that human rights don’t trickle down, they rise up, we support communities organizing and acting together to bring human rights to bear at home, drawing upon global human rights standards, institutions, and movements. Guided by the [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/6/6a/Human_Rights_City_Principles_October_2017.pdf Human Rights Cities Statement of Principles], we promote [https://www.ajamubaraka.com/peoplecentered-human-rights-as-a-framework-for-social-transformation “people-centered human rights”] based in experiences and struggles of marginalized communities. <br />
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*[[Steering Committee]]<br/><br />
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'''[[Resources for starting a Human Rights City initiative near you]]'''<br />
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===EVENTS===<br />
<big>'''[[Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit in Atlanta Georgia, May 18-21, 2023]]'''</big>The Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit will take place in downtown Atlanta Georgia from May 18-21. Following the city’s recent passage of a resolution naming Atlanta the newest U.S. Human Rights City, Atlanta civil society and supportive City Council members invite community activists, policy practitioners, legal experts, youth, and municipal leaders to come together to share ideas, lessons, and tools for promoting human rights in cities and communities. Now more than ever, cities need innovative ideas and strategies to address problems of affordable housing, community safety, climate change, racial and gender inequities, and reparatory justice. Learn how cities around the world are using international human rights law and institutions to shape local policies, with powerful impacts at the local level. Plenaries and breakout sessions will provide opportunities to learn, exchange and network. (Register at [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform bit.ly/atlsummit23]).<br />
*Featured plenary speakers include: Leilani Farha, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing and Global Director, The [https://make-the-shift.org/ The Shift-#Right2Housing] & Justin Hansford, Member of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University<br />
'''Co-hosts:''' The Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, American Friends Service Committee-South Region, in cooperation with Atlanta civil society and supportive members of Atlanta City Council.<br />
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:*[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform Sign up here for further information and updates:] (bit.ly/atlsummit23). Email contact: hrc [AT] udayton.edu.<br />
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=Recent Events, Recordings & Documentation=<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iWMWVB9CX8 '''''The African Diaspora Convenes on the World Stage & Calls for Reparatory Justice]'''--Reports from the Inaugural session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent.'' (Recording) In December 2022 the United Nations launched the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (UNPFPAD) as part of the International Decade on People of African Descent (2015-2024). Activists who attended this historic, inaugural meeting of the PFPAD share their observations on how this new body can be a tool for building local and national movements to end white supremacy and advance racial justice. '''Panelists''': ''Lisa Borden'', Senior Policy Counsel, International Advocacy and Policy, Southern Poverty Law Center; ''Charkera Ervin,'' Howard University School of Law/ Movement Lawyering Clinic; ''Efia Nwangaza,'' SNCC Veteran, Civil/Human Rights Attorney, Director Malcolm X Center for Self Determination; ''Tiffany Williams Roberts,'' Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights; ''Gretchen Rohr'', US-Liaison and Global Strategic Litigation Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative. '''Webinar Co-sponsors:''' U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, Ubuntu Institute for Community Development, Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance, Global Studies Center & the Center for African Studies-University of Pittsburgh<br />
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*'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB6nQ23-Rew&t=1989s Using the Human Rights Framework for Racial Justice: A Conversation with Justin Hansford]'''--(Recording-November 18, 2022 by 1Hood Media). ''After Michael Brown’s murder in Ferguson, Missouri, Justin Hansford helped Brown family members bring their appeal for justice to the United Nations [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2598743 See ''Ferguson to Geneva'']. This conversation brings together Black community leaders, advocates, and educators to discuss this effort and understand how we can make use of UN bodies like the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent to promote racial equity and fight white supremacy. What role do our communities play in building global tools to help defend and advance our human rights?'' '''Panelists:''' ''Dr. Rashad Williams'', Assistant Professor of Race and Social Justice in Public Policy, University of Pittsburgh (Host), ''Tiffany Williams Roberts'', Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights (Atlanta) & Steering Committee member, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance; ''Randall Taylor'', Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition<br />
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==Past Event recordings==<br />
*'''Recording: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB6nQ23-Rew&t=1989s Using the Human Rights Framework for Racial Justice: A Conversation with Justin Hansford]*'''--Recorded Friday November 18, 2022/University of Pittsburgh by 1Hood Media. ''After Michael Brown’s murder in Ferguson, Missouri, Justin Hansford helped Brown family members bring their appeal for justice to the United Nations ([https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2598743 Ferguson to Geneva: Using the Human Rights Framework to Push Forward a Vision for Racial Justice in the United States]). This conversation brings together Black community leaders, advocates, and educators to discuss this effort and understand how Professor Hansford sees the law as a tool for social transformation.'' '''Justin Hansford''' is Professor of Law at Howard University, Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, and representative to the new United Nations Permanent Forum of People of African Descent (UNPFPAD). Hansford is a co-author of the forthcoming Seventh Edition of Race, Racism and American Law, and his legal scholarship informs his work to win a posthumous pardon for Marcus Garvey ([https://www.theroot.com/black-history-matters-why-president-obama-should-pardo-1791353849 "Black History Matters: Why President Obama Should Pardon Marcus Garvey,]" The Root). Professor Hansford’s visit to Pittsburgh is part of a “listening tour” he is making in preparation for the inaugural meeting of the UNPFPAD in early December. ''Panelists: '''Dr. Rashad Williams''', Assistant Professor of Race and Social Justice in Public Policy, University of Pittsburgh; '''Tiffany Williams Roberts''', Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights (Atlanta) & Steering Committee member, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance; '''Randall Taylor''', Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition and University of Pittsburgh World History Center Community Fellow''<br />
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==Past Activities==<br />
'''2022 Convening--Organizing for the US Review by Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination''' (hybrid)<br />
'''''[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Schedule_and_zoom_registration Using global human rights to strengthen anti-racism organizing and resist ongoing retrenchment of democracy and human rights]'''''<br />
July 19-21, 2022, Washington DC/ hybrid. Co-Sponsor & Host: [https://thurgoodmarshallcenter.howard.edu/ Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center], Howard University School of Law, Washington DC<br />
*''[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Schedule_and_zoom_registration See detailed program and speakers]'' <br />
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"'''Bringing Human Rights Home: U.S. Cities & the UPR--Thursday March 11, 2021 4:00PM CET (Geneva)/ 10:00AM EST (NYC)'''<br />
'''''46th UN Human Rights Council Side Event--Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Adoption of Final Report on the USA'''' [http://humanrightscities.us US Human Rights Cities Alliance] </br><br />
:U.S. communities aren’t waiting for human rights leadership from Washington: they’re using UPR recommendations to hold local governments accountable to global human rights standards. Community organizers share how they’re using global human rights to change the United States and how international leadership can support this work. '''Panelists:''' ''Jennifer Harbury - Angry Tias & Abuelas - Weslaco, TX (Rio Grande Valley); anu jain, Executive Director, City of Pittsburgh Gender Equity Commission; Sharon Lavigne - RISE St.James, St. James, Louisiana, Cancer Alley; Vincenzo Pasquantonio - Founding ED of Human Rights Commision, New Orleans; Randall Taylor –Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & Stop the Station, Pittsburgh; Lorena Quiroz - Immigrant Alliance for Justice & Equity, Jackson, MS; Patricio Rubio-Another Gulf is Possible- Rio Grande Valley, TX; Vickie Casanova Willis – US Human Rights Network; Gabriela Zavala - Resource Center Matamoros - TX/Mexico'' <br />
[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=7065d5c7-a49f-4420-ab35-ace80113d09e '''View recording here'''] <br />
[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/3c/Human_Rights_Council_Briefing_UPR_2021.pdf Download flier]<br />
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*'''Housing, Health and Human Rights: [[Zero Evictions Days 2020 Actions]]<br />
[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Zero_Evictions_Days_2020 Zero Evictions Days 2020]'''<br />
:*'''October 24-November 5''': Learn about how global real estate investors are raising rents and pushing out urban residents around the world--''': [https://watch.eventive.org/argot/play/5f8e3f07d22f3c010b0765c3 View the Film- ''Push'' online].<br />
:*'''Thursday October 29''' 7:00pm Webinar Part 1: Building a Global Movement to Protect the Right to Housing--Dialogue featuring Leilani Farha—former UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing, joined by housing and human rights leaders from Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and New York '''[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=5b09c2ec-e1ff-4781-a4c0-ac64001187ce view recording here.''']<br />
:*'''Thursday November 5''' 7:00PM –Webinar Part 2: ''Movement building for the Human Right to Housing:'' Local organizers from Philadelphia, Atlanta and Pittsburgh discuss ideas for building a powerful cross-city movement for the human right to housing and an end to evictions. [https://pitt.zoom.us/j/95879516551 Zoom meeting link] For more details and speakers see: [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Zero_Evictions_Days_2020 Zero Evictions Days 2020]<br />
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<big>'''Recent Work'''</big> <br />
*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=UPR_Cities_Project '''UPR Cities Project'''] <br />
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<br />
'''Recordings of past webinars'''<br />
*[https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 '''Building a Human Rights Cities Movement Against Structural Racism'''], Thursday July 9, 2020<br />
:Black resistances to dismantle violent police repression in the crux of the pandemic in the United States have inspired a global wave of resistance to both the immediate threats from violent police repression and the wider systemic forces that drive racial inequities and fuel what UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, E. Tendayi Achiume has called “a human rights crisis of existential proportions.” The global community has become activated like never before to demand accountability and transformative changes to address long-standing injustices. This webinar will offer context and clarity to help community leaders and activists learn how global human rights law and institutions can support our movements for fundamental changes in the United States. Participants will learn more about organizing work to hold local and national authorities accountable to global human rights. '''Speakers''': Dominique Day, UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent; Ejim Dike, former Executive Director, [https://www.ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network]; Jamil Dakwar ACLU Human Rights Program Director; Salimah Hankins, Acting Director, US Human Rights Network. Facilitators: Johnaca Dunlap-Ubuntu Institute & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee; Rob Robinson-International Alliance of Inhabitants & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee. [https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 View Recording] [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/f/f9/July_9_Human_Rights_Cities_Vs_Structural_Racism_Flier.pdf Flier]<br />
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*[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=afdd296d-f6ae-4418-9bc4-abd70165354e '''Local & Global Strategies for Advancing the Human Right to Housing.'''] June 11, 2020 (Recording). The Coronavirus pandemic has exposed and deepened the long-standing housing crisis in our communities. At a time when everyone’s health demands that all residents have a safe and stable home, more and more people face housing insecurity and homelessness. How can cities and communities better protect people’s right to adequate housing? This webinar features Julieta Perucca, assistant to the former [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Housing/Pages/HousingIndex.aspx UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing] and currently Deputy Director of global housing rights initiative, [https://www.make-the-shift.org/ The Shift]. Learn about the human right to housing around the world and strategies for using international law and the United Nations to advance housing and other human rights. We’ll hear from leaders in Birmingham and other cities using innovative strategies for keeping people in their homes and expanding affordable housing. City Representatives: Brandon Johnson, Director of the [http://www.peaceandpolicy.com/ Office of Peace and Policy], City of '''Birmingham'''; Daniel Joseph Wiley, [https://ironboundcc.org/ Newark Ironbound Community]; Crystal Jennings, Housing justice organizer with Pittsburgh’s Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & [https://cityofbridgesclt.org/ City of Bridges Community Land Trust]; Timothy Franzen, American Friends Service Committee & Alison Johnston, [https://www.housingjusticeleague.org/ Housing Justice League], Atlanta. ''This forum was hosted in cooperation with the [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Pittsburgh_Human_Rights_City_Alliance Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance], as part of its series, [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Learning_from_COVID-19:Shaping_a_Health_and_Human_Rights_Agenda_for_our_Region Learning from COVID-19: Shaping a Health and Human Rights Agenda for our Region], the [https://www.ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network] and [https://web.law.columbia.edu/human-rights-institute Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute]''<br />
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*'''NEW: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Calls for Greater Coordination with Local Governments & Civil Society'''. In a report to the UN Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights clarifies the important role of local governments in the implementation of international human rights standards, providing reports and recommendations for actions by local and national governments. Many of these recommendations complement the work we are doing in the Human Rights Cities movement and the UPR Cities project. [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/LocalGovernment/Pages/Index.aspx Download Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Local Government and Human Rights]<br/><br />
