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October 29, 2024 3:00 pm
The resolution, “Local Government and Human Rights” (A/HRC/RES/57/12), adopted on 10 October 2024 under the leadership of the Republic of Korea, Chile, Egypt, and Romania, will be the focus of this discussion. Since first being tabled in 2013 in the Human Rights Council, the resolution has underscored the critical role of local governments in promoting and protecting human rights at the local level.
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On 18 April 2024, the Global Cities Hub was invited to take part in an expert roundtable on data planning and collection[1] by National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting, and Follow-up (NMIRFs)[2] in human rights area, with a special focus on the integration of local and regional governments (LRGs) and national statistical systems which operate with SDGs. The roundtable was organized by the Geneva Human Rights Platform (GHRP) and the Department of Legal Studies at the University of Bologna, supported by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
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The Human Rights Council is the principal UN intergovernmental body responsible for the promotion and protection of human rights. As such, it looks upon the role of local governments and its subsidiary mechanisms engage with them.
Institution: HRC
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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fulfil their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
Institution: UNICEF