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		<title>Defending Peasants&#8217; Rights &#8211; Newsletter n°10</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The UN Working Group on UNDROP: civil society consultation and first country visit&#160; Engaging UNDROP’s rights holders in the next thematic report of the Working Group Defending Peasants’ Rights continues to collaborate closely with the experts from the UN Working Group on UNDROP. In March 2026, we organised an online dialogue with the former chair...</p>
<p>La entrada <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/defending-peasants-rights-newsletter-n10/">Defending Peasants&#8217; Rights &#8211; Newsletter n°10</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/home">Defending Peasants&#039; Rights</a>.</p>
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<h5 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Engaging UNDROP’s rights holders in the next thematic report of the Working Group</strong></h5>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Defending Peasants’ Rights continues to collaborate closely with the experts from the UN Working Group on UNDROP. In March 2026, we organised an online dialogue with the former chair of the Working Group, Carlos Duarte, gathering UNDROP’s rights holders from all over the world to provide direct <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2026/call-inputs-wg-peasants-report-peasant-territories-land-and-sea">input</a> to the Working Group’s upcoming thematic report on Rural Territories on Land and Sea.<br><br>This report, due to be presented to the UN General Assembly in New York in the second term of 2026, will examine how violations related to land, water, and forests impact the dignity, stability, and livelihoods of peasants and rural workers worldwide. Inputs from rights holders and their representative movements and organisations were key to ground the report on the lived realities and struggles of peoples working in rural and water territories, who face multiple forms violations and threats as green- and blue-grabbing practices advance in a world increasingly controlled by private capital and transnational corporations.This discussion took place following the official Call for inputs released by the WG, which gathered many contributions. See them <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2026/call-inputs-wg-peasants-report-peasant-territories-land-and-sea">here</a>.</p>



<h5 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>The UN Working Group on UNDROP concludes its official visit to Ghana</strong></h5>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Working Group conducted its first official country visit since the start of its mandate, undertaking a ten-day mission to Ghana. During the visit, the experts met with a wide range of UNDROP’s rights holders, including smallholder farmers, artisanal fishers and pastoralists, as well as public authorities and varied civil society representatives. While noting important legislative and policy advances, they highlighted ongoing challenges related to land access, poverty, exclusion, environmental degradation and limited access to finance and markets.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Working Group stressed the need for stronger implementation of existing laws and policies to ensure that Ghana’s agricultural transformation benefits rural communities and fully reflects the rights recognised in UNDROP.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Read the end of the mission statement with preliminary findings <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/official-visit-of-the-undrop-working-group-to-ghana-challenges-and-opportunities/">here</a>.</p>



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<h5 class="wp-block-heading">New category on UNDROP&#8217;s <strong>Rights Holders</strong></h5>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">UNDROP recognises a wide range of rural constituencies as its rights holders, which allows diverse rural groups that often face marginalisation and multiple human rights violations to use UNDROP as a legal and political tool to protect their fundamental rights at the national, regional, and international levels. This new subcategory aims not only to highlight the plurality of UNDROP’s rights holders, but also to provide guidance on the interpretation of the definition of “peasants and other people working in rural areas” contained in Article 1 of the Declaration. It includes insightful contributions from Shalmali Guttal, Chairperson of the UN Working Group on UNDROP, as well as from rights holders themselves, who participated in an online roundtable held during our 2025 public webinar.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Click <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/defending-the-rights-of-rural-peoples-who-are-undrops-rights-holders/">here</a> to access the new <em>Rights Holders </em>subcategory on Defending Peasants’ Rights</p>



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<h5 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>National Laws and Policies</strong></h5>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The appropriation and mobilisation of UNDROP by rural movements and organisations have increasingly yielded important victories at the legislative and policy levels across different countries, especially in South America. This new subcategory serves to gather the main legislative and policy advancements obtained as a result of political advocacy led by rural constituencies and allies, aimed at creating or amending national legal frameworks that protect the rights of peasants, fisher peoples, nomads, and pastoralists, as well as other rights holders, in light of UNDROP’s provisions.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In recent years, we have witnessed a growing influence of UNDROP in shaping laws and policies at national level, thanks to the mobilisation of rural movements that give life to this legal instrument in their struggles. These victories not only help safeguard the rights of rural peoples, but also contribute to emerging practices that can guide future legislative and policy developments in favour of the rights of those who live and work in rural areas.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Click <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/category/national-laws-and-policies/">here</a> to access the new <em>National Laws and Policies</em> subcategory on Defending Peasants’ Rights</p>



