The City of Reykjavík’s Human Rights Policy: Challenges, Dilemmas and Opportunities

• Main Authors: Þorvaldsdóttir, Þorgerður H., Hjartardóttir, Guðbjörg Lilja
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: Stjórnsýslustofnun 2016
• Subjects: Reykjavik’s human rights policy; multiple discrimination; institutionalizing intersectionality; human rights city; Mannréttindastefna Reykjavíkurborgar; margþætt mismunun; samtvinnun mismununarbreyta; mannréttindaborg; Reykjavík; Reykjavíkurborg; Svip; Iceland
• Online Access: https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/irpa/article/view/a.2016.12.2.9

The City of Reykjavík took the lead in promoting equality and human rights in Iceland when the City Council adopted the first human rights policy in 2006. The policy is based on international human rights law and principles of equality and non-discrimination. A questionnaire for the city’s managers...