ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Barbara Oomen

Barbara Oomen is Professor in the Sociology of Human Rights at Utrecht University, and teaches at UU’s honors college in Middelburg, the University College Roosevelt.

POSTS BY Barbara Oomen

28 Januar 2020

The Next Step: Coupling City-zenship to Human Rights

Should urban citizenship be emancipated from national citizenship? Barbara Oomen points at the international human rights framework for three reasons: (1) This is where local authorities are already looking for inspiration; (2) the legal framework of human rights offers an added value in meeting some of the underlying objectives of city-zenship; and (3) it could mitigate concerns legitimately raised in earlier contributions. Continue reading >>

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