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<p>La entrada <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/defending-peasants-rights-newsletter-n10/">Defending Peasants&#8217; Rights &#8211; Newsletter n°10</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/home">Defending Peasants&#039; Rights</a>.</p>
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		<title>Report on the Promotion and Implementation of the UNDROP in Cuba</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Defending Peasants Rights is pleased to publish this report dedicated to the Cuban laboratory on peasant rights and food sovereignty, elaborated by the Cuban Association of Small-Scale Farmers (ANAP), with the support of CETIM. Cuba’s experience demonstrates that the principles and provisions enshrined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other...</p>
<p>La entrada <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/report-on-the-promotion-and-implementation-of-the-undrop-in-cuba/">Report on the Promotion and Implementation of the UNDROP in Cuba</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/home">Defending Peasants&#039; Rights</a>.</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Defending Peasants Rights</em> is pleased to publish this report dedicated to the Cuban laboratory on peasant rights and food sovereignty, elaborated by the Cuban Association of Small-Scale Farmers (ANAP), with the support of CETIM.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Cuba’s experience demonstrates that the principles and provisions enshrined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP) can be translated into concrete public policies, legal frameworks, and initiatives aimed at guaranteeing and promoting the rights of peasant communities. This report highlights the progress achieved and the main initiatives developed in this regard, underscoring the commitment of the State and of rights holders themselves to the promotion and protection of peasant rights.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This experience also constitutes a valuable reference for other countries and contexts. It demonstrates that, even under conditions of vulnerability resulting from an ongoing imperialist offensive, and in the face of enormous challenges caused by external economic warfare, it is possible to advance the implementation of the rights recognized in the UNDROP when there is political will, a supportive institutional framework, and the active participation and mobilization of grassroots organizations and communities.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Beyond its national particularities, the Cuban case offers lessons and inspiration for other countries seeking to strengthen their public policies and legal frameworks in support of the rights of people living and working in rural areas.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">See the full report below:</p>



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		<title>Peasant, Indigenous and Afrodescendant communities under attack in Honduras</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Peasant, Indigenous and Afrodescendant communities in Honduras have been facing intensification of violent attacks under the context of the Nasry Asfura’s government’s promotion of policies and practices that favor agribusiness and extraction over peasants&#8217; rights. In wake of the recently approved “Law For The Strengthening And Protection Of The Agro-Industrial Sector, Energy Projects, Tourism, Livestock,...</p>
<p>La entrada <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/peasant-indigenous-and-afrodescendant-communities-under-attack-in-honduras/">Peasant, Indigenous and Afrodescendant communities under attack in Honduras</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/home">Defending Peasants&#039; Rights</a>.</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Peasant, Indigenous and Afrodescendant communities in Honduras have been facing intensification of violent attacks under the context of the Nasry Asfura’s government’s promotion of policies and practices that favor agribusiness and extraction over peasants&#8217; rights.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In wake of the recently approved <em>“Law For The Strengthening And Protection Of The Agro-Industrial Sector, Energy Projects, Tourism, Livestock, And Small Agricultural Producers Of Honduras”</em> promoting and protecting agribusiness, 1000 eviction orders of peasant communities have been ordered. This law compounds on existing violence, criminalization and intimidation of many peasant groups who have been fighting for their historic right to land and food and food sovereignty including for example the massacre that occurred on 21 May, 2026 in the community of Rigores, Colon that resulted in the deaths of 20 peasants.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Defending Peasants Rights extends its solidarity with the peoples and communities of Honduras, especially the peasant, Indigenous and Afrodescendant organizations that are currently facing evictions and other attacks. We also uphold these organization’s demands for access to justice at the local, national and international levels, and we call for the rights enshrined in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas to be protected and respected.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We invite you to read the statements prepared by La Via Campesina Honduras about these recent events:</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong><em>Honduras: Peasant Organizations Denounce 1,000 Eviction Orders:</em></strong>  <a href="https://viacampesina.org/en/2026/07/honduras-peasant-organizations-denounce-1000-eviction-orders/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://viacampesina.org/en/2026/07/honduras-peasant-organizations-denounce-1000-eviction-orders/</a><br><br><strong><em>La Vía Campesina Honduras denounces the massacre of peasants in the community of Colón: </em></strong> <a href="https://viacampesina.org/en/2026/05/la-via-campesina-honduras-denounces-the-massacre-of-peasants-in-the-community-of-colon/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://viacampesina.org/en/2026/05/la-via-campesina-honduras-denounces-the-massacre-of-peasants-in-the-community-of-colon/</a></p>
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<p>La entrada <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/peasant-indigenous-and-afrodescendant-communities-under-attack-in-honduras/">Peasant, Indigenous and Afrodescendant communities under attack in Honduras</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/home">Defending Peasants&#039; Rights</a>.</p>
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		<title>Call for Input: Environmental human rights defenders and the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Editor’s note: The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human right to a healthy environment has launched a call for inputs to inform a forthcoming thematic report on environmental human rights defenders, to be presented at the 64th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. This is an important opportunity for rural social movements,...</p>
<p>La entrada <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/call-for-input-environmental-human-rights-defenders-and-the-human-right-to-a-clean-healthy-and-sustainable-environment/">Call for Input: Environmental human rights defenders and the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/home">Defending Peasants&#039; Rights</a>.</p>
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<p class="has-theme-palette-8-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Editor’s note:</strong><br><br>The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human right to a healthy environment has launched a <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2026/call-input-environmental-human-rights-defenders-and-human-right-clean-healthy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">call for inputs</a> to inform a <strong>forthcoming thematic report on environmental human rights defenders</strong>, to be presented at the 64th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.<br><br>This is an important opportunity for rural social movements, peasants, Indigenous Peoples, small-scale fishers, among other rural peoples, to share evidence and experiences on the challenges faced by environmental human rights defenders around the world. The report will examine the growing risks, violence, and repression affecting those who defend the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, while also identifying effective measures to strengthen their protection. Contributions from UNDROP rights holders and their representative organisations are essential to ensure that the report reflects the realities on the ground and provides concrete recommendations to States and other actors.<br><br>We encourage organisations representing UNDROP rights holders to submit their contributions (up to 2,500 words or 5 pages) by <strong>21 August 2026</strong>. For more information, please read the full call below.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Issued by: <strong>Special Rapporteur on the human right to a healthy environment</strong><br><br>Deadline: <strong>21 August 2026</strong><br><br>Purpose: <strong>Inform the preparation of my thematic report to the 64th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.</strong></p>
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<h5 class="wp-block-heading">Background</h5>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs) play a critical role in protecting the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment and all other human rights. Their work contributes directly to protecting ecosystems and biodiversity, advancing a safe climate, improving air quality, protecting water and watersheds, promoting healthy and sustainable produced food, and achieving non-toxic environments. Environmental human rights defenders’ work is fundamental for the advancement of the procedural elements of the right to a healthy environment; access to information, public participation, and access to justice. These are recognised human rights and fundamental pillars of the rule of law, democratic governance and peaceful societies.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The role of EHRDs is especially vital today, as humanity faces the triple planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and toxic pollution, aggravated by systemic inequalities and discrimination. Around the world, EHRDs are actively identifying and implementing alternative viable solutions to the triple planetary crises, with solutions that span from protecting fragile ecosystems on land and in the ocean- to advancing renewable and sustainable energy. This helps in achieving accountability while supporting States to fulfill their obligations. Whilst there has been an increased recognition of the crucial role of EHRDs by institutions, overall, the risks, violence and repression these defenders keep facing are increasing in all regions. These risks are reflected by the closing of civic spaces, stigmatization, harassment, surveillance, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs), criminalization, threats, attacks, and even assassinations and forced disappearances.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">People and groups in marginalized situations, including Indigenous Peoples, peasants, coastal and fisher peoples, people of African descent, women and girls, children and youth, older persons, LGTBQ+ and people living in highly polluted areas are especially in vulnerable situations. EHRDs on the ground face higher risks, aggravated by conflict, war, and illegal economies, while increased risks for journalists, lawyers, and even scientists working for a healthy environment, have also been documented .</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">To further understand the situation that EHRDs are facing around the world, and to find effective measures for their protection is urgent and important per se but also for solving the triple planetary crises. Understanding the situation requires considering differentiated impacts that EHRDs are facing by region, sector, gender, age, among others, towards the protection of their rights, and for effectively implementing the right to a healthy environment.</p>