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===We work to realize human rights by:===<br />
<br />
*Engaging, connecting and mobilizing communities, Peoples, workers, and diverse sectors across issue areas, constituencies, and regions to uphold and defend human rights and hold government accountable;<br />
*Building the capacity and leadership of grassroots groups and individuals to effectively apply the human rights framework in developing strategy and making long-term structural shifts to achieve justice;<br />
*Raising the visibility of local human rights concerns and activism to shape the public discourse locally, nationally, and internationally; and<br />
*Facilitating effective collective action to secure the structural change needed to fully realize human rights.<br />
<br />
===The US Human Rights Network is guided by these core principles:=== <br />
*Human rights are universal, interdependent, indivisible, and inalienable.<br />
*Human rights movements must be led by those most directly affected by human rights violations.<br />
*Human rights advocacy and organizing should prioritize the struggles of the poor and most marginalized groups in society.<br />
*Human rights movements must be inclusive and respect and reflect the diversity within communities.<br />
*Human rights encompass civil, political, economic, social, cultural, environmental, sexual, and development rights for individuals, Peoples, and groups.<br />
<br />
''For a more elaborated version see our: '''[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Statement_of_principles Statement of Principles]'''.''<br />
<br />
===[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=UPR_Cities_Project '''UPR Cities Project and Toolkit''']===<br />
===[[International Human Rights Monitoring]]===<br />
This page links to work by national and international human rights organizers to use international treaties and United Nations human rights review processes to hold local and national officials in the United States accountable to our international human rights obligations.<br />
<br />
===[[Housing is a Human Right!]]===<br />
<br />
===Educational and Outreach Tools===<br />
*[[:file:International_Mechanisms_for_Human_Rights_Cities.pdf|International Human Rights Mechanisms Slide Show]]<br/><br />
*[[:file:Human_Rights_Cities_Movement.pdf|Human Rights Cities Introduction Slide Show]]<br/><br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpGpI4DljdY Video A European Coalition of Local Human Rights Cities in the Making, Utrecht, 12-13 December 2013]-This video illustrates how groups in Europe are engaging similar questions and strategies as we are doing with this US Human Rights Cities Alliance. We are working to expand and deepen conversations between US activists and our counterparts in other parts of the world.<br />
<br />
==='''Reports and Documentation'''===<br />
*2018 [[:file: Greenville_2018_Summary_Report.pdf|Greenville Human Rights Cities Convening-Summary Report]]<br />
*2018 [[:file: DC_Workshop_July_2018_Human_Rights_Cities_in_Todays_Context_DRAFT_NOTES.pdf| Washington DC, July 2018 Convening Summary]]<br />
*2016 [http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/2/23/2016_DC_Human_Rights_City_Gathering_Executive_Summary_Conclusions.pdf Washington DC 2016 Human Rights Cities Convening Report]<br />
**[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Washington_DC_2016_Human_Rights_Cities_Convergence_Documentation Documentation from 2016 DC Convening]<br />
*2015 [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Workshop_Human_Rights_Cities_2015_Making_the_Global_Local Pittsburgh 2015 Initial Convening of Human Rights City Leaders]<br />
*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/a/a4/2017_Steering_Committee_Year_End_Report.pdf US Human Rights Cities Alliance 2017 Annual Report]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=509Main Page2023-05-03T19:20:58Z<p>Humanrightscities: /* EVENTS */</p>
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<div>==US National Human Rights Cities Alliance==<br />
'''About'''<br />
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The U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance works to build a network of local, national, and international human rights leaders and to support activists and organizers advancing the human rights city organizing framework. The Alliance promotes the development and sharing of knowledge and models for improving respect for human rights and dignity. Recognizing that human rights don’t trickle down, they rise up, we support communities organizing and acting together to bring human rights to bear at home, drawing upon global human rights standards, institutions, and movements. Guided by the [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/6/6a/Human_Rights_City_Principles_October_2017.pdf Human Rights Cities Statement of Principles], we promote [https://www.ajamubaraka.com/peoplecentered-human-rights-as-a-framework-for-social-transformation “people-centered human rights”] based in experiences and struggles of marginalized communities. <br />
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'''[[Resources for starting a Human Rights City initiative near you]]'''<br />
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===EVENTS===<br />
<big>'''[[Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit in Atlanta Georgia, May 18-21, 2023]]'''</big>The Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit will take place in downtown Atlanta Georgia from May 18-21. Following the city’s recent passage of a resolution naming Atlanta the newest U.S. Human Rights City, Atlanta civil society and supportive City Council members invite community activists, policy practitioners, legal experts, youth, and municipal leaders to come together to share ideas, lessons, and tools for promoting human rights in cities and communities. Now more than ever, cities need innovative ideas and strategies to address problems of affordable housing, community safety, climate change, racial and gender inequities, and reparatory justice. Learn how cities around the world are using international human rights law and institutions to shape local policies, with powerful impacts at the local level. Plenaries and breakout sessions will provide opportunities to learn, exchange and network. (Register at [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform bit.ly/atlsummit23]).<br />
*Featured plenary speakers include: Leilani Farha, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing and Global Director, The [https://make-the-shift.org/ The Shift-#Right2Housing] & Justin Hansford, Member of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University<br />
'''Co-hosts:''' The Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, American Friends Service Committee-South Region, in cooperation with Atlanta civil society and supportive members of Atlanta City Council.<br />
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:*[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform Sign up here for further information and updates:] (bit.ly/atlsummit23). Email contact: hrc [AT] udayton.edu.<br />
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=Recent Events, Recordings & Documentation=<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iWMWVB9CX8 '''''The African Diaspora Convenes on the World Stage & Calls for Reparatory Justice]'''--Reports from the Inaugural session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent.'' (Recording) In December 2022 the United Nations launched the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (UNPFPAD) as part of the International Decade on People of African Descent (2015-2024). Activists who attended this historic, inaugural meeting of the PFPAD share their observations on how this new body can be a tool for building local and national movements to end white supremacy and advance racial justice. '''Panelists''': ''Lisa Borden'', Senior Policy Counsel, International Advocacy and Policy, Southern Poverty Law Center; ''Charkera Ervin,'' Howard University School of Law/ Movement Lawyering Clinic; ''Efia Nwangaza,'' SNCC Veteran, Civil/Human Rights Attorney, Director Malcolm X Center for Self Determination; ''Tiffany Williams Roberts,'' Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights; ''Gretchen Rohr'', US-Liaison and Global Strategic Litigation Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative. '''Webinar Co-sponsors:''' U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, Ubuntu Institute for Community Development, Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance, Global Studies Center & the Center for African Studies-University of Pittsburgh<br />
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*'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB6nQ23-Rew&t=1989s Using the Human Rights Framework for Racial Justice: A Conversation with Justin Hansford]'''--(Recording-November 18, 2022 by 1Hood Media). ''After Michael Brown’s murder in Ferguson, Missouri, Justin Hansford helped Brown family members bring their appeal for justice to the United Nations [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2598743 See ''Ferguson to Geneva'']. This conversation brings together Black community leaders, advocates, and educators to discuss this effort and understand how we can make use of UN bodies like the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent to promote racial equity and fight white supremacy. What role do our communities play in building global tools to help defend and advance our human rights?'' '''Panelists:''' ''Dr. Rashad Williams'', Assistant Professor of Race and Social Justice in Public Policy, University of Pittsburgh (Host), ''Tiffany Williams Roberts'', Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights (Atlanta) & Steering Committee member, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance; ''Randall Taylor'', Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition<br />
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==Past Event recordings==<br />
*'''Recording: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB6nQ23-Rew&t=1989s Using the Human Rights Framework for Racial Justice: A Conversation with Justin Hansford]*'''--Recorded Friday November 18, 2022/University of Pittsburgh by 1Hood Media. ''After Michael Brown’s murder in Ferguson, Missouri, Justin Hansford helped Brown family members bring their appeal for justice to the United Nations ([https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2598743 Ferguson to Geneva: Using the Human Rights Framework to Push Forward a Vision for Racial Justice in the United States]). This conversation brings together Black community leaders, advocates, and educators to discuss this effort and understand how Professor Hansford sees the law as a tool for social transformation.'' '''Justin Hansford''' is Professor of Law at Howard University, Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, and representative to the new United Nations Permanent Forum of People of African Descent (UNPFPAD). Hansford is a co-author of the forthcoming Seventh Edition of Race, Racism and American Law, and his legal scholarship informs his work to win a posthumous pardon for Marcus Garvey ([https://www.theroot.com/black-history-matters-why-president-obama-should-pardo-1791353849 "Black History Matters: Why President Obama Should Pardon Marcus Garvey,]" The Root). Professor Hansford’s visit to Pittsburgh is part of a “listening tour” he is making in preparation for the inaugural meeting of the UNPFPAD in early December. ''Panelists: '''Dr. Rashad Williams''', Assistant Professor of Race and Social Justice in Public Policy, University of Pittsburgh; '''Tiffany Williams Roberts''', Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights (Atlanta) & Steering Committee member, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance; '''Randall Taylor''', Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition and University of Pittsburgh World History Center Community Fellow''<br />
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===Current Projects===<br />
'''[[Cities Support the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent]]'''-In December 2022 the United Nations launched the first meeting of a new body charged with guiding the UN in work to end racial discrimination and systemic racism and to develop concrete steps and action plans to further reparatory justice. Delegate Justin Hansford sees the Forum as a potential "instrument of liberation" that will require continued struggle by grassroots communities to push forward needed changes. Our Human Rights Cities Alliance is committed to working to support local actions that reinforce the Forum's work and engage cities and municipal officials in its transformative agenda.<br />
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'''CERD Cities 2022: Using International Law to Advance Racial Justice in our Cities''' <br />
''In August 2022, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD Committee) examined the U.S. record of compliance with the [https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/international-convention-elimination-all-forms-racial International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination] (ICERD or CERD). This review saw unprecedented mobilization from U.S. civil society, and their work contributed to a powerful document that can help us call on governments at city and state levels to bring their practices in line with international expectations and obligations. Our work ahead will help "bring CERD home" to our cities and help residents and public officials learn about this important global process.''<br />
*The [https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CERD%2FC%2FUSA%2FCO%2F10-12&Lang=en '''CERD Committee’s Concluding Observations'''] details recommendations that the U.S. government is expected to respond to by November 2025 or earlier (several issues require responses after one year). <br />
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:*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/e/ed/Cities_CERD_Report_2022_Outreach_Version.pdf A Cross-City Report on Obstacles to U.S. Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination & how Human Rights Cities Can be a Remedy] (Outreach version, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance) [https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CERD/Shared%20Documents/USA/INT_CERD_NGO_USA_49303_E.pdf (UN Database version)]<br />
:*[https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CERD/Shared%20Documents/USA/INT_CERD_NGO_USA_49277_E.pdf “An Assault on Our Community”: Racial Discrimination in the Closure and Demolition of the Good Samaritan Hospital by Premier Health Partners in Dayton, Ohio] <br />
:*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/5/5f/CERD_Report_Pittsburgh_2022_Community_outreach_version.pdf Racial Discrimination & Equity in the United States: Evidence from Pittsburgh] (Outreach version) [https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2fCERD%2fNGO%2fUSA%2f49212&Lang=en (UN Database version)]<br />
:*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/5/5c/CERD_Spartanburg_South_Carolina_2022.pdf Racial Discrimination & Equity in the United States: Evidence from Spartanburg, SC compiled by the Ubuntu Institute for Community Development] ([https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2fCERD%2fNGO%2fUSA%2f49333&Lang=en UN Database version])<br />
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:*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P30jUlv2q0g **'''Recording of the U.S. State Department delegation consultation with civil society''' representatives at the U.S. Mission in Geneva, August 10, 2022]: This recording and the supplemental documentation was released following pressure from civil society leaders demanding more transparency in U.S. engagement with UN proceedings like CERD. ‘’*The final 90 minutes of the recording shows voices of impacted community groups standing up to demand time and space in this forum.’’<br />
:*[https://uploads.mwp.mprod.getusinfo.com/uploads/sites/25/2022/09/US-CERD-Supplemental-Response.pdf supplemental submission by the U.S. Government to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination following the U.S. review]: ‘’This document responds to specific questions and concerns raised by the Committee in the review’’ <br />
