Government Measure Barcelona City of Rights Programme Actions of prevention and guaranteeing citizens’ rights and actions to include a human rights-based approach in political policiesBC N December 2017 Barcelona City of Rights Programme Area of Citizens’ Rights, Transparency and Participation Direcció de Serveis de Drets de Ciutadania i Diversitat Passeig de Sant Joan, 75, 2a planta 08009 Barcelona T: 932 562 035 barcelona.cat/dretsidiversitat Area of Citizens’ Rights, Transparency and Participation Ajuntament de Barcelona December 2017 CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION AND JUSTIFICATION OF THE MEASURE 4 2. OBJECTIVES OF THE MEASURE 6 3. THEMATIC PRIORITIES 7 4. LINES OF ACTION OF THE MEASURE 8 5. OPERATIONAL PRINCIPLES 15 6. SCHEDULE 17 7. BUDGETARY PROPOSAL FOR CARRYING OUT THE MEASURE 19 1. INTRODUCTION AND JUSTIFICATION OF THE MEASURE In recent years, Barcelona City Council’s power relationships. This is a perspective political policies have become increasingly that interprets political action in a compre- centred on human rights. The post of Com- hensive way, taking into account the vari- missioner for the Defence of Civil Rights ous facets of transformative processes: was created 24 years ago, in 1992. The information, training, advocacy and mobi- - lisation of the general public. ated 21 years ago, in 1995, followed soon Today, Human Rights, understood as Citi- new era that involves a conceptual zens’ Rights, are at the forefront of the De- change with regard to the previous mu- partment of Citizens’ Rights, Transparency nicipal government. Firstly, we are and Participation. abandoning a perspective that is exclu- sively centred on civil rights, replacing it However, the posturing and positioning in with one that is open to citizens’ rights, defence of Human Rights are often criti- where the local dimension of human rights cised for being too abstract and general, is reinforced. This means that we are also 4 that the grand principles and declarations reinforcing the concept of the interdepend- - ence and indivisibility of rights, with the Direcció de Serveis de Drets de tions. Recognising the right to equality and belief that all human rights are comple- Ciutadania i Diversitat non-discrimination, for example, may seem mentary and inseparable. Therefore, pro- Government Measure easy, but making it effective and ensuring gress for one right facilitates progress for Barcelona City of Rights that it can be enjoyed, is not that simple. the others. In the same way, the loss of Programme one has negative effects on the whole. For this reason, this government meas- ure enshrines the vocation and commit- However, when we speak of citizens’ ment to human rights in ten lines of ac- rights, we are also speaking about the tion that will guide the municipal city’s rights. We regard rights not as government’s political policies in terms something abstract and out of context, but of citizens’ rights. as something that must be thought about and promoted within the territory where Inequalities, whether they be social, eco- they are applied; in this case, the city and nomic, political, cultural or of any other its neighbourhoods. “The city is a collec- kind, are not inevitable and we cannot as- tive area that belongs to all of its inhabit- sume that they are so, or normalise them. ants, who have the right to enjoy the con- Understanding inequalities to be a conse- ditions they need for their political, social, quence of human rights violations is - something that speaks to us directly as ment, something which also involves tak- an administration, and makes it possible ing on obligations of solidarity”. This is to interpret and analyse the real world in how the European Charter for the Safe- terms of responsibilities, whether they be guarding of Human Rights in the City de- individual or collective. - ed in Saint Denis in 2000 and has currently For these reasons, it is considered essen- been signed by over 400 cities throughout tial to give renewed impetus to the way the continent. It was the culmination of a - collective effort, in which the City of Barce- vices work in terms of citizens’ rights, in lona and many of its institutions played an order to provide them with greater focus, coherence, effectiveness and impact in today and we are making it our own the city. This is also a decision in favour of through this government measure. transformative policies, which look for the root of the problems, the structural causes Secondly, our approach to citizens’ that cause inequalities and imbalances in rights involves an inclusive perspective with regard to our city’s diversity, from an intercultural standpoint. This intercul- Therefore, development adapted to mu- tural perspective, for which Barcelona is nicipal policies and the application of HR- internationally renowned, involves the rec- BA will be one of the objectives of the Bar- ognition of diversity from a positive-inter- celona City of Rights measure. This will action and non-discriminatory standpoint. help us to turn the grand principles and In this sense, the Barcelona City of Rights declarations of human rights into real poli- Programme faces the challenge of coordi- cies, and once again place Barcelona at nating and seeking synergies with the Bar- the vanguard of public-policy proposals at celona Intercultural Programme, combin- an international level. ing an intercultural perspective with a human rights-based approach. Therefore, the Barcelona City of Rights Programme has a general objective, The human rights-based approach (HRBA) priorities and ten lines of action that in- as a conceptual framework in which re- The spect for the protection and guaranteeing Programme begins in 2016 and will