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News UNESCO Headquarters, Paris - 9th February 2022


CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AT THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL LEVELS 2022

INVITATION 

CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AT THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL LEVELS 2022

“HUMAN RIGHTS GO LOCAL: WHAT WORKS 

From Intentions to Commitments: Towards the Effective and Sustainable Implementation of Human Rights"

 

 8 FEBRUARY 2022, online

FROM 12.00 P.M TO 2.00 P.M. (PARIS TIME)

The International Centre for the Promotion of Human Rights at the Local and Regional Level under the auspices of UNESCO and the UNESCO Chair in Human Rights and Human Security in cooperation with the UNESCO, OHCHR, UN-Habitat, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, the Provincial Government Styria, the City of Graz and the University of Graz, organised an Academy on Human Rights and the Local and Regional Levels which is at its second edition and took place between 1st and 8th February 2022. 

 

Within the framework of this Academy, the closing Conference on "Human Rights Go Local: What Works. From Intentions to Commitments: Towards the Effective and Sustainable Implementation of Human Right" will take place on 8th February, from 12 to 2 pm (Paris Time), for a Panel discussion between renowned experts on how to encourage local-level governments worldwide to transform human rights commitments to responsibility.

 

The event will be opened by Renate Kicker, Director of the Foundation for Human Rights at the Local and Regional Levels; Klaus Starl, Director of the UNESCO Centre for the Promotion of Human Rights at the Local and Regional Levels; Peter Riedler, Rector of the University of Graz; Hermann Schützenhöfer, Governor of the Federal Province of Styria; and Ernst-Peter Brezovszky, Ambassador and Federal Ministry of European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria.

 

The Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences, Gabriela Ramos will close the Conference with takeaway messages on moving from Intentions to Commitments to Human Rights.

 

 Discussants: 

 

  • Todd Howland, Chief of Branch for Development, Economic, Social Rights, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
  • Rafael Tuts, Director of the Global Solutions Division, UN-Habitat
  • Ioannis Dimitrakopoulos, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
  • Jean-Pierre Elong Mbassi, Secretary General of UCLG-Africa
  • Macoura Coulibaly Dao, President of the Network of Local Elected Women of Africa (REFELA), Mayor of Foumbolo, Ivory Coast
  • Fernanda Gil Lozano, Director of the International Center for the Promotion of Human Rights (CIPDH-UNESCO)
  • Gyonggu Shin, Human Rights Policy Advisor of the City of Gwangju, South Korea
  • Elke Kahr, Mayor of Graz, Austria

 

To participate to the event, please register at the link down below by 10 am CET tomorrow: 

 https://www.humanrightsgolocal.org/academy22/conference/ 

  Please, use this zoom link to access the Conference 

 (you will be asked to enter your name and email address):

 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89884947068