:*[https://media.un.org/en/asset/k18/k18suarlc1 Aug. 11, 2022 CERD Committee Consultation with the USA] -This 90 Min. session features introductory presentations from the U.S. delegation to CERD, including representatives from the Dept. of Justice, HUD, EPA, and other key agencies. This is followed by questions and analyses from CERD Committee experts, who reviewed U.S. reports and offer follow up questions and assessments of performance. Their assessments are based on input from civil society such as our own shadow reports, and you will see some of the issues we raised addressed in their remarks. The final segment provides brief responses from U.S. officials to the questions raised.<br />
:*[https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1c/k1c08hhq97 Aug. 12, 2022 CERD Committee Consultation with the USA] This session begins with 1 hour of questions from the CERD Committee-addressing, e.g. gun violence, policing and legal system, housing, food and education, child welfare, maternal and reproductive health. <br />
:*[https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=2556&Lang=en Additional documentation from the 107th Session CERD (8 - 30 Aug 2022)]<br />
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==Past Activities==<br />
'''2022 Convening--Organizing for the US Review by Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination''' (hybrid)<br />
'''''[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Schedule_and_zoom_registration Using global human rights to strengthen anti-racism organizing and resist ongoing retrenchment of democracy and human rights]'''''<br />
July 19-21, 2022, Washington DC/ hybrid. Co-Sponsor & Host: [https://thurgoodmarshallcenter.howard.edu/ Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center], Howard University School of Law, Washington DC<br />
*''[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Schedule_and_zoom_registration See detailed program and speakers]'' <br />
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"'''Bringing Human Rights Home: U.S. Cities & the UPR--Thursday March 11, 2021 4:00PM CET (Geneva)/ 10:00AM EST (NYC)'''<br />
'''''46th UN Human Rights Council Side Event--Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Adoption of Final Report on the USA'''' [http://humanrightscities.us US Human Rights Cities Alliance] </br><br />
:U.S. communities aren’t waiting for human rights leadership from Washington: they’re using UPR recommendations to hold local governments accountable to global human rights standards. Community organizers share how they’re using global human rights to change the United States and how international leadership can support this work. '''Panelists:''' ''Jennifer Harbury - Angry Tias & Abuelas - Weslaco, TX (Rio Grande Valley); anu jain, Executive Director, City of Pittsburgh Gender Equity Commission; Sharon Lavigne - RISE St.James, St. James, Louisiana, Cancer Alley; Vincenzo Pasquantonio - Founding ED of Human Rights Commision, New Orleans; Randall Taylor –Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & Stop the Station, Pittsburgh; Lorena Quiroz - Immigrant Alliance for Justice & Equity, Jackson, MS; Patricio Rubio-Another Gulf is Possible- Rio Grande Valley, TX; Vickie Casanova Willis – US Human Rights Network; Gabriela Zavala - Resource Center Matamoros - TX/Mexico'' <br />
[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=7065d5c7-a49f-4420-ab35-ace80113d09e '''View recording here'''] <br />
[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/3c/Human_Rights_Council_Briefing_UPR_2021.pdf Download flier]<br />
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*'''Housing, Health and Human Rights: [[Zero Evictions Days 2020 Actions]]<br />
[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Zero_Evictions_Days_2020 Zero Evictions Days 2020]'''<br />
:*'''October 24-November 5''': Learn about how global real estate investors are raising rents and pushing out urban residents around the world--''': [https://watch.eventive.org/argot/play/5f8e3f07d22f3c010b0765c3 View the Film- ''Push'' online].<br />
:*'''Thursday October 29''' 7:00pm Webinar Part 1: Building a Global Movement to Protect the Right to Housing--Dialogue featuring Leilani Farha—former UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing, joined by housing and human rights leaders from Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and New York '''[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=5b09c2ec-e1ff-4781-a4c0-ac64001187ce view recording here.''']<br />
:*'''Thursday November 5''' 7:00PM –Webinar Part 2: ''Movement building for the Human Right to Housing:'' Local organizers from Philadelphia, Atlanta and Pittsburgh discuss ideas for building a powerful cross-city movement for the human right to housing and an end to evictions. [https://pitt.zoom.us/j/95879516551 Zoom meeting link] For more details and speakers see: [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Zero_Evictions_Days_2020 Zero Evictions Days 2020]<br />
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<big>'''Recent Work'''</big> <br />
*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=UPR_Cities_Project '''UPR Cities Project'''] <br />
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'''Recordings of past webinars'''<br />
*[https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 '''Building a Human Rights Cities Movement Against Structural Racism'''], Thursday July 9, 2020<br />
:Black resistances to dismantle violent police repression in the crux of the pandemic in the United States have inspired a global wave of resistance to both the immediate threats from violent police repression and the wider systemic forces that drive racial inequities and fuel what UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, E. Tendayi Achiume has called “a human rights crisis of existential proportions.” The global community has become activated like never before to demand accountability and transformative changes to address long-standing injustices. This webinar will offer context and clarity to help community leaders and activists learn how global human rights law and institutions can support our movements for fundamental changes in the United States. Participants will learn more about organizing work to hold local and national authorities accountable to global human rights. '''Speakers''': Dominique Day, UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent; Ejim Dike, former Executive Director, [https://www.ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network]; Jamil Dakwar ACLU Human Rights Program Director; Salimah Hankins, Acting Director, US Human Rights Network. Facilitators: Johnaca Dunlap-Ubuntu Institute & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee; Rob Robinson-International Alliance of Inhabitants & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee. [https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 View Recording] [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/f/f9/July_9_Human_Rights_Cities_Vs_Structural_Racism_Flier.pdf Flier]<br />
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*[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=afdd296d-f6ae-4418-9bc4-abd70165354e '''Local & Global Strategies for Advancing the Human Right to Housing.'''] June 11, 2020 (Recording). The Coronavirus pandemic has exposed and deepened the long-standing housing crisis in our communities. At a time when everyone’s health demands that all residents have a safe and stable home, more and more people face housing insecurity and homelessness. How can cities and communities better protect people’s right to adequate housing? This webinar features Julieta Perucca, assistant to the former [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Housing/Pages/HousingIndex.aspx UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing] and currently Deputy Director of global housing rights initiative, [https://www.make-the-shift.org/ The Shift]. Learn about the human right to housing around the world and strategies for using international law and the United Nations to advance housing and other human rights. We’ll hear from leaders in Birmingham and other cities using innovative strategies for keeping people in their homes and expanding affordable housing. City Representatives: Brandon Johnson, Director of the [http://www.peaceandpolicy.com/ Office of Peace and Policy], City of '''Birmingham'''; Daniel Joseph Wiley, [https://ironboundcc.org/ Newark Ironbound Community]; Crystal Jennings, Housing justice organizer with Pittsburgh’s Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & [https://cityofbridgesclt.org/ City of Bridges Community Land Trust]; Timothy Franzen, American Friends Service Committee & Alison Johnston, [https://www.housingjusticeleague.org/ Housing Justice League], Atlanta. ''This forum was hosted in cooperation with the [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Pittsburgh_Human_Rights_City_Alliance Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance], as part of its series, [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Learning_from_COVID-19:Shaping_a_Health_and_Human_Rights_Agenda_for_our_Region Learning from COVID-19: Shaping a Health and Human Rights Agenda for our Region], the [https://www.ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network] and [https://web.law.columbia.edu/human-rights-institute Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute]''<br />
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*'''NEW: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Calls for Greater Coordination with Local Governments & Civil Society'''. In a report to the UN Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights clarifies the important role of local governments in the implementation of international human rights standards, providing reports and recommendations for actions by local and national governments. Many of these recommendations complement the work we are doing in the Human Rights Cities movement and the UPR Cities project. [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/LocalGovernment/Pages/Index.aspx Download Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Local Government and Human Rights]<br/><br />
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===We work to realize human rights by:===<br />
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*Engaging, connecting and mobilizing communities, Peoples, workers, and diverse sectors across issue areas, constituencies, and regions to uphold and defend human rights and hold government accountable;<br />
*Building the capacity and leadership of grassroots groups and individuals to effectively apply the human rights framework in developing strategy and making long-term structural shifts to achieve justice;<br />
*Raising the visibility of local human rights concerns and activism to shape the public discourse locally, nationally, and internationally; and<br />
*Facilitating effective collective action to secure the structural change needed to fully realize human rights.<br />
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===The US Human Rights Network is guided by these core principles:=== <br />
*Human rights are universal, interdependent, indivisible, and inalienable.<br />
*Human rights movements must be led by those most directly affected by human rights violations.<br />
*Human rights advocacy and organizing should prioritize the struggles of the poor and most marginalized groups in society.<br />
*Human rights movements must be inclusive and respect and reflect the diversity within communities.<br />
*Human rights encompass civil, political, economic, social, cultural, environmental, sexual, and development rights for individuals, Peoples, and groups.<br />
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''For a more elaborated version see our: '''[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Statement_of_principles Statement of Principles]'''.''<br />
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===[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=UPR_Cities_Project '''UPR Cities Project and Toolkit''']===<br />
===[[International Human Rights Monitoring]]===<br />
This page links to work by national and international human rights organizers to use international treaties and United Nations human rights review processes to hold local and national officials in the United States accountable to our international human rights obligations.<br />
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===Educational and Outreach Tools===<br />
*[[:file:International_Mechanisms_for_Human_Rights_Cities.pdf|International Human Rights Mechanisms Slide Show]]<br/><br />
*[[:file:Human_Rights_Cities_Movement.pdf|Human Rights Cities Introduction Slide Show]]<br/><br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpGpI4DljdY Video A European Coalition of Local Human Rights Cities in the Making, Utrecht, 12-13 December 2013]-This video illustrates how groups in Europe are engaging similar questions and strategies as we are doing with this US Human Rights Cities Alliance. We are working to expand and deepen conversations between US activists and our counterparts in other parts of the world.<br />
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==='''Reports and Documentation'''===<br />
*2018 [[:file: Greenville_2018_Summary_Report.pdf|Greenville Human Rights Cities Convening-Summary Report]]<br />
*2018 [[:file: DC_Workshop_July_2018_Human_Rights_Cities_in_Todays_Context_DRAFT_NOTES.pdf| Washington DC, July 2018 Convening Summary]]<br />
*2016 [http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/2/23/2016_DC_Human_Rights_City_Gathering_Executive_Summary_Conclusions.pdf Washington DC 2016 Human Rights Cities Convening Report]<br />
**[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Washington_DC_2016_Human_Rights_Cities_Convergence_Documentation Documentation from 2016 DC Convening]<br />
*2015 [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Workshop_Human_Rights_Cities_2015_Making_the_Global_Local Pittsburgh 2015 Initial Convening of Human Rights City Leaders]<br />
*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/a/a4/2017_Steering_Committee_Year_End_Report.pdf US Human Rights Cities Alliance 2017 Annual Report]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=508Main Page2023-04-05T18:29:38Z<p>Humanrightscities: /* Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit in Atlanta Georgia, May 18-21, 2023 */</p>
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<div>==US National Human Rights Cities Alliance==<br />
'''About'''<br />
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The U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance works to build a network of local, national, and international human rights leaders and to support activists and organizers advancing the human rights city organizing framework. The Alliance promotes the development and sharing of knowledge and models for improving respect for human rights and dignity. Recognizing that human rights don’t trickle down, they rise up, we support communities organizing and acting together to bring human rights to bear at home, drawing upon global human rights standards, institutions, and movements. Guided by the [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/6/6a/Human_Rights_City_Principles_October_2017.pdf Human Rights Cities Statement of Principles], we promote [https://www.ajamubaraka.com/peoplecentered-human-rights-as-a-framework-for-social-transformation “people-centered human rights”] based in experiences and struggles of marginalized communities. <br />
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'''[[Resources for starting a Human Rights City initiative near you]]'''<br />
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===EVENTS===<br />
:''We believe that cities can lead the way to a more people-centered politics that will generate lasting solutions to deep-seated problems of structural racism, housing and food insecurity, gender discrimination, climate change, and other injustices. We call on community and municipal leaders, policy practitioners, and others ready to help make our cities places where everyone can thrive to join us in Atlanta May 18-21.''<br />
<big>'''[[Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit in Atlanta Georgia, May 18-21, 2023]]'''</big><br />
The Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit will take place in downtown Atlanta Georgia from May 18-21. Following the city’s recent passage of a resolution naming Atlanta the newest U.S. Human Rights City, Atlanta civil society and supportive City Council members invite community activists, policy practitioners, legal experts, youth, and municipal leaders to come together to share ideas, lessons, and tools for promoting human rights in cities and communities. Now more than ever, cities need innovative ideas and strategies to address problems of affordable housing, community safety, climate change, racial and gender inequities, and reparatory justice. Learn how cities around the world are using international human rights law and institutions to shape local policies, with powerful impacts at the local level. Plenaries and breakout sessions will provide opportunities to learn, exchange and network. (Register at [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform bit.ly/atlsummit23]).<br />
*Featured plenary speakers include: Leilani Farha, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing and Global Director, The [https://make-the-shift.org/ The Shift-#Right2Housing] & Justin Hansford, Member of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University<br />
'''Co-hosts:''' The Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, American Friends Service Committee-South Region, in cooperation with Atlanta civil society and supportive members of Atlanta City Council.<br />
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:*[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform Sign up here for further information and updates:] (bit.ly/atlsummit23). Email contact: hrc [AT] udayton.edu.<br />
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=Recent Events, Recordings & Documentation=<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iWMWVB9CX8 '''''The African Diaspora Convenes on the World Stage & Calls for Reparatory Justice]'''--Reports from the Inaugural session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent.'' (Recording) In December 2022 the United Nations launched the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (UNPFPAD) as part of the International Decade on People of African Descent (2015-2024). Activists who attended this historic, inaugural meeting of the PFPAD share their observations on how this new body can be a tool for building local and national movements to end white supremacy and advance racial justice. '''Panelists''': ''Lisa Borden'', Senior Policy Counsel, International Advocacy and Policy, Southern Poverty Law Center; ''Charkera Ervin,'' Howard University School of Law/ Movement Lawyering Clinic; ''Efia Nwangaza,'' SNCC Veteran, Civil/Human Rights Attorney, Director Malcolm X Center for Self Determination; ''Tiffany Williams Roberts,'' Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights; ''Gretchen Rohr'', US-Liaison and Global Strategic Litigation Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative. '''Webinar Co-sponsors:''' U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, Ubuntu Institute for Community Development, Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance, Global Studies Center & the Center for African Studies-University of Pittsburgh<br />
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*'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB6nQ23-Rew&t=1989s Using the Human Rights Framework for Racial Justice: A Conversation with Justin Hansford]'''--(Recording-November 18, 2022 by 1Hood Media). ''After Michael Brown’s murder in Ferguson, Missouri, Justin Hansford helped Brown family members bring their appeal for justice to the United Nations [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2598743 See ''Ferguson to Geneva'']. This conversation brings together Black community leaders, advocates, and educators to discuss this effort and understand how we can make use of UN bodies like the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent to promote racial equity and fight white supremacy. What role do our communities play in building global tools to help defend and advance our human rights?'' '''Panelists:''' ''Dr. Rashad Williams'', Assistant Professor of Race and Social Justice in Public Policy, University of Pittsburgh (Host), ''Tiffany Williams Roberts'', Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights (Atlanta) & Steering Committee member, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance; ''Randall Taylor'', Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition<br />
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==Past Event recordings==<br />
*'''Recording: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB6nQ23-Rew&t=1989s Using the Human Rights Framework for Racial Justice: A Conversation with Justin Hansford]*'''--Recorded Friday November 18, 2022/University of Pittsburgh by 1Hood Media. ''After Michael Brown’s murder in Ferguson, Missouri, Justin Hansford helped Brown family members bring their appeal for justice to the United Nations ([https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2598743 Ferguson to Geneva: Using the Human Rights Framework to Push Forward a Vision for Racial Justice in the United States]). This conversation brings together Black community leaders, advocates, and educators to discuss this effort and understand how Professor Hansford sees the law as a tool for social transformation.'' '''Justin Hansford''' is Professor of Law at Howard University, Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, and representative to the new United Nations Permanent Forum of People of African Descent (UNPFPAD). Hansford is a co-author of the forthcoming Seventh Edition of Race, Racism and American Law, and his legal scholarship informs his work to win a posthumous pardon for Marcus Garvey ([https://www.theroot.com/black-history-matters-why-president-obama-should-pardo-1791353849 "Black History Matters: Why President Obama Should Pardon Marcus Garvey,]" The Root). Professor Hansford’s visit to Pittsburgh is part of a “listening tour” he is making in preparation for the inaugural meeting of the UNPFPAD in early December. ''Panelists: '''Dr. Rashad Williams''', Assistant Professor of Race and Social Justice in Public Policy, University of Pittsburgh; '''Tiffany Williams Roberts''', Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights (Atlanta) & Steering Committee member, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance; '''Randall Taylor''', Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition and University of Pittsburgh World History Center Community Fellow''<br />
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===Current Projects===<br />
'''[[Cities Support the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent]]'''-In December 2022 the United Nations launched the first meeting of a new body charged with guiding the UN in work to end racial discrimination and systemic racism and to develop concrete steps and action plans to further reparatory justice. Delegate Justin Hansford sees the Forum as a potential "instrument of liberation" that will require continued struggle by grassroots communities to push forward needed changes. Our Human Rights Cities Alliance is committed to working to support local actions that reinforce the Forum's work and engage cities and municipal officials in its transformative agenda.<br />
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'''CERD Cities 2022: Using International Law to Advance Racial Justice in our Cities''' <br />
''In August 2022, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD Committee) examined the U.S. record of compliance with the [https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/international-convention-elimination-all-forms-racial International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination] (ICERD or CERD). This review saw unprecedented mobilization from U.S. civil society, and their work contributed to a powerful document that can help us call on governments at city and state levels to bring their practices in line with international expectations and obligations. Our work ahead will help "bring CERD home" to our cities and help residents and public officials learn about this important global process.''<br />
*The [https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CERD%2FC%2FUSA%2FCO%2F10-12&Lang=en '''CERD Committee’s Concluding Observations'''] details recommendations that the U.S. government is expected to respond to by November 2025 or earlier (several issues require responses after one year). <br />
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'''City Shadow Reports & Related documentation'''<br />
:*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/e/ed/Cities_CERD_Report_2022_Outreach_Version.pdf A Cross-City Report on Obstacles to U.S. Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination & how Human Rights Cities Can be a Remedy] (Outreach version, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance) [https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CERD/Shared%20Documents/USA/INT_CERD_NGO_USA_49303_E.pdf (UN Database version)]<br />
:*[https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CERD/Shared%20Documents/USA/INT_CERD_NGO_USA_49277_E.pdf “An Assault on Our Community”: Racial Discrimination in the Closure and Demolition of the Good Samaritan Hospital by Premier Health Partners in Dayton, Ohio] <br />
:*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/5/5f/CERD_Report_Pittsburgh_2022_Community_outreach_version.pdf Racial Discrimination & Equity in the United States: Evidence from Pittsburgh] (Outreach version) [https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2fCERD%2fNGO%2fUSA%2f49212&Lang=en (UN Database version)]<br />
:*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/5/5c/CERD_Spartanburg_South_Carolina_2022.pdf Racial Discrimination & Equity in the United States: Evidence from Spartanburg, SC compiled by the Ubuntu Institute for Community Development] ([https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2fCERD%2fNGO%2fUSA%2f49333&Lang=en UN Database version])<br />
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:*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P30jUlv2q0g **'''Recording of the U.S. State Department delegation consultation with civil society''' representatives at the U.S. Mission in Geneva, August 10, 2022]: This recording and the supplemental documentation was released following pressure from civil society leaders demanding more transparency in U.S. engagement with UN proceedings like CERD. ‘’*The final 90 minutes of the recording shows voices of impacted community groups standing up to demand time and space in this forum.’’<br />
:*[https://uploads.mwp.mprod.getusinfo.com/uploads/sites/25/2022/09/US-CERD-Supplemental-Response.pdf supplemental submission by the U.S. Government to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination following the U.S. review]: ‘’This document responds to specific questions and concerns raised by the Committee in the review’’ <br />
:*[https://media.un.org/en/asset/k18/k18suarlc1 Aug. 11, 2022 CERD Committee Consultation with the USA] -This 90 Min. session features introductory presentations from the U.S. delegation to CERD, including representatives from the Dept. of Justice, HUD, EPA, and other key agencies. This is followed by questions and analyses from CERD Committee experts, who reviewed U.S. reports and offer follow up questions and assessments of performance. Their assessments are based on input from civil society such as our own shadow reports, and you will see some of the issues we raised addressed in their remarks. The final segment provides brief responses from U.S. officials to the questions raised.<br />
:*[https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1c/k1c08hhq97 Aug. 12, 2022 CERD Committee Consultation with the USA] This session begins with 1 hour of questions from the CERD Committee-addressing, e.g. gun violence, policing and legal system, housing, food and education, child welfare, maternal and reproductive health. <br />
:*[https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=2556&Lang=en Additional documentation from the 107th Session CERD (8 - 30 Aug 2022)]<br />
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==Past Activities==<br />
'''2022 Convening--Organizing for the US Review by Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination''' (hybrid)<br />
'''''[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Schedule_and_zoom_registration Using global human rights to strengthen anti-racism organizing and resist ongoing retrenchment of democracy and human rights]'''''<br />
July 19-21, 2022, Washington DC/ hybrid. Co-Sponsor & Host: [https://thurgoodmarshallcenter.howard.edu/ Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center], Howard University School of Law, Washington DC<br />
*''[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Schedule_and_zoom_registration See detailed program and speakers]'' <br />
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"'''Bringing Human Rights Home: U.S. Cities & the UPR--Thursday March 11, 2021 4:00PM CET (Geneva)/ 10:00AM EST (NYC)'''<br />
'''''46th UN Human Rights Council Side Event--Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Adoption of Final Report on the USA'''' [http://humanrightscities.us US Human Rights Cities Alliance] </br><br />
:U.S. communities aren’t waiting for human rights leadership from Washington: they’re using UPR recommendations to hold local governments accountable to global human rights standards. Community organizers share how they’re using global human rights to change the United States and how international leadership can support this work. '''Panelists:''' ''Jennifer Harbury - Angry Tias & Abuelas - Weslaco, TX (Rio Grande Valley); anu jain, Executive Director, City of Pittsburgh Gender Equity Commission; Sharon Lavigne - RISE St.James, St. James, Louisiana, Cancer Alley; Vincenzo Pasquantonio - Founding ED of Human Rights Commision, New Orleans; Randall Taylor –Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & Stop the Station, Pittsburgh; Lorena Quiroz - Immigrant Alliance for Justice & Equity, Jackson, MS; Patricio Rubio-Another Gulf is Possible- Rio Grande Valley, TX; Vickie Casanova Willis – US Human Rights Network; Gabriela Zavala - Resource Center Matamoros - TX/Mexico'' <br />
[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=7065d5c7-a49f-4420-ab35-ace80113d09e '''View recording here'''] <br />
[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/3c/Human_Rights_Council_Briefing_UPR_2021.pdf Download flier]<br />
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*'''Housing, Health and Human Rights: [[Zero Evictions Days 2020 Actions]]<br />
[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Zero_Evictions_Days_2020 Zero Evictions Days 2020]'''<br />
:*'''October 24-November 5''': Learn about how global real estate investors are raising rents and pushing out urban residents around the world--''': [https://watch.eventive.org/argot/play/5f8e3f07d22f3c010b0765c3 View the Film- ''Push'' online].<br />
:*'''Thursday October 29''' 7:00pm Webinar Part 1: Building a Global Movement to Protect the Right to Housing--Dialogue featuring Leilani Farha—former UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing, joined by housing and human rights leaders from Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and New York '''[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=5b09c2ec-e1ff-4781-a4c0-ac64001187ce view recording here.''']<br />
:*'''Thursday November 5''' 7:00PM –Webinar Part 2: ''Movement building for the Human Right to Housing:'' Local organizers from Philadelphia, Atlanta and Pittsburgh discuss ideas for building a powerful cross-city movement for the human right to housing and an end to evictions. [https://pitt.zoom.us/j/95879516551 Zoom meeting link] For more details and speakers see: [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Zero_Evictions_Days_2020 Zero Evictions Days 2020]<br />
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<big>'''Recent Work'''</big> <br />
*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=UPR_Cities_Project '''UPR Cities Project'''] <br />
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'''Recordings of past webinars'''<br />
*[https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 '''Building a Human Rights Cities Movement Against Structural Racism'''], Thursday July 9, 2020<br />