be 5 of human rights forms the foundation, the rolled out throughout the remainder of this Direcció de Serveis objective and the tools that make sustain- - de Drets deCiutadania i Diversitat able human development possible. This mate yearly budget of one million euros. approach establishes a series of indicators Government Measure Barcelona City of and methodological tools, which have so The management of these actions will be Rights Programme far been used mainly for identifying and fostered by the Department of Citizens’ formulating projects. These are now start- Rights and Immigration, using Barcelona ing to be used by administrations, espe- City Council’s Fourth Deputy Mayor’s Of- cially local governments, when proposing 2. OBJECTIVES OF THE MEASURE General Objective: Public policies on human rights: The design and implementation of human To promote a diverse, intercultural and rights policies according to substan- multifaceted city where everyone has tive priorities real, effective and equal access to all the human rights that are recognised and guaranteed by the city Human rights in public policies: The in- clusion of a human rights-based ap- proach in public policies 6 Direcció de Serveis de Drets de Ciutadania i Diversitat Government Measure Barcelona City of Rights Programme 3. THEMATIC PRIORITIES The Barcelona City of Rights Programme’s thing they have in common is that, gen- thematic priorities are as follows: erally speaking, they are exercised in public areas. The administration has to The rhetoric of hate and discrimina- ensure the protection of these rights, tion: racism, xenophobia, Islamopho- providing the necessary conditions for bia, anti-Semitism, LGTBI-phobia, anti- exercising them. However, it also has to gypsy sentiments, discrimination ensure that they are respected, that the against poor people... all of these man- administration itself does not violate ifestations of hate conceal a common these rights by undertaking actions that denominator: the rejection and discrim- may be considered as institutional vio- ination of people who are seen as being lence. different. This discrimination is the seed which, if cultivated and watered, germi- Full Citizenship: Full citizenship con- nates into a lack of social cohesion and cerns the situation where people do not problems of coexistence, or even have access to all of the city’s guaran- worse. teed rights. In terms of this access, there can be no discrimination due to 7 Civil rights and public freedoms in different administrative situations. Direcció de Serveis the use of public areas: The rights of Therefore, this priority is centred around de Drets deCiutadania i Diversitat demonstration, association, freedom of the city’s immigrant and foreign popu- expression, protest, etc., what all of lation, with the right to vote (active and Government Measure Barcelona City of these civil rights and public freedoms passive legitimisation) and the right to Rights Programme have in common is that they are con- nationality or easy registration as some sidered to be instrumental rights: they of its priorities. are used to claim other rights. Another 4. LINES OF ACTION OF THE MEASURE The measure’s lines of action are divided of respect for human rights (those aimed into those addressing the prevention of at preventing the direct violation of a right human rights violations and those that are by the administration itself) and protection activated when a violation occurs, i.e., ac- (those that are deployed in order to estab- tions that guarantee rights. This means lish the necessary conditions that permit that public administrations have two basic the effective use of those rights).We will tools for preventing human rights viola- - tions: regulations and policies. In the lan- tions included in the government meas- guage of human rights, these are the tools ure. 8 Direcció de Serveis Barcelona City de Drets de Ciutadania i Diversitat of Rights Government Measure Barcelona City of Rights Programme Prevention Warranty 9. S tudy Concerning the Municipal Guarantee Mechanisms Respect Protection - mination 3. Campaign “Barcelona, 1. Review of municipal City of Rights” regulations according to human rights 4. T raining plans standards 5. Methodological guides 2. Strengthening political on the application of advocacy on regulati- the HRBA ons affecting human rights that do not fall within municipal associations defending powers human rights 7. Preventing and combating the rhetoric of hate 8. Barcelona’s active participation in international human- rights networks and forums Actions related to respect The drafting of recommendations for for human rights making changes, additions and delet- ing aspects of the municipal regulation These actions are the ones aimed at pre- concerned. venting the direct violation of a human right by the administration itself. This type - of action includes those concerning regu- lations. - The plan is to carry out two or three re- line where certain rights can be violated in views a year, and the priority areas will be an immediate fashion. We distinguish be- those concerned with civil and political tween actions relating to municipal regu- rights and public freedoms. lations and non-municipal regulations. 