Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the promise and challenges of human rights cities / Barbara M. Oomen -- Cities, human rights and accountability : the United States experience / Martha F. Davis -- Making human rights the talk of the town : civil society and human rights cities, a case study of the Netherlands / Esther van den Berg -- Human rights at a local level : the Montr�eal experience / Beno�it Frate -- From principles to practice : the role of US mayors in advancing human rights / Joann Kamuf Ward -- Human rights in the city and the right to city : two different paradigms confronting urbanisation / Eva Garc�ia Cheuca -- Defying the demand to 'go home' : from human rights cities to the urbanisation of human rights / Jonathan Darling -- Contested advocacy : negotiating between rights and reciprocity in Nima and Maamobi, Ghana / Catherine Buerger -- The human right to water in the city context : insights from domestic litigation / Natalya Pestova -- Human rights practice and the city : a case study of York (UK) / Emily Graham [and others] -- Human rights and the city : obligations, commitments and opportunities. Do human rights cities make a difference for citizens and authorities? Two cases studies on the freedom of expression / Klaus Starl -- The right to the city in Mexico City : the Charter / Ana Mar�ia S�anchez Rodr�iguez -- In a state of becoming a human rights city : the case of Eugene, Oregon / Kenneth J. Neubeck -- Human rights cities : challenges and possibilities / Cynthia Soohoo -- Towards a sociology of the human rights city : focusing on practice / Michele Grigolo.

Cities increasingly base their local policies on human rights. Human rights cities promise to forge new alliances between urban actors and international organizations, to enable the 'translation' of the abstract language of human rights to the local level, and to develop new practices designed to bring about global urban justice. This book brings together academics and practitioners at the forefront of human rights cities and the 'right to the city' movement to critically discuss their history and also the potential that human rights cities hold for global justice.