A/HRC/30/49 society representatives and is a consultative body that studies the situations of foreigners and their integration. It gives recommendations on government projects and recommends policies. That said, it should also be noted that in some countries civil society does not have any role in protecting human rights at the local level. 56. Some initiatives are building local governments’ and authorities’ capacity on human rights: Burundi has targeted police for human rights training; Mexico conducts sessions for civil servants on the new constitutional principles, including human rights; Georgia focuses this capacity-building on citizens directly, rather than on local governments; the Australian Local Government Association and the National Human Rights Commission in Australia work in cooperation to operationalize human rights locally. 57. In Hungary, local governments are required to analyse the conditions of disadvantaged groups in their area and promote equal opportunities for them. Luxembourg mandates Consultative Commissions for social integration – these commissions make recommendations to the local governments. Burundi states as a best practice the cooperation between local government and the United Nations system. Luxembourg is promoting multilingualism and multiculturalism in public services, such as for integrating migrants. 58. In Australia, the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission facilitate local government forums, and has developed a toolkit for local government. The Commission will review local government programmes and practices on request to ensure they are compatible with the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities, and will provide training to local councils. 25 59. In 1980, the Sakai, Japan, City Government recognized the sanctity of human rights, and affirmed that it would enlist the efforts towards the realization of a “Human Rights Protection City”. Sakai City subsequently advanced policy based on the human rights principles and later joined other local governments in formulating its own education and enlightenment plan called the “Sakai City Action Plan for the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education”. Following on from previous efforts, in 2007 Sakai enacted the “City Ordinance for Community Development Respecting Peace and Human Rights” and the Sakai City Human Rights Policy Promotion Plan”, and has since comprehensively and systematically advanced human rights policy. 60. A programme of the People’s Movement for Human Rights Education (PDHRE), since 1998, included the development of 30 human rights cities and the training of 500 young community leaders at four Regional Learning Institutions for Human Rights Education. By 2007, PDHRE had trained 100 community leaders, and 17 human rights cities were in development.26 61. In the Republic of Korea, several local governments and cities have been leading the human rights city movement domestically and internationally. Gwangju was the first human rights city officially announced in the Republic of Korea and Asia in 2010 with fullfledged programmes consisting of its Human Rights Charter, human rights action plan with human rights indicators, ombudsperson, etc. Other local governments, such as Seongbuk-gu and Chungnam Province, have also adopted the human rights city framework as a way to 25 26 Australia, Department of infrastructure and regional development. Rosario, Argentina; Graz, Austria; Santa Cruz, Plurinational State of Bolivia; Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Porto Alegre, Brazil; Edmonton, Winnipeg, Canada; Temuco and Valparaiso, Chile; Bongo, Newton, Wa, Nimamobi, Walewale, Ghana; Nagpur, India; Korogocho, Kenya; Kita, Kati, Kayes, Sikasso, Timbuktu, Mali; Bucuy Municipality, Philippines; Musha, Rwanda; Thies, Senegal; Mogale, South Africa; Kaohsiung, Taiwan Province of China. 15