2. Strengthening political advocacy 1.Review of municipal regulations accor- on regulations affecting human rights that ding to human rights standards do not fall within municipal powers This action will be carried out in the De- Many of the matters affecting citizens’ partment of Citizens’ Rights and Immigra- rights do not fall within municipal powers, tion Services’ review of municipal regula- and for that reason, there are no local reg- tions that may affect aspects of human ulations to review. The actions must be rights, in order to propose improvements geared towards carrying out advocacy in accordance with international stand- work with other competent administra- ards. tions. The Foreigners Act and the Asylum Act, which have a direct impact on the A preliminary list of municipal regulations rights of some citizens, would be an exam- will be drawn up for review, and the order ple of this kind of regulation. of priority and the schedule to be applied will be agreed with the areas concerned. drafting of legal reports with recommenda- The reviews will depend on each subject, tions that follow international standards, in but a common methodology will be used, order to address the competent adminis- based on the following steps: trations. These reports will be drafted jointly with organisations that specialise in - the subject. This action also includes the publicity campaigns needed to provide in- formation about the contents of the re- The legal status of each of the affect- ports presented. local, state and international applica- The plan is to produce one or two reports tion instruments, with a special analy- a year, and the priority areas will be those sis of the European Charter for the concerned with foreigners and full citizen- Safeguarding of Human Rights in the ship. City. Establishment of international stand- Actions for the protection of human ards for each right: drafting a report rights with the obligations arising from each These are actions aimed at establishing the and benchmark European instruments. conditions needed to ensure all citizens ef- fectively enjoy their rights, taking into ac- cation of human rights. The route will be up count the various factors contained in the and running in 2017. theory of change: information, training, ad- vocacy and mobilisation. Working with these In subsequent years, there will be more different factors allows for a comprehensive - approach and treatment of public policies oritise political action, such as tackling the that aims to prevent human rights violations. rhetoric of hate and discrimination. There will be at least one campaign a year. 3. “Barcelona, City of Rights” Campaign 4. Training plans Making Barcelona a city of rights involves However, an informed general public is not what their rights are and, consequently, enough. What is needed is a capable, how they can exercise them. Informing the trained general public, citizens who not only general public about their rights is an obli- know about their rights, but who also know gation that the municipal government can- how to exercise them. In this sense, the 10 not ignore. In order to do so, this measure measure provides for the creation of a hu- man-rights training plan in 2016, based on Direcció de Serveis de Drets de campaigns. Furthermore, the campaigns the practice and real exercising of those Ciutadania i Diversitat will be designed to highlight the joint re- rights, to be implemented in 2017 and 2018. Government Measure sponsibility shared by the administration Barcelona City of Rights and the general public, in ensuring every- This training plan will include training pro- Programme body enjoys the effective use of their rights. posals adapted to different audiences and groups. Where necessary, it will be carried - out in a co-ordinated and agreed manner eral campaign on rights in the City of Bar- with human rights organisations that al- celona. The European Charter for the Safe- ready provide training in these matters. guarding of Human Rights in the City will Subjects will include the rights recognised serve as its main theme and it will bring in the city, the principle of equality and non- together actions that are currently being discrimination, and the existing guarantee carried out by the various municipal areas. mechanisms and how to use them, as well This campaign will reinforce the image of a as municipal obligations. city that defends and promotes human rights and will help to highlight and give In addition to having an informed, trained greater visibility to the municipal commit- general public, it is equally important to ment in this regard. have a municipal administration with in- formed, trained workers. For this reason, This action will include the creation of an the measure also includes the creation of a image and publicity that will help to identify human-rights training plan aimed at the the various projects, actions and measures City Council’s own staff, in coordination with the same objectives that will subse- with its areas and districts and the Human quently be carried out. The Barcelona City Resources Department, in order to inte- of Rights publicity campaign will be grate this plan into the City Council’s nor- launched at the end of 2016. mal training schedule. The training plan proposal will be preceded by a training- There will be a route around Barcelona, the needs analysis which will help to optimise central theme of which will be the Universal the effort and resources involved. Declaration of Human Rights, in order to highlight city areas, locations and stories The various training plans will be presented in that illustrate and exemplify both the viola- tions that have been committed and posi- target audience, according to detected tive examples of the struggle for and vindi- needs, and implemented from 2017 onwards. 