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The right to the city is a part of human rights, which one of its aims is guaranteeing the safety of inhabitants of the city. This right, which is among the rights of the third generation of human rights, is known as the "Right to the Safe City". Safe City means the safe habitat, the safe transportation and the unpolluted environment with maintaining the life of inhabitants. Citizens in such city are not inactive and passive. They have an impact on the process of selecting city managers and executing the decisions taken in the name of the city. The Right to the Safe City expresses the right of the inhabitants to benefit from safety in front of natural events and human activities. Identifying this right brings about two positive consequences:- supporting the city as an alive and dynamic creature;- codifying a separate charter for each city according to local requirements for achieving sustainable development and resolving urban problems.

Cities contain more than half of the world's population. Urban sprawl and environmental degradation would cause irreparable damage to the cities and their citizens. A considerable number of the urban population suffer from the lack of human rights in the cities. Fundamental principles ought to be respected in order to achieve the desired standards of living, Human dignity and the well-being of citizens. The right to the city is an idea, recently having drawn social movements and urban designers' attention to the fact that preserving the fundamental human rights in the cities is of the essence to the extent that some countries have recognized this right in their internal documents. It is true that the community of engineers has allocated a part of their studies to the right to the city and its importance. However, such human right is not confined to the urbanization rules and it should be considered legally binding. This Article Interprets the Right to The City from legal dimension and the responsible organizations for protecting and preserving it.