:Black resistances to dismantle violent police repression in the crux of the pandemic in the United States have inspired a global wave of resistance to both the immediate threats from violent police repression and the wider systemic forces that drive racial inequities and fuel what UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, E. Tendayi Achiume has called “a human rights crisis of existential proportions.” The global community has become activated like never before to demand accountability and transformative changes to address long-standing injustices. This webinar will offer context and clarity to help community leaders and activists learn how global human rights law and institutions can support our movements for fundamental changes in the United States. Participants will learn more about organizing work to hold local and national authorities accountable to global human rights. '''Speakers''': Dominique Day, UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent; Ejim Dike, former Executive Director, [https://www.ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network]; Jamil Dakwar ACLU Human Rights Program Director; Salimah Hankins, Acting Director, US Human Rights Network. Facilitators: Johnaca Dunlap-Ubuntu Institute & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee; Rob Robinson-International Alliance of Inhabitants & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee. [https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 View Recording] [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/f/f9/July_9_Human_Rights_Cities_Vs_Structural_Racism_Flier.pdf Flier]<br />
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*[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=afdd296d-f6ae-4418-9bc4-abd70165354e '''Local & Global Strategies for Advancing the Human Right to Housing.'''] June 11, 2020 (Recording). The Coronavirus pandemic has exposed and deepened the long-standing housing crisis in our communities. At a time when everyone’s health demands that all residents have a safe and stable home, more and more people face housing insecurity and homelessness. How can cities and communities better protect people’s right to adequate housing? This webinar features Julieta Perucca, assistant to the former [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Housing/Pages/HousingIndex.aspx UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing] and currently Deputy Director of global housing rights initiative, [https://www.make-the-shift.org/ The Shift]. Learn about the human right to housing around the world and strategies for using international law and the United Nations to advance housing and other human rights. We’ll hear from leaders in Birmingham and other cities using innovative strategies for keeping people in their homes and expanding affordable housing. City Representatives: Brandon Johnson, Director of the [http://www.peaceandpolicy.com/ Office of Peace and Policy], City of '''Birmingham'''; Daniel Joseph Wiley, [https://ironboundcc.org/ Newark Ironbound Community]; Crystal Jennings, Housing justice organizer with Pittsburgh’s Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & [https://cityofbridgesclt.org/ City of Bridges Community Land Trust]; Timothy Franzen, American Friends Service Committee & Alison Johnston, [https://www.housingjusticeleague.org/ Housing Justice League], Atlanta. ''This forum was hosted in cooperation with the [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Pittsburgh_Human_Rights_City_Alliance Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance], as part of its series, [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Learning_from_COVID-19:Shaping_a_Health_and_Human_Rights_Agenda_for_our_Region Learning from COVID-19: Shaping a Health and Human Rights Agenda for our Region], the [https://www.ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network] and [https://web.law.columbia.edu/human-rights-institute Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute]''<br />
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*'''NEW: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Calls for Greater Coordination with Local Governments & Civil Society'''. In a report to the UN Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights clarifies the important role of local governments in the implementation of international human rights standards, providing reports and recommendations for actions by local and national governments. Many of these recommendations complement the work we are doing in the Human Rights Cities movement and the UPR Cities project. [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/LocalGovernment/Pages/Index.aspx Download Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Local Government and Human Rights]<br/><br />
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===We work to realize human rights by:===<br />
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*Engaging, connecting and mobilizing communities, Peoples, workers, and diverse sectors across issue areas, constituencies, and regions to uphold and defend human rights and hold government accountable;<br />
*Building the capacity and leadership of grassroots groups and individuals to effectively apply the human rights framework in developing strategy and making long-term structural shifts to achieve justice;<br />
*Raising the visibility of local human rights concerns and activism to shape the public discourse locally, nationally, and internationally; and<br />
*Facilitating effective collective action to secure the structural change needed to fully realize human rights.<br />
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===The US Human Rights Network is guided by these core principles:=== <br />
*Human rights are universal, interdependent, indivisible, and inalienable.<br />
*Human rights movements must be led by those most directly affected by human rights violations.<br />
*Human rights advocacy and organizing should prioritize the struggles of the poor and most marginalized groups in society.<br />
*Human rights movements must be inclusive and respect and reflect the diversity within communities.<br />
*Human rights encompass civil, political, economic, social, cultural, environmental, sexual, and development rights for individuals, Peoples, and groups.<br />
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''For a more elaborated version see our: '''[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Statement_of_principles Statement of Principles]'''.''<br />
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===[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=UPR_Cities_Project '''UPR Cities Project and Toolkit''']===<br />
===[[International Human Rights Monitoring]]===<br />
This page links to work by national and international human rights organizers to use international treaties and United Nations human rights review processes to hold local and national officials in the United States accountable to our international human rights obligations.<br />
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===[[Housing is a Human Right!]]===<br />
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===Educational and Outreach Tools===<br />
*[[:file:International_Mechanisms_for_Human_Rights_Cities.pdf|International Human Rights Mechanisms Slide Show]]<br/><br />
*[[:file:Human_Rights_Cities_Movement.pdf|Human Rights Cities Introduction Slide Show]]<br/><br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpGpI4DljdY Video A European Coalition of Local Human Rights Cities in the Making, Utrecht, 12-13 December 2013]-This video illustrates how groups in Europe are engaging similar questions and strategies as we are doing with this US Human Rights Cities Alliance. We are working to expand and deepen conversations between US activists and our counterparts in other parts of the world.<br />
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==='''Reports and Documentation'''===<br />
*2018 [[:file: Greenville_2018_Summary_Report.pdf|Greenville Human Rights Cities Convening-Summary Report]]<br />
*2018 [[:file: DC_Workshop_July_2018_Human_Rights_Cities_in_Todays_Context_DRAFT_NOTES.pdf| Washington DC, July 2018 Convening Summary]]<br />
*2016 [http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/2/23/2016_DC_Human_Rights_City_Gathering_Executive_Summary_Conclusions.pdf Washington DC 2016 Human Rights Cities Convening Report]<br />
**[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Washington_DC_2016_Human_Rights_Cities_Convergence_Documentation Documentation from 2016 DC Convening]<br />
*2015 [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Workshop_Human_Rights_Cities_2015_Making_the_Global_Local Pittsburgh 2015 Initial Convening of Human Rights City Leaders]<br />
*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/a/a4/2017_Steering_Committee_Year_End_Report.pdf US Human Rights Cities Alliance 2017 Annual Report]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=507Main Page2023-04-05T18:29:02Z<p>Humanrightscities: /* Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit in Atlanta Georgia, May 18-21, 2023 */</p>
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<div>==US National Human Rights Cities Alliance==<br />
'''About'''<br />
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The U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance works to build a network of local, national, and international human rights leaders and to support activists and organizers advancing the human rights city organizing framework. The Alliance promotes the development and sharing of knowledge and models for improving respect for human rights and dignity. Recognizing that human rights don’t trickle down, they rise up, we support communities organizing and acting together to bring human rights to bear at home, drawing upon global human rights standards, institutions, and movements. Guided by the [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/6/6a/Human_Rights_City_Principles_October_2017.pdf Human Rights Cities Statement of Principles], we promote [https://www.ajamubaraka.com/peoplecentered-human-rights-as-a-framework-for-social-transformation “people-centered human rights”] based in experiences and struggles of marginalized communities. <br />
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'''[[Resources for starting a Human Rights City initiative near you]]'''<br />
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===EVENTS===<br />
:''We believe that cities can lead the way to a more people-centered politics that will generate lasting solutions to deep-seated problems of structural racism, housing and food insecurity, gender discrimination, climate change, and other injustices. We call on community and municipal leaders, policy practitioners, and others ready to help make our cities places where everyone can thrive to join us in Atlanta May 18-21.''<br />
===== '''[[Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit in Atlanta Georgia, May 18-21, 2023]]''' =====<br />
The Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit will take place in downtown Atlanta Georgia from May 18-21. Following the city’s recent passage of a resolution naming Atlanta the newest U.S. Human Rights City, Atlanta civil society and supportive City Council members invite community activists, policy practitioners, legal experts, youth, and municipal leaders to come together to share ideas, lessons, and tools for promoting human rights in cities and communities. Now more than ever, cities need innovative ideas and strategies to address problems of affordable housing, community safety, climate change, racial and gender inequities, and reparatory justice. Learn how cities around the world are using international human rights law and institutions to shape local policies, with powerful impacts at the local level. Plenaries and breakout sessions will provide opportunities to learn, exchange and network. (Register at [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform bit.ly/atlsummit23]).<br />
*Featured plenary speakers include: Leilani Farha, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing and Global Director, The [https://make-the-shift.org/ The Shift-#Right2Housing] & Justin Hansford, Member of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University<br />
'''Co-hosts:''' The Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, American Friends Service Committee-South Region, in cooperation with Atlanta civil society and supportive members of Atlanta City Council.<br />
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:*[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform Sign up here for further information and updates:] (bit.ly/atlsummit23). Email contact: hrc [AT] udayton.edu.<br />
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=Recent Events, Recordings & Documentation=<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iWMWVB9CX8 '''''The African Diaspora Convenes on the World Stage & Calls for Reparatory Justice]'''--Reports from the Inaugural session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent.'' (Recording) In December 2022 the United Nations launched the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (UNPFPAD) as part of the International Decade on People of African Descent (2015-2024). Activists who attended this historic, inaugural meeting of the PFPAD share their observations on how this new body can be a tool for building local and national movements to end white supremacy and advance racial justice. '''Panelists''': ''Lisa Borden'', Senior Policy Counsel, International Advocacy and Policy, Southern Poverty Law Center; ''Charkera Ervin,'' Howard University School of Law/ Movement Lawyering Clinic; ''Efia Nwangaza,'' SNCC Veteran, Civil/Human Rights Attorney, Director Malcolm X Center for Self Determination; ''Tiffany Williams Roberts,'' Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights; ''Gretchen Rohr'', US-Liaison and Global Strategic Litigation Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative. '''Webinar Co-sponsors:''' U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, Ubuntu Institute for Community Development, Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance, Global Studies Center & the Center for African Studies-University of Pittsburgh<br />
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*'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB6nQ23-Rew&t=1989s Using the Human Rights Framework for Racial Justice: A Conversation with Justin Hansford]'''--(Recording-November 18, 2022 by 1Hood Media). ''After Michael Brown’s murder in Ferguson, Missouri, Justin Hansford helped Brown family members bring their appeal for justice to the United Nations [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2598743 See ''Ferguson to Geneva'']. This conversation brings together Black community leaders, advocates, and educators to discuss this effort and understand how we can make use of UN bodies like the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent to promote racial equity and fight white supremacy. What role do our communities play in building global tools to help defend and advance our human rights?'' '''Panelists:''' ''Dr. Rashad Williams'', Assistant Professor of Race and Social Justice in Public Policy, University of Pittsburgh (Host), ''Tiffany Williams Roberts'', Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights (Atlanta) & Steering Committee member, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance; ''Randall Taylor'', Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition<br />
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==Past Event recordings==<br />
*'''Recording: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB6nQ23-Rew&t=1989s Using the Human Rights Framework for Racial Justice: A Conversation with Justin Hansford]*'''--Recorded Friday November 18, 2022/University of Pittsburgh by 1Hood Media. ''After Michael Brown’s murder in Ferguson, Missouri, Justin Hansford helped Brown family members bring their appeal for justice to the United Nations ([https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2598743 Ferguson to Geneva: Using the Human Rights Framework to Push Forward a Vision for Racial Justice in the United States]). This conversation brings together Black community leaders, advocates, and educators to discuss this effort and understand how Professor Hansford sees the law as a tool for social transformation.'' '''Justin Hansford''' is Professor of Law at Howard University, Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, and representative to the new United Nations Permanent Forum of People of African Descent (UNPFPAD). Hansford is a co-author of the forthcoming Seventh Edition of Race, Racism and American Law, and his legal scholarship informs his work to win a posthumous pardon for Marcus Garvey ([https://www.theroot.com/black-history-matters-why-president-obama-should-pardo-1791353849 "Black History Matters: Why President Obama Should Pardon Marcus Garvey,]" The Root). Professor Hansford’s visit to Pittsburgh is part of a “listening tour” he is making in preparation for the inaugural meeting of the UNPFPAD in early December. ''Panelists: '''Dr. Rashad Williams''', Assistant Professor of Race and Social Justice in Public Policy, University of Pittsburgh; '''Tiffany Williams Roberts''', Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights (Atlanta) & Steering Committee member, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance; '''Randall Taylor''', Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition and University of Pittsburgh World History Center Community Fellow''<br />