5. Methodological guides on applying a civil society. In accordance with this prem- human rights-based approach to public ise, the measure includes the creation of a policies network of people and associations that defend human rights in the City of Barcelo- In order to complete the scope of the the- na. The network’s main objective will be to ory of change, advocacy actions need to promote a real human-rights culture in the be established aimed at transforming how city. In order to do this, its functions will be: things are done and how problems are ap- observing and monitoring the state of hu- proached. As we have seen, the human man rights in Barcelona, providing consul- rights-based approach (HRBA) establishes tancy services for the municipal administra- an analysis of reality as a set of human tion, which will ask the network to evaluate rights violations, which leads to a change policies for the human rights matters it in paradigm and perspective, and above wishes to promote; coordinating human- all, a change in the analysis of the causes rights movements and associations, as well of the problems and therefore in the pro- as strengthening the network itself. posed solutions. This approach includes a series of methodological tools and indica- In this way, the network will create a sta- 11 tors that may become the basis for plan- ble, permanent mechanism that has never Direcció de Serveis ning public policies and which aim to tack- before existed, a place where people and de Drets deCiutadania i Diversitat le the root causes of human rights organisations that defend human rights violations and transform the power rela- can meet with Barcelona City Council. This Government Measure Barcelona City of tionships that cause existing inequalities. meeting point will help to ensure constant Rights Programme Far from being maximalist rhetoric, this kept on the state of human rights in the action that can be translated into method- city and it will serve as a place for the co- ological guides for various subjects and production of public policies. areas. The HRBA has been used for years in development cooperation and in the The network is made up of both individual sphere of United Cities and Local Govern- people and organisations and will use the ments (UCLG). - man rights defender, i.e., a person who in- One of the areas where the HRBA has dividually, or with others, works for the most been used is in education, where promotion or protection of human rights. the development of guides, activities and Human rights defenders promote both the actions for teaching human rights have - more of a track record. It is also the area where it is necessary to place more em- rights (ESCR, public freedom...) phasis on policies for preventing human rights violations. The network will be set up in 2016 and it will decide on the work plan to be imple- The measure proposes the production of mented in coming years. a common methodological guide in 2017, which will be adaptable to the areas and 7. Preventing and combating the rhetoric subjects that show an interest in its ap- of hate plication in 2018. As we mentioned above, the struggle 6. Network of people and associations against the rhetoric of hate and discrimi- defending human rights nation is one of the programme’s priority areas. Demonstrations of intolerance, dis- Lastly, no transformation is possible with- criminatory treatment and the belittling of out social mobilisation. And there is no so- cial mobilisation without a strengthened group, in a real way, accidentally or attrib- uted, is a violation of human rights and an attack on society as a whole, because it undermines social cohesion and fractures In 1998, an international conference was the links between people and between dif- held in Barcelona. Bringing together over ferent groups. 70 European cities and more than 200 or- ganisations from all over the continent. In order to tackle this, this line of action This was the beginning of the exemplary municipal movement for human rights. The preventative actions, including: drafting a “Barcelona Commitment” was adopted plan against Islamophobia, which is being during this conference. This programmatic designed in 2016 and which will be set in text formed the basis for the European motion in 2017, a plan against anti-gypsy Charter for Safeguarding Human Rights in sentiments scheduled for 2017, some in- the City, which was approved in Saint- ternational conferences in February 2017 Denis two years later, and which has now on the rhetoric of hate on social networks been signed by over 400 European cities. and strategies for combating it, and sup- - 12 port for some actions carried out by hu- ence will be celebrated in 2018 and, politi- man rights organisations, such as annual cally speaking, it could be the right time for Direcció de Serveis de Drets de reports on LGTBI-phobia, annual reports a new international event to propose once Ciutadania i Diversitat on racism and xenophobia and reports on again that local administrations, faced with Government Measure the presence of the rhetoric of hate in the Barcelona City of Rights media, among others. show by international organisations and Programme states, should assume their obligations in This action is completed by the actions terms of human rights and take steps to - protect the rights of their citizens. This in- tion. ternational conference will be held at the end of 2018. 