<h5 class="wp-block-heading">Objectives</h5>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In this report, the Special Rapporteur examines the situation of environmental human rights defenders, working in the context of the triple planetary crises, focusing on how violations against them also affect the realization of the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. The report will outline the obligations of States and non-State actors, under international law and human rights law, to protect EHRDs, as well as States’ duty to protect the environment and the climate system, preventing further harms. In doing so, the Special Rapporteur aims to contribute to the understanding of the situation of EHRDs from an individual and a collective perspective, acknowledging that while many of EHRDs are leading and implementing individual actions, these are commonly part of broader community or collective efforts.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Special Rapporteur will provide concrete recommendations to States and other stakeholders to ensure the protection of environmental human rights defenders and the effective implementation of the right to a healthy environment, including in relation to collective measures from an intersectional approach.</p>



<h5 class="wp-block-heading">Key questions and types of input/comments sought</h5>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Key Information and Contributions for the Report</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Special Rapporteur invites submissions from States, civil society, Indigenous Peoples, people of African descent, peasants, children and youth, small scale fisheries, academics, businesses and others on the following:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>1. Regarding the situation of Environmental Human Rights Defenders</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Please contribute with information describing:</p>



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<li><strong>Specific risks</strong> faced by environmental human rights defenders, including Indigenous Peoples, women and girls, children and youth, peasants, coastal communities, rural communities, journalists, lawyers, scientists, LGTBQ+, and people living in highly polluted areas, among others. Please describe impacts of these risks and attacks on their communities, collectives, work, and environmental protection outcomes, as well as specific considerations applicable to regions or sectors that might be relevant.</li>



