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[WHRCF 2013] Sustainable Human Rights City for all - Guiding Principles for a Human Rights City

PAST FORUM

WORLD HUMAN RIGHTS CITIES FORUM 2013

SUMMARY



  • Period: May 15 - 18, 2013
  • Venue: Kimdaejung Convention Center 
  • Theme: Sustainable Human Rights City for all - Guiding Principles for a Human Rights City
  • Hosts: Gwangju Metropolitan City, Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education 
  • Organizers: The May 18 Memorial Foundation, The May 18th Institute, Adhoc Committee for Establishing May 18 Archives, Korea Human Rights Foundation 
  • Sponsors: National Human rights Commission of Korea, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Foreign Affaires, Ministry of Justice, National Archvies Korea, Cultural Heritage Administration, Korea National Commission for UNESCO, Asia-Pacific Center of Education for International Understanding under the auspices of UNESCO, Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education, Sungkonghoe University


CONCEPT NOTE


BACKGROUND

  1. Globalize the spirit of Gwangju as the city of democracy, human rights and peace
  2. Reinforce the interchange and cooperation among the domestic and overseas human rights cities


PURPOSE

  1. Build the consensus to become an sustainable human rights city in the diverse aspects such as economy, society, environment, etc.
  2. Promote the development to a human rights city by preparing a place for the persons related to the domestic and overseas human rights cities and groups, and the international human rights organizations, and to find the measures to improve the human rights.
  3. Build the network with the international human rights city, groups and international organizations to diffuse and develop the values of democracy, human rights and the peace, the identity of Gwangju City, domestically and globally.
  4. Establish the identity of the human rights city and build the happy creative city and the human rights community where the human rights are living and breathing, and the citizens' participation and happiness are being pursued.



PROGRAMS

  1. Opening Ceremony
  2. Thematic Workshop1: Human Rights Institutions and Policies
  3. Thematic Workshop2: Experts' Consultation on Gwnagju Guiding Principles for Human Rights City
  4. Thematic Workshop3: Human Rights Education and Civil Servants
  5. Thematic Workshop4: Architecture and Human Rights
  6. Thematic Workshop5: City and Children/Youth
  7. Thematic Workshop6: City and Disability
  8. Thematic Workshop7: State Violence and Human Rights Cities
  9. Thematic Workshop8: City and Gender
  10. Thematic Workshop9: Environments and Human Rights
  11. Conference for the Institutions Holding Human Rights Records Registered to MOW, UNESCO
  12. Conference UCLG-GOLDⅢ
  13. Conference UCLG-ASPAC
  14. Gwangju Asia Forum



FORUM RESULT

  1. Adoption of 「2013 World Human Rights Cities Forum」  
  2. Discuss amendment 「Gwangju Guiding Principles for a Human Right Cities」 



PROGRAM BOOK

You can download the program book by clicking the attached file below.


[WHRCF 2014] Towards a Global Alliance of Human Rights Cities for All [WHRCF 2012] City and Human Rights - Promoting Accountability through Empowerment
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Fax: +82-62-226-2731
E-mail: whrcf@gic.or.kr
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