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===Current Projects===<br />
'''[[Cities Support the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent]]'''-In December 2022 the United Nations launched the first meeting of a new body charged with guiding the UN in work to end racial discrimination and systemic racism and to develop concrete steps and action plans to further reparatory justice. Delegate Justin Hansford sees the Forum as a potential "instrument of liberation" that will require continued struggle by grassroots communities to push forward needed changes. Our Human Rights Cities Alliance is committed to working to support local actions that reinforce the Forum's work and engage cities and municipal officials in its transformative agenda.<br />
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'''CERD Cities 2022: Using International Law to Advance Racial Justice in our Cities''' <br />
''In August 2022, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD Committee) examined the U.S. record of compliance with the [https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/international-convention-elimination-all-forms-racial International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination] (ICERD or CERD). This review saw unprecedented mobilization from U.S. civil society, and their work contributed to a powerful document that can help us call on governments at city and state levels to bring their practices in line with international expectations and obligations. Our work ahead will help "bring CERD home" to our cities and help residents and public officials learn about this important global process.''<br />
*The [https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CERD%2FC%2FUSA%2FCO%2F10-12&Lang=en '''CERD Committee’s Concluding Observations'''] details recommendations that the U.S. government is expected to respond to by November 2025 or earlier (several issues require responses after one year). <br />
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'''City Shadow Reports & Related documentation'''<br />
:*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/e/ed/Cities_CERD_Report_2022_Outreach_Version.pdf A Cross-City Report on Obstacles to U.S. Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination & how Human Rights Cities Can be a Remedy] (Outreach version, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance) [https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CERD/Shared%20Documents/USA/INT_CERD_NGO_USA_49303_E.pdf (UN Database version)]<br />
:*[https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CERD/Shared%20Documents/USA/INT_CERD_NGO_USA_49277_E.pdf “An Assault on Our Community”: Racial Discrimination in the Closure and Demolition of the Good Samaritan Hospital by Premier Health Partners in Dayton, Ohio] <br />
:*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/5/5f/CERD_Report_Pittsburgh_2022_Community_outreach_version.pdf Racial Discrimination & Equity in the United States: Evidence from Pittsburgh] (Outreach version) [https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2fCERD%2fNGO%2fUSA%2f49212&Lang=en (UN Database version)]<br />
:*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/5/5c/CERD_Spartanburg_South_Carolina_2022.pdf Racial Discrimination & Equity in the United States: Evidence from Spartanburg, SC compiled by the Ubuntu Institute for Community Development] ([https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2fCERD%2fNGO%2fUSA%2f49333&Lang=en UN Database version])<br />
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:*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P30jUlv2q0g **'''Recording of the U.S. State Department delegation consultation with civil society''' representatives at the U.S. Mission in Geneva, August 10, 2022]: This recording and the supplemental documentation was released following pressure from civil society leaders demanding more transparency in U.S. engagement with UN proceedings like CERD. ‘’*The final 90 minutes of the recording shows voices of impacted community groups standing up to demand time and space in this forum.’’<br />
:*[https://uploads.mwp.mprod.getusinfo.com/uploads/sites/25/2022/09/US-CERD-Supplemental-Response.pdf supplemental submission by the U.S. Government to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination following the U.S. review]: ‘’This document responds to specific questions and concerns raised by the Committee in the review’’ <br />
:*[https://media.un.org/en/asset/k18/k18suarlc1 Aug. 11, 2022 CERD Committee Consultation with the USA] -This 90 Min. session features introductory presentations from the U.S. delegation to CERD, including representatives from the Dept. of Justice, HUD, EPA, and other key agencies. This is followed by questions and analyses from CERD Committee experts, who reviewed U.S. reports and offer follow up questions and assessments of performance. Their assessments are based on input from civil society such as our own shadow reports, and you will see some of the issues we raised addressed in their remarks. The final segment provides brief responses from U.S. officials to the questions raised.<br />
:*[https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1c/k1c08hhq97 Aug. 12, 2022 CERD Committee Consultation with the USA] This session begins with 1 hour of questions from the CERD Committee-addressing, e.g. gun violence, policing and legal system, housing, food and education, child welfare, maternal and reproductive health. <br />
:*[https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=2556&Lang=en Additional documentation from the 107th Session CERD (8 - 30 Aug 2022)]<br />
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==Past Activities==<br />
'''2022 Convening--Organizing for the US Review by Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination''' (hybrid)<br />
'''''[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Schedule_and_zoom_registration Using global human rights to strengthen anti-racism organizing and resist ongoing retrenchment of democracy and human rights]'''''<br />
July 19-21, 2022, Washington DC/ hybrid. Co-Sponsor & Host: [https://thurgoodmarshallcenter.howard.edu/ Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center], Howard University School of Law, Washington DC<br />
*''[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Schedule_and_zoom_registration See detailed program and speakers]'' <br />
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"'''Bringing Human Rights Home: U.S. Cities & the UPR--Thursday March 11, 2021 4:00PM CET (Geneva)/ 10:00AM EST (NYC)'''<br />
'''''46th UN Human Rights Council Side Event--Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Adoption of Final Report on the USA'''' [http://humanrightscities.us US Human Rights Cities Alliance] </br><br />
:U.S. communities aren’t waiting for human rights leadership from Washington: they’re using UPR recommendations to hold local governments accountable to global human rights standards. Community organizers share how they’re using global human rights to change the United States and how international leadership can support this work. '''Panelists:''' ''Jennifer Harbury - Angry Tias & Abuelas - Weslaco, TX (Rio Grande Valley); anu jain, Executive Director, City of Pittsburgh Gender Equity Commission; Sharon Lavigne - RISE St.James, St. James, Louisiana, Cancer Alley; Vincenzo Pasquantonio - Founding ED of Human Rights Commision, New Orleans; Randall Taylor –Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & Stop the Station, Pittsburgh; Lorena Quiroz - Immigrant Alliance for Justice & Equity, Jackson, MS; Patricio Rubio-Another Gulf is Possible- Rio Grande Valley, TX; Vickie Casanova Willis – US Human Rights Network; Gabriela Zavala - Resource Center Matamoros - TX/Mexico'' <br />
[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=7065d5c7-a49f-4420-ab35-ace80113d09e '''View recording here'''] <br />
[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/3c/Human_Rights_Council_Briefing_UPR_2021.pdf Download flier]<br />
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*'''Housing, Health and Human Rights: [[Zero Evictions Days 2020 Actions]]<br />
[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Zero_Evictions_Days_2020 Zero Evictions Days 2020]'''<br />
:*'''October 24-November 5''': Learn about how global real estate investors are raising rents and pushing out urban residents around the world--''': [https://watch.eventive.org/argot/play/5f8e3f07d22f3c010b0765c3 View the Film- ''Push'' online].<br />
:*'''Thursday October 29''' 7:00pm Webinar Part 1: Building a Global Movement to Protect the Right to Housing--Dialogue featuring Leilani Farha—former UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing, joined by housing and human rights leaders from Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and New York '''[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=5b09c2ec-e1ff-4781-a4c0-ac64001187ce view recording here.''']<br />
:*'''Thursday November 5''' 7:00PM –Webinar Part 2: ''Movement building for the Human Right to Housing:'' Local organizers from Philadelphia, Atlanta and Pittsburgh discuss ideas for building a powerful cross-city movement for the human right to housing and an end to evictions. [https://pitt.zoom.us/j/95879516551 Zoom meeting link] For more details and speakers see: [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Zero_Evictions_Days_2020 Zero Evictions Days 2020]<br />
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<big>'''Recent Work'''</big> <br />
*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=UPR_Cities_Project '''UPR Cities Project'''] <br />
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'''Recordings of past webinars'''<br />
*[https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 '''Building a Human Rights Cities Movement Against Structural Racism'''], Thursday July 9, 2020<br />
:Black resistances to dismantle violent police repression in the crux of the pandemic in the United States have inspired a global wave of resistance to both the immediate threats from violent police repression and the wider systemic forces that drive racial inequities and fuel what UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, E. Tendayi Achiume has called “a human rights crisis of existential proportions.” The global community has become activated like never before to demand accountability and transformative changes to address long-standing injustices. This webinar will offer context and clarity to help community leaders and activists learn how global human rights law and institutions can support our movements for fundamental changes in the United States. Participants will learn more about organizing work to hold local and national authorities accountable to global human rights. '''Speakers''': Dominique Day, UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent; Ejim Dike, former Executive Director, [https://www.ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network]; Jamil Dakwar ACLU Human Rights Program Director; Salimah Hankins, Acting Director, US Human Rights Network. Facilitators: Johnaca Dunlap-Ubuntu Institute & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee; Rob Robinson-International Alliance of Inhabitants & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee. [https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 View Recording] [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/f/f9/July_9_Human_Rights_Cities_Vs_Structural_Racism_Flier.pdf Flier]<br />
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*[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=afdd296d-f6ae-4418-9bc4-abd70165354e '''Local & Global Strategies for Advancing the Human Right to Housing.'''] June 11, 2020 (Recording). The Coronavirus pandemic has exposed and deepened the long-standing housing crisis in our communities. At a time when everyone’s health demands that all residents have a safe and stable home, more and more people face housing insecurity and homelessness. How can cities and communities better protect people’s right to adequate housing? This webinar features Julieta Perucca, assistant to the former [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Housing/Pages/HousingIndex.aspx UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing] and currently Deputy Director of global housing rights initiative, [https://www.make-the-shift.org/ The Shift]. Learn about the human right to housing around the world and strategies for using international law and the United Nations to advance housing and other human rights. We’ll hear from leaders in Birmingham and other cities using innovative strategies for keeping people in their homes and expanding affordable housing. City Representatives: Brandon Johnson, Director of the [http://www.peaceandpolicy.com/ Office of Peace and Policy], City of '''Birmingham'''; Daniel Joseph Wiley, [https://ironboundcc.org/ Newark Ironbound Community]; Crystal Jennings, Housing justice organizer with Pittsburgh’s Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & [https://cityofbridgesclt.org/ City of Bridges Community Land Trust]; Timothy Franzen, American Friends Service Committee & Alison Johnston, [https://www.housingjusticeleague.org/ Housing Justice League], Atlanta. ''This forum was hosted in cooperation with the [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Pittsburgh_Human_Rights_City_Alliance Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance], as part of its series, [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Learning_from_COVID-19:Shaping_a_Health_and_Human_Rights_Agenda_for_our_Region Learning from COVID-19: Shaping a Health and Human Rights Agenda for our Region], the [https://www.ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network] and [https://web.law.columbia.edu/human-rights-institute Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute]''<br />
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*'''NEW: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Calls for Greater Coordination with Local Governments & Civil Society'''. In a report to the UN Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights clarifies the important role of local governments in the implementation of international human rights standards, providing reports and recommendations for actions by local and national governments. Many of these recommendations complement the work we are doing in the Human Rights Cities movement and the UPR Cities project. [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/LocalGovernment/Pages/Index.aspx Download Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Local Government and Human Rights]<br/><br />
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===We work to realize human rights by:===<br />
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*Engaging, connecting and mobilizing communities, Peoples, workers, and diverse sectors across issue areas, constituencies, and regions to uphold and defend human rights and hold government accountable;<br />
*Building the capacity and leadership of grassroots groups and individuals to effectively apply the human rights framework in developing strategy and making long-term structural shifts to achieve justice;<br />
*Raising the visibility of local human rights concerns and activism to shape the public discourse locally, nationally, and internationally; and<br />
*Facilitating effective collective action to secure the structural change needed to fully realize human rights.<br />
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===The US Human Rights Network is guided by these core principles:=== <br />
*Human rights are universal, interdependent, indivisible, and inalienable.<br />
*Human rights movements must be led by those most directly affected by human rights violations.<br />
*Human rights advocacy and organizing should prioritize the struggles of the poor and most marginalized groups in society.<br />
*Human rights movements must be inclusive and respect and reflect the diversity within communities.<br />
*Human rights encompass civil, political, economic, social, cultural, environmental, sexual, and development rights for individuals, Peoples, and groups.<br />