<li>The <strong>use of legal measures</strong> to restrict, limit or obstacle the work of EHRDs, including impacting the civic space, use of SLAPPs, the use of criminal law, or other mechanisms to create a ‘chilling effect’.</li>



<li><strong>Kinds of impacts</strong>, including psychosocial impacts of threats, violence, and repression on environmental human rights defenders. Please detail the ways in which these attacks may generate or exacerbate internal conflicts within communities, organizations, and social movements.</li>



<li><strong>Factors that might be contributing to the worsening situation</strong> of environmental human rights defenders.</li>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>2. Policies, legislation and other existing measures of State and non-State actors for the protection of EHRDs</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Please contribute with information related with :</p>



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<li><strong>Policies, regulations and practices</strong> adopted by States, businesses and/or financial institutions to identify, mitigate, mitigate, prevent, prosecute and remedy for risks and impacts on EHRDs, including in the context of high-risk sectors such as extractive industries, agribusiness, energy, and infrastructure, as well as information on barriers to accountability and access to justice. Please mention whether mechanisms consider individual and collective protection and include examples of the implementation of these;</li>



<li><strong>Examples of actions taken by non-State actors</strong> to ensure meaningful engagement with affected or potentially affected EHRDs as individuals, collectives and communities, including Indigenous Peoples and other groups in vulnerable situations, and measures to avoid contributing to threats, reprisals, or conflicts. Include information of how these actions have succeeded or failed, and redress processes, established by non-State actors that are relevant to the protection of EHRDs, including their accessibility, effectiveness, implementation in practice.</li>



<li><strong>Grievance mechanisms</strong>, and redress processes, established by non-State actors that are relevant to the protection of EHRDs, including their accessibility, effectiveness and implementation in practice.</li>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>3. Other effective measures for protecting Environmental Human Rights Defenders</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Please provide information regarding:</p>



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<li>Concrete examples of <strong>effective measures beyond legal frameworks</strong> or policies, to ensure a safe and enabling environment for environmental human rights defenders, including measures for individual, collective and/or communities’ protection.</li>



<li>Explanation if these measures consider an <strong>intersectional approach</strong> and how it is implemented, as well as the process to conceive, plan and implement such measures.</li>



