The Right to the City: The Constitutional Law Meaning and Content

The aim of the work is to analyze documents and scientific research related to the interpretation of the category “right to the city” in its evolutionary development. The article provides a list of the rights of city residents enshrined in the European Declaration of the Rights of Cities, which is part of the European Urban Charter (1992). Attention is focused on the fact that the list of rights in the Charter precedes the provision that the exercise of rights in the city should be based on the solidarity and responsibility of citizens, meaning the acceptance of equal responsibilities. It is concluded that the introduction of digital technologies in the urban environment gives new meaning and content to the right to the city. Information networks and telecommunications simplify the processes of self-organization of citizens, their interaction with the authorities. In this context, the right to the city also means the right of everyone to participate in the information society, the right to the Internet.