8. Barcelona’s active participation in inter- national human-rights networks and fo- In terms of human rights, Barcelona is also rums. 20th anniversary of the European part of some formally established net- Conference of Cities for Human Rights works, such as the UCLG’s Committee on Social Inclusion, The defence and promotion of human rights movements have always had a Participatory Democracy and Human marked international side. The internation- Rights, the European Coalition of Cities alisation of human rights in the mid-20th Against Racism (ECCAR) and Eurocities; century, symbolised by the adoption of the as well as other municipal movements that Universal Declaration of Human Rights, are not formally established, such as the marked a turning point in the concept of refugee city network, the ciutats lliures de respecting people’s rights as not just an mordasses [ungagged cities] network, the internal concern for each state, but as a moviment pel dret a la ciutat [rights in the concern for the international community in city movement] and the TTIP-free Cities, general. among others. For the City of Barcelona, this international These networks and platforms help to role is an undeniable fact, and it is one of augment the international impact of the the hallmarks of the municipality, which policies implemented in the city and they has always stood out for its innovative also serve as a means of learning from ex- public policies for prevention and guaran- periences and different perspectives. teeing human rights. However, this role has lost impetus in recent years and it In this sense, the measure proposes to needs to be reinforced and improved. continue with and reinforce Barcelona’s active participation in these networks and cy was created in 2014, which we are not its search for new collaborative networks, continuing with. This government measure along with the adoption of the Global - Charter-Agenda for Human Rights in the crimination. This name is well-established City in 2018, as an international bench- in the city’s memory, and we have decided mark programmatic text. It will foster the to give it a new impetus as a mechanism adoption of the Charter by other cities in for guaranteeing human rights at a local order to actively promote human-rights level. culture among municipal administrations, as it did with the European Charter. - lowing three operational functions and on Furthermore, there are plans to put Barce- the thematic priorities mentioned above. lona forward for the Executive Committee Its operational functions will be: of the European Coalition of Cities Against Racism (ECCAR) at the end of 2017. Assistance and advice for victims of human rights violations: people who have been victims of human rights vio- 13 Actions for guaranteeing human rights lations will continue to be cared for, Direcció de Serveis especially with respect to established de Drets deCiutadania i Diversitat We will set these actions in motion once a thematic priorities. This assistance violation of human rights has occurred. and advice, basically legal in nature, Government Measure Barcelona City of They will therefore be concerned with in- will be improved by applying new as- Rights Programme vestigation and, where necessary, punish- sistance protocols, setting up a more ment and compensation for the violation. powerful database and publicising the service more widely both among the 9. Study Concerning the Municipal general public and internally at the Guarantee Mechanisms City Council. This service will have to be provided with greater resources, In order to improve the municipal response and specialised legal advice will be to human rights violations, whether they needed, which will be contracted. If a are caused by the City Council, private in- violation by the City Council itself is dividuals, companies or other administra- tions, it is necessary to conduct an as- sessment study of the various services and windows offered by Barcelona. The mechanism, in order to co-ordinate its aim of this study will be to identify any response. Where a violation consti- overlaps and gaps and to propose im- provements and changes in order to es- person about the legal steps they tablish a real system for guaranteeing hu- man rights at a local level. contact the Public Prosecutor. In the remaining cases, an out-of-court set- This study will be carried out in 2016. tlement will be sought, which could involve mediation, a specialised ser- vice that will be contracted. The City of Barcelona has had a municipal service dedicated to tackling discrimina- player in watching over human rights tion-related human rights violations since violations, may promote the involve- ment of the City Council in certain cas- not considered to be a priority service, and es that it considers to be strategic and it underwent a change of name when the whose resolution may mean a profound - change or transformation of both soci- ety and politics. This function will be re- and full citizenship. A campaign against served for the established thematic pri- discrimination in the workplace is planned orities and always carried out in for 2017. However, the list may be extend- coordination with the Central Legal Ser- - vices. spond to any future problems detected. Drafting Specialised Reports: The two There will be a review of the protocols and previous functions will provide a broad database for the cases dealt with by the - tions and enable general guidelines to the information that may be compiled be extracted from the individual cases attended. These general guidelines will and to ensure an appropriate return on the be the subject of specialised reports work carried out for the general public. that will be drafted. These aim of these This review will be ready at the end of reports will be to detect structural prob- 2016. lems that cause human rights violations 14 and to propose improvements to coun- Furthermore, there are plans to revamp the ter them. These, mainly legal, reports Direcció de Serveis de Drets de will be carried out by external experts. as well as updating its communication Ciutadania i Diversitat channels, with the creation of social net- Government Measure - work accounts and a specialised website. Barcelona City of Rights lowing thematic priorities: the rhetoric of These new features will be up and running Programme hate and discrimination, civil rights and in 2017. public freedoms in the