<li>Examples of <strong>structural measures</strong> for the effective protection of EHRDs ensuring a safe and enabling environment for the implementation of their work.</li>
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<h5 class="wp-block-heading">How inputs will be used?</h5>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We appreciate your efforts to submit your valuable inputs for this report, and your collaboration and support for the implementation of this mandate.&nbsp;If there is information that you have previously sent to other special procedures or human rights mechanisms that may be relevant, we urge you to flag these to avoid duplication and more effectively coordinate.&nbsp;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Please email your responses in<strong> Word format</strong> (subject: Planning and the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment to&nbsp;<a href="mailto:hrc-sr-environment@un.org">hrc-sr-environment@un.org</a>.&nbsp;Unless specifically requested otherwise and provided they are in line with UN norms and standards, submissions may be posted on the Special Rapporteur’s homepage at the OHCHR website and may be referenced in the reports. In view of consent and privacy issues, contributions containing names of alleged victims will be considered but not published online.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For additional information on the mandate of the <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/sr-environment">Special Rapporteur on the human right to a healthy environment | OHCHR</a>.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Input/comments may be sent by email. They must be received by <strong>21 August 2026 </strong>.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Email address: </strong><a href="mailto:hrc-sr-environment@un.org">hrc-sr-environment@un.org</a></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Email subject line:</strong> Environmental human rights defenders and the right to a healthy environment</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Word/Page limit:</strong><br>2500 words / 5 pages</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Accepted file formats:</strong><br>Word</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Accepted Languages:</strong><br>English, French, Spanish</p>
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<p>La entrada <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/call-for-input-environmental-human-rights-defenders-and-the-human-right-to-a-clean-healthy-and-sustainable-environment/">Call for Input: Environmental human rights defenders and the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/home">Defending Peasants&#039; Rights</a>.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Defending Peasants&#8217; Rights extends solidarity with Bolivia&#8217;s peasant and Indigenous organizations extraordinary uprising that gripped the country for over 50 days. What began as a response to a proposed land reform, which would have facilitated land concentration by large landowners, quickly escalated into a broad grassroots-based movement demanding the resignation of the corporate-led administration of...</p>
<p>La entrada <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/solidarity-with-bolivias-peasant-and-indigenous-organizations/">Solidarity with Bolivia&#8217;s peasant and Indigenous organizations</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/home">Defending Peasants&#039; Rights</a>.</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Defending Peasants&#8217; Rights</em> extends solidarity with Bolivia&#8217;s peasant and Indigenous organizations extraordinary uprising that gripped the country for over 50 days. What began as a response to a proposed land reform, which would have facilitated land concentration by large landowners, quickly escalated into a broad grassroots-based movement demanding the resignation of the corporate-led administration of President Rodrigo Paz.&nbsp;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The protests have unified an impressive coalition of peasant, rural and urban workers. At the heart of this mobilization are powerful peasant organizations, as the Tupac Katari Federation, the Bartolina Sisa Federation&nbsp;of Indigenous peasant women, and the Unified Syndical Confederation of Peasant Workers&nbsp;(CSUTCB), who have mobilized throughout the whole country to resist, counteract and claim the respect of their fundamental rights.&nbsp;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This current struggle is testament to the formidable political force of peasant organizations in the country. The protests are not simply about land or fuel subsidies; they represent a profound rejection of a dominant political and economic model perceived as violating peasants&#8217; rights, food sovereignty principles and marginalizing rural and Indigenous communities.&nbsp;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We invite you to read the three following declarations of solidarity with the struggle of the Bolivian people:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>CLOC-Via Campesina</strong> <a href="https://viacampesina.org/en/2026/06/bolivia-cloc-la-via-campesina-rejects-the-divisive-and-polarizing-actions-promoted-by-rodrigo-paz/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://viacampesina.org/en/2026/06/bolivia-cloc-la-via-campesina-rejects-the-divisive-and-polarizing-actions-promoted-by-rodrigo-paz/</a></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Bartolinas Sisas Federation (Bolivian member of LVC)</strong> <a href="https://viacampesina.org/en/2026/06/bolivia-the-bartolina-sisa-organization-reaffirms-unity-denounces-government-attempts-at-division-and-co-optation/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://viacampesina.org/en/2026/06/bolivia-the-bartolina-sisa-organization-reaffirms-unity-denounces-government-attempts-at-division-and-co-optation/</a></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>CETIM</strong> <a href="https://www.cetim.ch/bolivia-solidarity-with-popular-struggles-for-food-sovereignty-and-social-justice/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.cetim.ch/bolivia-solidarity-with-popular-struggles-for-food-sovereignty-and-social-justice/</a></p>
<p>La entrada <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/solidarity-with-bolivias-peasant-and-indigenous-organizations/">Solidarity with Bolivia&#8217;s peasant and Indigenous organizations</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/home">Defending Peasants&#039; Rights</a>.</p>
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		<title>Agrarian Counter-Reforms: Anatomy of a Dispossession in Progress</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 13:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Defending Peasants’ Rights hereby shares a study authored by Carlos Duarte, member of the UN Working Group on UNDROP, and published by the Pontifical Javeriana University of Cali and the Land Observatory (Observatorio de Tierras) in May 2026. The study examines the growing trend of agrarian counter-reforms in Latin America and the Caribbean and their...</p>
<p>La entrada <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/agrarian-counter-reforms-anatomy-of-a-dispossession-in-progress/">Agrarian Counter-Reforms: Anatomy of a Dispossession in Progress</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/home">Defending Peasants&#039; Rights</a>.</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Defending Peasants’ Rights</em> hereby shares a study authored by Carlos Duarte, member of the UN Working Group on UNDROP, and published by the Pontifical Javeriana University of Cali and the Land Observatory (Observatorio de Tierras) in May 2026.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The study examines the growing trend of agrarian counter-reforms in Latin America and the Caribbean and their impact on land rights secured through earlier agrarian reform processes. It shows how recent legal, institutional, and administrative changes are contributing to renewed land concentration and increasing pressure on peasants, Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendant communities, and other rural populations. The report also maps the main forms these counter-reforms take (legal reforms, land financialisation, corporate-led green grabbing, and state-led dispossession) and explores their implications for territorial justice and rural development.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It analyses current patterns of land concentration across the region, highlighting how long-standing inequalities are being reinforced by financialisation and large-scale land acquisitions, with these structural conditions providing the backdrop for contemporary counter-reforms. Drawing on case studies from Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador, as well as Caribbean countries, it explores a range of legal and institutional measures that have weakened land protections, including administrative reclassification, deregulation, restrictive territorial policies, accelerated expropriation procedures, the criminalization of land-related conflicts, and the revocation of land titles.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It further identifies broader regional trends and assesses them in light of international human rights standards, arguing that these reforms reflect a wider shift in land governance that favours economic concentration while eroding protections recognised under international instruments, especially the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The study concludes by highlighting a pressing contradiction of the current agrarian moment: <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/recognition-of-the-peasantry-in-latin-america-through-the-lens-of-undrop-key-findings/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">while significant progress is being made in formally recognising the rights of rural peoples</a>, the administrative, procedural, and economic mechanisms needed to make those rights effective are being steadily weakened through a global legal architecture that places land, territories and natural resources as mere financial assets.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Listen to the podcast on this study (Spanish only):</strong></p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Read the full study here:</strong></p>



