Our Initiatives

UN Human Rights Standards

Many US cities have adopted international standards when it comes to climate change or economic development and trade. However, very few cities are following international human rights standards when it comes to the treatment of their most vulnerable residents.

Just Cities and our partners believe that we do not need to reinvent the wheel when it comes to the policy and practice details of addressing the most pressing racial and social justice issues facing American cities. All we need to do is join the international community in authentically practicing human rights standards in addressing homelessness, poverty, displacement, policing, and growing educational and economic divides.