Bachir Kanouté coordinator of IOPD Africa participates in this Forum to introduce the African approach to Human Rights at local levels.

Since 2011, the WHRCF has gathered key actors and stakeholders engaged in building Human Rights Cities. This 6th edition of the WHRCF aims to pursue the exchanges of experiences among cities committed to human rights around the world while strengthening the global alliance of human rights cities on the basis of Gwangju Guiding Principles for a Human Rights City (2011).