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<p>La entrada <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/agrarian-counter-reforms-anatomy-of-a-dispossession-in-progress/">Agrarian Counter-Reforms: Anatomy of a Dispossession in Progress</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/home">Defending Peasants&#039; Rights</a>.</p>
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		<title>Recognition of the Peasantry in Latin America Through the Lens of UNDROP: Key Findings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Defending Peasants&#8217; Rights is pleased to share a landmark study, published in April 2026 by researchers from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Cali, Colombia, including Carlos Duarte, member of the UN Working Group on UNDROP.  This study provides the first regional mapping of laws recognising peasants and other rural populations across Latin America. It analyses...</p>
<p>La entrada <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/recognition-of-the-peasantry-in-latin-america-through-the-lens-of-undrop-key-findings/">Recognition of the Peasantry in Latin America Through the Lens of UNDROP: Key Findings</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/home">Defending Peasants&#039; Rights</a>.</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Defending Peasants&#8217; Rights</em> is pleased to share a landmark study, published in April 2026 by researchers from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Cali, Colombia, including Carlos Duarte, member of the UN Working Group on UNDROP. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This study provides the first regional mapping of laws recognising peasants and other rural populations across Latin America. It analyses 170 legal provisions in force in 23 countries between 1917 and 2025, offering a comparative overview of how peasant rights are recognized in national legal systems.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The findings show that legal recognition of peasants is now widespread across the region. Nearly half of the laws analysed explicitly recognise peasant rights, while 88% contain some form of recognition or protection for rural populations. Brazil has the largest number of relevant legal instruments, while Colombia and Panama stand out for the strength of their legal frameworks. More than half of all identified norms were adopted between 2010 and 2025, demonstrating growing political attention to peasant issues.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The most common themes are family farming, access to land, agrarian reform, and food sovereignty. However, important gaps remain in areas such as the rights of rural women, agroecology, the right to seeds, and political participation.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The study also examines the relationship between national laws and UNDROP. Although only four legal instruments explicitly refer to the Declaration, many laws incorporate its principles. Colombia, Ecuador, and Bolivia provide some of the strongest examples of alignment with UNDROP.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The report concludes that Latin America has become a global reference for the legal recognition of peasants, while highlighting the need for stronger implementation of UNDROP through constitutional recognition, greater protection of rural women, stronger support for agroecology and the right to seeds, and improved mechanisms for political participation.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">See full study below:</p>



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<p>La entrada <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/recognition-of-the-peasantry-in-latin-america-through-the-lens-of-undrop-key-findings/">Recognition of the Peasantry in Latin America Through the Lens of UNDROP: Key Findings</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/home">Defending Peasants&#039; Rights</a>.</p>
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		<title>International webinar &#8211; Reinvigorating the Bandung Spirit to Strengthen Global South Solidarity</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 14:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The international webinar titled “Reinvigorating the Bandung Spirit to Strengthen Global South Solidarity,” held by the Indonesian Peasant Union (SPI) on 6 May 2026, marked the 71st Anniversary of the Asian-African Conference. It brought together participants from across Asia and Africa to revisit the Bandung Spirit and reflect on its continued relevance in today’s world,...</p>
<p>La entrada <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/international-webinar-reinvigorating-the-bandung-spirit-to-strengthen-global-south-solidarity/">International webinar &#8211; Reinvigorating the Bandung Spirit to Strengthen Global South Solidarity</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/home">Defending Peasants&#039; Rights</a>.</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The international webinar titled <em>“Reinvigorating the Bandung Spirit to Strengthen Global South Solidarity,”</em>  held by the Indonesian Peasant Union (SPI) on 6 May 2026, marked the 71st Anniversary of the Asian-African Conference. It brought together participants from across Asia and Africa to revisit the Bandung Spirit and reflect on its continued relevance in today’s world, particularly in relation to the struggles of rural peoples. The event highlighted how the principles that emerged from the original Bandung Conference can still serve as a foundation for cooperation and solidarity among countries of the Global South.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">More than a commemorative gathering, the webinar provided a space for exchange between peasant and rural organisations as well as social movements working in diverse contexts across Asia and Africa. It focused on sharing lived experiences of struggle and resistance, while also examining how ongoing geopolitical and geoeconomic shifts are affecting rural communities. Contributors included members of La Via Campesina and partner organisations such as SPI (Indonesia), CBOP (Burkina Faso), MONLAR (Sri Lanka), CAJF (Sudan), and PKRC (Pakistan). The event also featured the participation of Shalmali Guttal, expert member of the UN Working Group on UNDROP for the Asian region.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Watch the full webinar below (conducted in a multilingual format, with participants speaking in English, Bahasa Indonesia, or French) </em>:</p>



