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Understanding the right to the city as the right to difference

Michele Grigolo, Lecturer in Sociology, Nottingham Trent University (UK)

The right to the city: from the street to globalisation

Jordi Borja, Emeritus professor, Open University of Catalonia (UOC)

Human rights as a means to advance equity and embrace difference: lessons from US cities

JoAnn Kamuf Ward Directora, Human Rights in the US Project, Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute

Diverse cities: the legacy of colonialism and persistence of racism in New York City

Thomas Angotti, Professor Emeritus of Urban Policy and Planning, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY)

Innovation and hope: the right to the city in Mexico City's new government (2018–2024)

Jaime Morales, Undersecretary for Human Rights, Secretariat for Inclusion and Social Welfare, Government of Mexico City

From the Vienna Charter for neighbourly relations to Vienna as a City of Human Rights

Shams Asadi,Human Rights Commissioner and Head of the Human Rights Office, City of Vienna

Madrid City Council’s Strategic Human Rights Plan: lessons learned (2015–2019)

Enrique López, Former Director of the Office of Human Rights and Memory, Madrid City Council

Amman, a welcoming city for migrants and refugees

Haleemah Alamoush, Planning & Development Manager for the Community Development Sector, Greater Amman Muncipality (GAM)

Policies, tools and mechanisms to build a human rights city: the experience of Gwangju

Soo A Kim, Former Directress, Human Rights and Peace Cooperation Office, Gwangju Metropolitan Government, South Korea

Cultural policies, the right to the city and the right to difference: reflections on the Agenda 21 for culture

Jordi Baltà, Advisor on culture, Organization United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) (Agenda 21)

The “right to the city” as an ethos of engagement: lessons from civil society experiences in the Global South

Alexandre Apsan Frediani, Associate Professor, University College London

Promoting the right to the city from below: experiences of co-creation in Europe

Irene Escorihuela, Director, Observatory for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ODESC)

The metropolitan construction of the right to the city: towards innovative governance models

Ricard Gomà, Director, Barcelona Institute of Regional and Metropolitan Studies

Polycentrism and the right to the city in metropolitan areas

Antonio Aniesa, Head of International Relations, Plaine Commune, France

The right to the city and multilevel governance in Latin America

Fernando Carrión, Researcher, FLACSO-Ecuador

Introduction

Eva Garcia-Chueca, Senior Research Fellow and Scientific Coordinator of the Global Cities Programme, CIDOB and Lorenzo Vidal, Researcher and Project manager, CIDOB