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''For a more elaborated version see our: '''[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Statement_of_principles Statement of Principles]'''.''<br />
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===[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=UPR_Cities_Project '''UPR Cities Project and Toolkit''']===<br />
===[[International Human Rights Monitoring]]===<br />
This page links to work by national and international human rights organizers to use international treaties and United Nations human rights review processes to hold local and national officials in the United States accountable to our international human rights obligations.<br />
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===[[Housing is a Human Right!]]===<br />
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===Educational and Outreach Tools===<br />
*[[:file:International_Mechanisms_for_Human_Rights_Cities.pdf|International Human Rights Mechanisms Slide Show]]<br/><br />
*[[:file:Human_Rights_Cities_Movement.pdf|Human Rights Cities Introduction Slide Show]]<br/><br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpGpI4DljdY Video A European Coalition of Local Human Rights Cities in the Making, Utrecht, 12-13 December 2013]-This video illustrates how groups in Europe are engaging similar questions and strategies as we are doing with this US Human Rights Cities Alliance. We are working to expand and deepen conversations between US activists and our counterparts in other parts of the world.<br />
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==='''Reports and Documentation'''===<br />
*2018 [[:file: Greenville_2018_Summary_Report.pdf|Greenville Human Rights Cities Convening-Summary Report]]<br />
*2018 [[:file: DC_Workshop_July_2018_Human_Rights_Cities_in_Todays_Context_DRAFT_NOTES.pdf| Washington DC, July 2018 Convening Summary]]<br />
*2016 [http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/2/23/2016_DC_Human_Rights_City_Gathering_Executive_Summary_Conclusions.pdf Washington DC 2016 Human Rights Cities Convening Report]<br />
**[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Washington_DC_2016_Human_Rights_Cities_Convergence_Documentation Documentation from 2016 DC Convening]<br />
*2015 [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Workshop_Human_Rights_Cities_2015_Making_the_Global_Local Pittsburgh 2015 Initial Convening of Human Rights City Leaders]<br />
*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/a/a4/2017_Steering_Committee_Year_End_Report.pdf US Human Rights Cities Alliance 2017 Annual Report]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=506Main Page2023-04-05T18:28:48Z<p>Humanrightscities: /* EVENTS */</p>
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<div>==US National Human Rights Cities Alliance==<br />
'''About'''<br />
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The U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance works to build a network of local, national, and international human rights leaders and to support activists and organizers advancing the human rights city organizing framework. The Alliance promotes the development and sharing of knowledge and models for improving respect for human rights and dignity. Recognizing that human rights don’t trickle down, they rise up, we support communities organizing and acting together to bring human rights to bear at home, drawing upon global human rights standards, institutions, and movements. Guided by the [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/6/6a/Human_Rights_City_Principles_October_2017.pdf Human Rights Cities Statement of Principles], we promote [https://www.ajamubaraka.com/peoplecentered-human-rights-as-a-framework-for-social-transformation “people-centered human rights”] based in experiences and struggles of marginalized communities. <br />
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'''[[Resources for starting a Human Rights City initiative near you]]'''<br />
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===EVENTS===<br />
:''We believe that cities can lead the way to a more people-centered politics that will generate lasting solutions to deep-seated problems of structural racism, housing and food insecurity, gender discrimination, climate change, and other injustices. We call on community and municipal leaders, policy practitioners, and others ready to help make our cities places where everyone can thrive to join us in Atlanta May 18-21.''<br />
===== '''[[Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit in Atlanta Georgia, May 18-21, 2023]]''' =====<br />
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The Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit will take place in downtown Atlanta Georgia from May 18-21. Following the city’s recent passage of a resolution naming Atlanta the newest U.S. Human Rights City, Atlanta civil society and supportive City Council members invite community activists, policy practitioners, legal experts, youth, and municipal leaders to come together to share ideas, lessons, and tools for promoting human rights in cities and communities. Now more than ever, cities need innovative ideas and strategies to address problems of affordable housing, community safety, climate change, racial and gender inequities, and reparatory justice. Learn how cities around the world are using international human rights law and institutions to shape local policies, with powerful impacts at the local level. Plenaries and breakout sessions will provide opportunities to learn, exchange and network. (Register at [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform bit.ly/atlsummit23]).<br />
*Featured plenary speakers include: Leilani Farha, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing and Global Director, The [https://make-the-shift.org/ The Shift-#Right2Housing] & Justin Hansford, Member of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University<br />
'''Co-hosts:''' The Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, American Friends Service Committee-South Region, in cooperation with Atlanta civil society and supportive members of Atlanta City Council.<br />
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:*[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform Sign up here for further information and updates:] (bit.ly/atlsummit23). Email contact: hrc [AT] udayton.edu.<br />
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=Recent Events, Recordings & Documentation=<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iWMWVB9CX8 '''''The African Diaspora Convenes on the World Stage & Calls for Reparatory Justice]'''--Reports from the Inaugural session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent.'' (Recording) In December 2022 the United Nations launched the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (UNPFPAD) as part of the International Decade on People of African Descent (2015-2024). Activists who attended this historic, inaugural meeting of the PFPAD share their observations on how this new body can be a tool for building local and national movements to end white supremacy and advance racial justice. '''Panelists''': ''Lisa Borden'', Senior Policy Counsel, International Advocacy and Policy, Southern Poverty Law Center; ''Charkera Ervin,'' Howard University School of Law/ Movement Lawyering Clinic; ''Efia Nwangaza,'' SNCC Veteran, Civil/Human Rights Attorney, Director Malcolm X Center for Self Determination; ''Tiffany Williams Roberts,'' Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights; ''Gretchen Rohr'', US-Liaison and Global Strategic Litigation Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative. '''Webinar Co-sponsors:''' U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance, Southern Center for Human Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, Ubuntu Institute for Community Development, Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance, Global Studies Center & the Center for African Studies-University of Pittsburgh<br />
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*'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB6nQ23-Rew&t=1989s Using the Human Rights Framework for Racial Justice: A Conversation with Justin Hansford]'''--(Recording-November 18, 2022 by 1Hood Media). ''After Michael Brown’s murder in Ferguson, Missouri, Justin Hansford helped Brown family members bring their appeal for justice to the United Nations [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2598743 See ''Ferguson to Geneva'']. This conversation brings together Black community leaders, advocates, and educators to discuss this effort and understand how we can make use of UN bodies like the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent to promote racial equity and fight white supremacy. What role do our communities play in building global tools to help defend and advance our human rights?'' '''Panelists:''' ''Dr. Rashad Williams'', Assistant Professor of Race and Social Justice in Public Policy, University of Pittsburgh (Host), ''Tiffany Williams Roberts'', Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights (Atlanta) & Steering Committee member, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance; ''Randall Taylor'', Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition<br />
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==Past Event recordings==<br />
*'''Recording: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB6nQ23-Rew&t=1989s Using the Human Rights Framework for Racial Justice: A Conversation with Justin Hansford]*'''--Recorded Friday November 18, 2022/University of Pittsburgh by 1Hood Media. ''After Michael Brown’s murder in Ferguson, Missouri, Justin Hansford helped Brown family members bring their appeal for justice to the United Nations ([https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2598743 Ferguson to Geneva: Using the Human Rights Framework to Push Forward a Vision for Racial Justice in the United States]). This conversation brings together Black community leaders, advocates, and educators to discuss this effort and understand how Professor Hansford sees the law as a tool for social transformation.'' '''Justin Hansford''' is Professor of Law at Howard University, Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, and representative to the new United Nations Permanent Forum of People of African Descent (UNPFPAD). Hansford is a co-author of the forthcoming Seventh Edition of Race, Racism and American Law, and his legal scholarship informs his work to win a posthumous pardon for Marcus Garvey ([https://www.theroot.com/black-history-matters-why-president-obama-should-pardo-1791353849 "Black History Matters: Why President Obama Should Pardon Marcus Garvey,]" The Root). Professor Hansford’s visit to Pittsburgh is part of a “listening tour” he is making in preparation for the inaugural meeting of the UNPFPAD in early December. ''Panelists: '''Dr. Rashad Williams''', Assistant Professor of Race and Social Justice in Public Policy, University of Pittsburgh; '''Tiffany Williams Roberts''', Director of Public Policy Unit, Southern Center for Human Rights (Atlanta) & Steering Committee member, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance; '''Randall Taylor''', Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition and University of Pittsburgh World History Center Community Fellow''<br />
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===Current Projects===<br />
'''[[Cities Support the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent]]'''-In December 2022 the United Nations launched the first meeting of a new body charged with guiding the UN in work to end racial discrimination and systemic racism and to develop concrete steps and action plans to further reparatory justice. Delegate Justin Hansford sees the Forum as a potential "instrument of liberation" that will require continued struggle by grassroots communities to push forward needed changes. Our Human Rights Cities Alliance is committed to working to support local actions that reinforce the Forum's work and engage cities and municipal officials in its transformative agenda.<br />
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'''CERD Cities 2022: Using International Law to Advance Racial Justice in our Cities''' <br />
''In August 2022, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD Committee) examined the U.S. record of compliance with the [https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/international-convention-elimination-all-forms-racial International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination] (ICERD or CERD). This review saw unprecedented mobilization from U.S. civil society, and their work contributed to a powerful document that can help us call on governments at city and state levels to bring their practices in line with international expectations and obligations. Our work ahead will help "bring CERD home" to our cities and help residents and public officials learn about this important global process.''<br />
*The [https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CERD%2FC%2FUSA%2FCO%2F10-12&Lang=en '''CERD Committee’s Concluding Observations'''] details recommendations that the U.S. government is expected to respond to by November 2025 or earlier (several issues require responses after one year). <br />
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'''City Shadow Reports & Related documentation'''<br />
:*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/e/ed/Cities_CERD_Report_2022_Outreach_Version.pdf A Cross-City Report on Obstacles to U.S. Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination & how Human Rights Cities Can be a Remedy] (Outreach version, U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance) [https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CERD/Shared%20Documents/USA/INT_CERD_NGO_USA_49303_E.pdf (UN Database version)]<br />
:*[https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CERD/Shared%20Documents/USA/INT_CERD_NGO_USA_49277_E.pdf “An Assault on Our Community”: Racial Discrimination in the Closure and Demolition of the Good Samaritan Hospital by Premier Health Partners in Dayton, Ohio] <br />
:*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/5/5f/CERD_Report_Pittsburgh_2022_Community_outreach_version.pdf Racial Discrimination & Equity in the United States: Evidence from Pittsburgh] (Outreach version) [https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2fCERD%2fNGO%2fUSA%2f49212&Lang=en (UN Database version)]<br />
:*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/5/5c/CERD_Spartanburg_South_Carolina_2022.pdf Racial Discrimination & Equity in the United States: Evidence from Spartanburg, SC compiled by the Ubuntu Institute for Community Development] ([https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2fCERD%2fNGO%2fUSA%2f49333&Lang=en UN Database version])<br />
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:*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P30jUlv2q0g **'''Recording of the U.S. State Department delegation consultation with civil society''' representatives at the U.S. Mission in Geneva, August 10, 2022]: This recording and the supplemental documentation was released following pressure from civil society leaders demanding more transparency in U.S. engagement with UN proceedings like CERD. ‘’*The final 90 minutes of the recording shows voices of impacted community groups standing up to demand time and space in this forum.’’<br />
:*[https://uploads.mwp.mprod.getusinfo.com/uploads/sites/25/2022/09/US-CERD-Supplemental-Response.pdf supplemental submission by the U.S. Government to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination following the U.S. review]: ‘’This document responds to specific questions and concerns raised by the Committee in the review’’ <br />
:*[https://media.un.org/en/asset/k18/k18suarlc1 Aug. 11, 2022 CERD Committee Consultation with the USA] -This 90 Min. session features introductory presentations from the U.S. delegation to CERD, including representatives from the Dept. of Justice, HUD, EPA, and other key agencies. This is followed by questions and analyses from CERD Committee experts, who reviewed U.S. reports and offer follow up questions and assessments of performance. Their assessments are based on input from civil society such as our own shadow reports, and you will see some of the issues we raised addressed in their remarks. The final segment provides brief responses from U.S. officials to the questions raised.<br />
:*[https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1c/k1c08hhq97 Aug. 12, 2022 CERD Committee Consultation with the USA] This session begins with 1 hour of questions from the CERD Committee-addressing, e.g. gun violence, policing and legal system, housing, food and education, child welfare, maternal and reproductive health. <br />