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<p>La entrada <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/international-webinar-reinvigorating-the-bandung-spirit-to-strengthen-global-south-solidarity/">International webinar &#8211; Reinvigorating the Bandung Spirit to Strengthen Global South Solidarity</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/home">Defending Peasants&#039; Rights</a>.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Following a ten-day visit to Ghana at the invitation of the Government, the Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas released an incisive statement (see below) highlighting the main outcomes of its visit, including advancements and ongoing challenges faced by UNDROP rights holders in Ghana in the realisation...</p>
<p>La entrada <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/official-visit-of-the-undrop-working-group-to-ghana-challenges-and-opportunities/">Official visit of the UNDROP Working Group to Ghana: Challenges and Opportunities</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/home">Defending Peasants&#039; Rights</a>.</p>
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<p class="has-theme-palette-5-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Following a ten-day visit to Ghana at the invitation of the Government, the <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/category/law-policy/un-working-group-on-undrop/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas</a> released an incisive statement (see below) highlighting the main outcomes of its visit, including advancements and ongoing challenges faced by UNDROP rights holders in Ghana in the realisation of their rights.</strong><br><br><strong>We hereby republish the <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2026/05/ghana-rural-transformation-risks-leaving-peasants-behind-political-will" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">press release</a> issued by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on this important <em>in loco</em> mission carried out by the Working Group on UNDROP to assist the Government of Ghana in advancing the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas.</strong></p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Ghana: Rural transformation risks leaving peasants behind, political will needed to move forward, say UN experts</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>ACCRA</strong> – Ghana stands on the cusp of an agricultural transformation, but there is an urgent need to ensure small-holder farmers, artisanal fishers, and pastoralists are not left behind through the country&#8217;s implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP), the Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas said in a <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/peasants/20260514-state-visit-ghana-wg-peasants.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">statement</a> today.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Ghana has a robust human rights framework and has demonstrated genuine willingness to engage with its commitments through the Fisheries and Aquaculture Act 2025, the Social Protection Act 2025, the Affirmative Action (Gender Equity) Act 2024, and the ratification of ILO Work in Fishing Convention (No. 188),” the Working Group said in a statement at the conclusion of their official visit to the country.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“However, there is a persistent gap between the law and policy and their meaningful implementation on the ground. Small-holder farmers, artisanal fishers and pastoralists, who constitute the actual backbone of food production, continue to suffer from poverty and exclusion,” they said.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The experts warned that the government&#8217;s drive toward mechanised, export-oriented agriculture risks entrenching a dual food system. This model heavily serves large-scale, input-intensive commercial agriculture, while the family-based agrarian sector is left increasingly marginalised.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Land tenure insecurity is an ongoing challenge, as the country&#8217;s dual tenure system exposes subsistence farmers to sudden dispossession with limited legal recourse.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Women, youth and elderly farmers face compounded disadvantages within both statutory and customary systems. Despite their critical roles throughout farming and fishing, and despite strong legal protections, women remain excluded from land ownership and decision-making due to deeply entrenched social norms,” they added.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Ghana is simultaneously confronting a severe environmental emergency fuelled by illegal gold mining, or &#8220;galamsey&#8221;.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Galamsey is the most acute, rapidly expanding and politically charged environmental emergency facing the country. The contamination of rivers, destruction of farmland and the spread of heavy-metal contamination reach far beyond mining sites,” the experts said. Sustained by powerful interests, it has become a national security, food and nutrition security, and public health emergency intertwined with elite capture.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The experts also highlighted the deep, multi-dimensional exclusion of pastoralists.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Their nomadic way of life renders them structurally invisible to governance systems designed around settled tenure. Many in Fulbe communities face barriers to citizenship documentation, effectively placing them outside the reach of any legal protection framework.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The erosion of grazing pastures, worsened by climate pressure and agricultural expansion, is generating an escalating cycle of conflict between pastoralists and settled farmers.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Economic barriers such as intermediary dominance, poor rural road infrastructure, and an absence of cold-chain facilities lead to catastrophic post-harvest losses, which are compounded by climate change shocks. Smallholder farmers and artisanal fishers are additionally excluded from finance by their inability to provide conventional collateral.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The policy and legislative framework that Ghana has assembled constitutes a strong foundation that commands respect for human rights. Yet implementing laws to address all these issues demands genuine political courage that challenges entrenched interests, and a commitment to deeper social norm change without which legal frameworks remain aspirational,” the experts said. UNDROP calls for nothing less, on behalf of peasant farmers, fisherfolk, pastoralists and other rural workers.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Working Group will present a report on the visit including findings and recommendations to the UN Human Rights Council in September 2026.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>See the End of Mission Statement on the country visit to Ghana below:</em></p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/specialprocedures/wg-peasants">Working Group on Peasants and other people working in rural areas</a> is comprised of five independent experts from all regions of the world. The Chair-Rapporteur is <strong>Carlos Duarte</strong> (Colombia), other members are <strong>Geneviève Savigny</strong> (France); <strong>Shalmali Guttal</strong> (India), <strong>Uche Ewelukwa Ofodile</strong> (Nigeria) and <strong>Davit Hakobyan</strong> (Armenia).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Special Rapporteurs/Independent Experts/Working Groups are independent human rights experts appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council. Together, these experts are referred to as the <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures-human-rights-council" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Special Procedures</a> of the Human Rights Council. Special Procedures experts work on a voluntary basis; they are not UN staff and do not receive a salary for their work. While the UN Human Rights office acts as the secretariat for Special Procedures, the experts serve in their individual capacity and are independent from any government or organization, including OHCHR and the UN. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the UN or OHCHR.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Country-specific observations and recommendations by the UN human rights mechanisms, including the special procedures, the treaty bodies and the Universal Periodic Review, can be found on the Universal Human Rights Index <a href="https://uhri.ohchr.org/en/">https://uhri.ohchr.org/en/</a></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">UN Human Rights, country page – <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/countries/ghana">Ghana</a></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For inquiries and media requests, please contact: Cynthia Prah (prah@un.org) Public Information Officer in Accra, or Stee Asbjornsen (<a href="mailto:stee.asbjornsen@un.org">stee.asbjornsen@un.org</a>) in Geneva.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For media inquiries related to other UN independent experts please contact Maya Derouaz (<a href="mailto:maya.derouaz@un.org">maya.derouaz@un.org</a>) or Dharisha Indraguptha (<a href="mailto:dharisha.indraguptha@un.org">dharisha.indraguptha@un.org</a>)</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Follow news related to the UN’s independent human rights experts on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/UN_SPExperts">@UN_SPExperts</a>.</p>
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<p>La entrada <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/official-visit-of-the-undrop-working-group-to-ghana-challenges-and-opportunities/">Official visit of the UNDROP Working Group to Ghana: Challenges and Opportunities</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/home">Defending Peasants&#039; Rights</a>.</p>
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		<title>International Day of Peasant Struggles! &#8211; 17 April</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Today, April 17th, marks the International Day of Peasant Struggles. The Defending Peasants Rights platform stands in solidarity with peasants and rural communities worldwide. We honour those who have lost their lives in the struggle for dignity, land, and justice, and those who continue to feed humanity, protect biodiversity, and sustain the planet. Peasants, fisherpeople,...</p>
<p>La entrada <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/international-day-of-peasant-struggles-17-april/">International Day of Peasant Struggles! &#8211; 17 April</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/home">Defending Peasants&#039; Rights</a>.</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em><strong><br></strong>Today, April 17th, marks the International Day of Peasant Struggles. The Defending Peasants Rights platform stands in solidarity with peasants and rural communities worldwide. We honour those who have lost their lives in the struggle for dignity, land, and justice, and those who continue to feed humanity, protect biodiversity, and sustain the planet.</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Peasants, fisherpeople, pastoralists, herders, Indigenous peoples, rural workers and rural peoples are central actors in transforming food systems and building pathways toward global food sovereignty. Safeguarding their rights is therefore key for the future of humanity and a sustainable planet.</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>A fundamental tool to protect their rights is the <strong>United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas – UNDROP</strong>. It provides a robust framework to guide public policies, laws, and programmes that uphold rural peoples’ dignity, livelihoods, and futures.</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>The Defending Peasants’ Rights is a global platform for rural organisations and constituencies to share knowledge, amplify struggles, and build collective power for the implementation of their rights worldwide.</em></p>