use of public areas, 5. OPERATIONAL PRINCIPLES Territorialisation Gender Feedback and Perspective Interdependency Barcelona City of Rights Intercultural Networking and Perspective Municipalism Coproduction Internacional and Standars Coleadership Glocal Perspective In order to set in motion the various above- measure and to create mechanisms of mentioned actions, the following opera- exchange and coordination, in order to tional principles will be taken into account include the vision, experience and and applied. knowledge of the different territories. Territorialisation: All the actions in- Feedback and Interdependency: In- cluded in this measure will have to be terdependency is one of the character- co-ordinated with district actions in or- istics of human rights, meaning that der to be effective. This means that an any right is linked to the others and that effort must be made to explain the when one is affected, this has effects on the others. Therefore, all the actions (the Universal Declaration of Human included in the measure are also inter- Rights, International Pacts, other Unit- dependent and there must therefore be a continuous dialogue between them in Convention for the Protection of Hu- order to provide feedback and to look man Rights and Fundamental Free- for synergies that will enhance their ef- doms, the EU’s Charter of Fundamental fects and impact. Rights), but also with its guarantee mechanisms (Human Rights Commit- Networking and Municipalism: Bar- tee, Committee on Economic, Social celona can do a lot on its own, but it and Cultural Rights, Special Rappor- can do much more if it works with oth- teurs, European Court of Human Rights...), produce what is known as are a great number of city networks and international human rights standards, local bodies that should be studied and which are the internationally accepted taken into account. These networks will norm and must always be the basis and be strengthened and reviewed regard- the legitimisation for public policies, in 16 ing the measure’s themes, such as application of one of the basic princi- UCLG, ECCAR, Eurocities... ples of a human rights-based ap- Direcció de Serveis de Drets de proach. Ciutadania i Diversitat Gender Perspective: Of all the ine- Government Measure qualities found in the city, gender ine- Intercultural Perspective: The inter- Barcelona City of Rights quality affects the largest number of cultural perspective of recognising di- Programme versity and positively interacting with population who are women. Each and that diversity will be applied as a princi- every action included in this measure ple across all the actions included in takes this fact into account and they all the measure. share the common objective of gender justice. Co-production and Co-leadership: in terms of networking with organisations Glocal Perspective: Barcelona is clear- and individual citizens, we have to take ly a glocal city and the joint analysis of a step forward and opt for the co-pro- the local effects of global phenomena duction of public policies and co-lead- must be a constant in order to propose ership. This principle will be applied in a actions and policies that address the very clear and direct way in actions causes of the various human rights vio- such as the network of people and or- lations that occur in the city. ganisations that defend human rights, but also in other, less obvious exam- Use of International Human Rights ples, such as the co-production of re- Standards: International human rights ports and studies on the human rights law, with its declarations and treaties situation in the city. 6. CALENDAR 2016 2017 2018 2019 Q3 Q4 Q1 2T Q3 Q4 Q1 2T Q3 Q4 Q1 2T Q3 Q4 Review of municipal regulations and protocols in accordance with human rights standards Strengthening political advocacy concerning regulations affecting Human Rights that are not under municipal control Campanya difusió “Barcelona Ciutat de Drets” General campaign image elements Human Rights Route Individual campaigns 17 Training plans Direcció de Serveis de Drets de Ciutadania i Diversitat training plan Government Measure Implementation of City Barcelona City of Council training plan Rights Programme training plan Implementation of general public training plan Methodological guides on applying a human rights-based approach to public policies General methodological guide on HRBA Adapted Guides Network of people and organisations that defend human rights Creation Adopting the work plan Implementing work plan Preventing and combating the rhetoric of hate Islamophobia Implementation of plan against Islamophobia Conferences on rhetoric of hate on social networks anti-gypsy sentiments Implementing plan against anti-gypsy sentiments Support for various reports on rhetoric of hate 2016 2017 2018 2019 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Active participation in international human-rights networks and forums Strengthening networks Candidacy for the ECCAR executive committee Adoption of the Global Charter Agenda Celebration of the 20th anniversary and Cities for Human Rights Conference Study on municipal guarantee mechanisms Conducting the study 18 Presenting the study Direcció de Serveis de Drets de Ciutadania i Diversitat Adjudication of legal Government Measure advice service Barcelona City of Rights Programme Review and improvement of database New image and publicity and communication elements 7. ALLOCATED BUDGET July-Dec 2016 2017 2018 2019 Actions concerning 27.000 57.000 57.000 57.000 respect for human rights Actions concerning 301.000 700.000 750.000 825.000 protection of human rights Actions concerning the 140.000 303.000 300.000 300.00 guarantee of human rights TOTAL 468.000 1.060.00 1.107.000 1.182.000