:*[https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=2556&Lang=en Additional documentation from the 107th Session CERD (8 - 30 Aug 2022)]<br />
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==Past Activities==<br />
'''2022 Convening--Organizing for the US Review by Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination''' (hybrid)<br />
'''''[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Schedule_and_zoom_registration Using global human rights to strengthen anti-racism organizing and resist ongoing retrenchment of democracy and human rights]'''''<br />
July 19-21, 2022, Washington DC/ hybrid. Co-Sponsor & Host: [https://thurgoodmarshallcenter.howard.edu/ Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center], Howard University School of Law, Washington DC<br />
*''[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Schedule_and_zoom_registration See detailed program and speakers]'' <br />
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"'''Bringing Human Rights Home: U.S. Cities & the UPR--Thursday March 11, 2021 4:00PM CET (Geneva)/ 10:00AM EST (NYC)'''<br />
'''''46th UN Human Rights Council Side Event--Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Adoption of Final Report on the USA'''' [http://humanrightscities.us US Human Rights Cities Alliance] </br><br />
:U.S. communities aren’t waiting for human rights leadership from Washington: they’re using UPR recommendations to hold local governments accountable to global human rights standards. Community organizers share how they’re using global human rights to change the United States and how international leadership can support this work. '''Panelists:''' ''Jennifer Harbury - Angry Tias & Abuelas - Weslaco, TX (Rio Grande Valley); anu jain, Executive Director, City of Pittsburgh Gender Equity Commission; Sharon Lavigne - RISE St.James, St. James, Louisiana, Cancer Alley; Vincenzo Pasquantonio - Founding ED of Human Rights Commision, New Orleans; Randall Taylor –Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & Stop the Station, Pittsburgh; Lorena Quiroz - Immigrant Alliance for Justice & Equity, Jackson, MS; Patricio Rubio-Another Gulf is Possible- Rio Grande Valley, TX; Vickie Casanova Willis – US Human Rights Network; Gabriela Zavala - Resource Center Matamoros - TX/Mexico'' <br />
[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=7065d5c7-a49f-4420-ab35-ace80113d09e '''View recording here'''] <br />
[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/3/3c/Human_Rights_Council_Briefing_UPR_2021.pdf Download flier]<br />
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*'''Housing, Health and Human Rights: [[Zero Evictions Days 2020 Actions]]<br />
[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Zero_Evictions_Days_2020 Zero Evictions Days 2020]'''<br />
:*'''October 24-November 5''': Learn about how global real estate investors are raising rents and pushing out urban residents around the world--''': [https://watch.eventive.org/argot/play/5f8e3f07d22f3c010b0765c3 View the Film- ''Push'' online].<br />
:*'''Thursday October 29''' 7:00pm Webinar Part 1: Building a Global Movement to Protect the Right to Housing--Dialogue featuring Leilani Farha—former UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing, joined by housing and human rights leaders from Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and New York '''[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=5b09c2ec-e1ff-4781-a4c0-ac64001187ce view recording here.''']<br />
:*'''Thursday November 5''' 7:00PM –Webinar Part 2: ''Movement building for the Human Right to Housing:'' Local organizers from Philadelphia, Atlanta and Pittsburgh discuss ideas for building a powerful cross-city movement for the human right to housing and an end to evictions. [https://pitt.zoom.us/j/95879516551 Zoom meeting link] For more details and speakers see: [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Zero_Evictions_Days_2020 Zero Evictions Days 2020]<br />
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<big>'''Recent Work'''</big> <br />
*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=UPR_Cities_Project '''UPR Cities Project'''] <br />
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'''Recordings of past webinars'''<br />
*[https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 '''Building a Human Rights Cities Movement Against Structural Racism'''], Thursday July 9, 2020<br />
:Black resistances to dismantle violent police repression in the crux of the pandemic in the United States have inspired a global wave of resistance to both the immediate threats from violent police repression and the wider systemic forces that drive racial inequities and fuel what UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, E. Tendayi Achiume has called “a human rights crisis of existential proportions.” The global community has become activated like never before to demand accountability and transformative changes to address long-standing injustices. This webinar will offer context and clarity to help community leaders and activists learn how global human rights law and institutions can support our movements for fundamental changes in the United States. Participants will learn more about organizing work to hold local and national authorities accountable to global human rights. '''Speakers''': Dominique Day, UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent; Ejim Dike, former Executive Director, [https://www.ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network]; Jamil Dakwar ACLU Human Rights Program Director; Salimah Hankins, Acting Director, US Human Rights Network. Facilitators: Johnaca Dunlap-Ubuntu Institute & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee; Rob Robinson-International Alliance of Inhabitants & US Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee. [https://pitt.zoom.us/rec/share/9JAqMerJ6m9IQaf2zk3vX4gcPr_aaaa81yFP8_cFmhyJa0HhhYNh6uGGw5YsSQG4 View Recording] [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/images/f/f9/July_9_Human_Rights_Cities_Vs_Structural_Racism_Flier.pdf Flier]<br />
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*[https://pitt.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=afdd296d-f6ae-4418-9bc4-abd70165354e '''Local & Global Strategies for Advancing the Human Right to Housing.'''] June 11, 2020 (Recording). The Coronavirus pandemic has exposed and deepened the long-standing housing crisis in our communities. At a time when everyone’s health demands that all residents have a safe and stable home, more and more people face housing insecurity and homelessness. How can cities and communities better protect people’s right to adequate housing? This webinar features Julieta Perucca, assistant to the former [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Housing/Pages/HousingIndex.aspx UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Adequate Housing] and currently Deputy Director of global housing rights initiative, [https://www.make-the-shift.org/ The Shift]. Learn about the human right to housing around the world and strategies for using international law and the United Nations to advance housing and other human rights. We’ll hear from leaders in Birmingham and other cities using innovative strategies for keeping people in their homes and expanding affordable housing. City Representatives: Brandon Johnson, Director of the [http://www.peaceandpolicy.com/ Office of Peace and Policy], City of '''Birmingham'''; Daniel Joseph Wiley, [https://ironboundcc.org/ Newark Ironbound Community]; Crystal Jennings, Housing justice organizer with Pittsburgh’s Penn Plaza Support and Action Coalition & [https://cityofbridgesclt.org/ City of Bridges Community Land Trust]; Timothy Franzen, American Friends Service Committee & Alison Johnston, [https://www.housingjusticeleague.org/ Housing Justice League], Atlanta. ''This forum was hosted in cooperation with the [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Pittsburgh_Human_Rights_City_Alliance Pittsburgh Human Rights City Alliance], as part of its series, [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Learning_from_COVID-19:Shaping_a_Health_and_Human_Rights_Agenda_for_our_Region Learning from COVID-19: Shaping a Health and Human Rights Agenda for our Region], the [https://www.ushrnetwork.org/ US Human Rights Network] and [https://web.law.columbia.edu/human-rights-institute Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute]''<br />
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*'''NEW: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Calls for Greater Coordination with Local Governments & Civil Society'''. In a report to the UN Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights clarifies the important role of local governments in the implementation of international human rights standards, providing reports and recommendations for actions by local and national governments. Many of these recommendations complement the work we are doing in the Human Rights Cities movement and the UPR Cities project. [https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/LocalGovernment/Pages/Index.aspx Download Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Local Government and Human Rights]<br/><br />
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===We work to realize human rights by:===<br />
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*Engaging, connecting and mobilizing communities, Peoples, workers, and diverse sectors across issue areas, constituencies, and regions to uphold and defend human rights and hold government accountable;<br />
*Building the capacity and leadership of grassroots groups and individuals to effectively apply the human rights framework in developing strategy and making long-term structural shifts to achieve justice;<br />
*Raising the visibility of local human rights concerns and activism to shape the public discourse locally, nationally, and internationally; and<br />
*Facilitating effective collective action to secure the structural change needed to fully realize human rights.<br />
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===The US Human Rights Network is guided by these core principles:=== <br />
*Human rights are universal, interdependent, indivisible, and inalienable.<br />
*Human rights movements must be led by those most directly affected by human rights violations.<br />
*Human rights advocacy and organizing should prioritize the struggles of the poor and most marginalized groups in society.<br />
*Human rights movements must be inclusive and respect and reflect the diversity within communities.<br />
*Human rights encompass civil, political, economic, social, cultural, environmental, sexual, and development rights for individuals, Peoples, and groups.<br />
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''For a more elaborated version see our: '''[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Statement_of_principles Statement of Principles]'''.''<br />
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===[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=UPR_Cities_Project '''UPR Cities Project and Toolkit''']===<br />
===[[International Human Rights Monitoring]]===<br />
This page links to work by national and international human rights organizers to use international treaties and United Nations human rights review processes to hold local and national officials in the United States accountable to our international human rights obligations.<br />
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===[[Housing is a Human Right!]]===<br />
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===Educational and Outreach Tools===<br />
*[[:file:International_Mechanisms_for_Human_Rights_Cities.pdf|International Human Rights Mechanisms Slide Show]]<br/><br />
*[[:file:Human_Rights_Cities_Movement.pdf|Human Rights Cities Introduction Slide Show]]<br/><br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpGpI4DljdY Video A European Coalition of Local Human Rights Cities in the Making, Utrecht, 12-13 December 2013]-This video illustrates how groups in Europe are engaging similar questions and strategies as we are doing with this US Human Rights Cities Alliance. We are working to expand and deepen conversations between US activists and our counterparts in other parts of the world.<br />
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==='''Reports and Documentation'''===<br />
*2018 [[:file: Greenville_2018_Summary_Report.pdf|Greenville Human Rights Cities Convening-Summary Report]]<br />
*2018 [[:file: DC_Workshop_July_2018_Human_Rights_Cities_in_Todays_Context_DRAFT_NOTES.pdf| Washington DC, July 2018 Convening Summary]]<br />
*2016 [http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/2/23/2016_DC_Human_Rights_City_Gathering_Executive_Summary_Conclusions.pdf Washington DC 2016 Human Rights Cities Convening Report]<br />
**[http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Washington_DC_2016_Human_Rights_Cities_Convergence_Documentation Documentation from 2016 DC Convening]<br />
*2015 [http://wiki.pghrights.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Workshop_Human_Rights_Cities_2015_Making_the_Global_Local Pittsburgh 2015 Initial Convening of Human Rights City Leaders]<br />
*[http://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/images/a/a4/2017_Steering_Committee_Year_End_Report.pdf US Human Rights Cities Alliance 2017 Annual Report]</div>Humanrightscitieshttp://wiki.humanrightscities.mayfirst.org/index.php?title=Human_Rights_Cities_Leadership_Summit_in_Atlanta_Georgia,_May_18-21,_2023&diff=505Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit in Atlanta Georgia, May 18-21, 20232023-03-27T14:46:45Z<p>Humanrightscities: Created page with "'''Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit in Atlanta Georgia-May 18-21, 2023''' Cities around the world are struggling to address increasingly urgent challenges related to clim..."</p>
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<div>'''Human Rights Cities Leadership Summit in Atlanta Georgia-May 18-21, 2023'''<br />
Cities around the world are struggling to address increasingly urgent challenges related to climate change, affordable housing, increased racial polarization, and police brutality. More city leaders are finding that the human rights framework can improve local governance by centering the needs of people and communities and mobilizing global networks and legal resources.<br />
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We’re inviting community activists, local policymakers, researchers and legal experts to join us in downtown Atlanta May 18-21 to learn about how people in cities and communities around the world are working to “bring human rights home.” Build networks with experts, policy makers, and activists working to mobilize diverse human rights constituencies and mobilize international law and processes to support innovative policy making and elect leaders ready to confront today’s most urgent local challenges. <br />
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Plenary sessions will offer examples and resources for bringing human rights tools into local advocacy and governance around housing rights, community safety and anti-racism, and environmental and reparatory justice. Breakout sessions will introduce leaders from diverse cities to explore how work across cities and how engagement with international human rights laws and agencies can bring new kinds of solutions to difficult urban challenges. <br />
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:Sign up here for further information and updates: [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1W4AGgmPdLLZb9wi0axP6HFR9Ex7v3O41xL9DGRgwNv0J2w/viewform (bit.ly/atlsummit23)]. Email contact: hrc@udayton.edu <br />
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'''Featured plenary speakers:''' <br />
:*'''Leilani Farha''', former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing and Global Director, [https://make-the-shift.org/ The Shift-#Right2Housing]<br />
:*'''Justin Hansford,''' Member of the [https://www.ohchr.org/en/permanent-forum-people-african-descent UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent], Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University <br />
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'''[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S2Gmcj37PNbw6hXZfF8TRnk9KmxzjTTetAr7geDW5aQ/edit Preliminary program and schedule]<br />
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