Monday 17 April, 6.30pm – 8pm, online, free
York has been a Human Rights City for just six years but others have been operating for up to 25 years. During this event, hosted by York Human Right City Network, the following questions will be covered:
- What have been their successes and setbacks?
- Have they sustained and mobilised their potential?
- Have they become influential stakeholders in the international human rights system?
- Are they positioning themselves as innovative laboratories for social change in times of multiple crises?
Gerd Oberleitner will speak to these questions drawing on his experience of Graz, Europe’s first Human Rights City, and the wider networks. Gerd is UNESCO Chair in Human Rights and Human Security, Professor of International Law, and Director of the European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy at the University of Graz.