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<p>La entrada <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/international-day-of-peasant-struggles-17-april/">International Day of Peasant Struggles! &#8211; 17 April</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/home">Defending Peasants&#039; Rights</a>.</p>
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		<title>INTERNATIONAL WEBINAR: Reinvigorating the Bandung Spirit to Strengthen Global South Solidarity Amid Contemporary Global Dynamics in term of Geopolitics and Geoeconomics</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Wednesday, 6 May 2026</p>
<p>14:00 WIB<br />
15:00 WITA<br />
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<p>La entrada <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/international-webinar-reviving-the-spirit-of-bandung-to-strengthen-global-south-solidarity-amid-contemporary-global-dynamics-from-a-geopolitical-and-geo-economic-perspective/">INTERNATIONAL WEBINAR: Reinvigorating the Bandung Spirit to Strengthen Global South Solidarity Amid Contemporary Global Dynamics in term of Geopolitics and Geoeconomics</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/home">Defending Peasants&#039; Rights</a>.</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">English, Indonesian (Bahasa), French</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8211;&gt; Event Name and Theme</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">• Event Name: 71st Anniversary of the Asian-African Conference.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">• Event Theme: Reinvigorating the Bandung Spirit to Strengthen Global South Solidarity Amid Contemporary Global Dynamics in term of Geopolitics and Geoeconomics</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8211;&gt; Objectives of the Event</p>



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<li>To analyse the relevance of the Bandung Spirit in fostering a framework of solidarity among Global South nations amidst contemporary global dynamics</li>



<li>To exchange struggle experiences among peasant organizations from Asia and Africa</li>



<li>Developing relevant policy recommendations to promote the Bandung Spirit as a guiding principle for the nation in addressing contemporary global dynamics</li>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8211;&gt; Format and Venue</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">• Format: Hybrid (In-Person and Online)</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">• In-Person Location : National Secretariat of Indonesian Peasant Union</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">&#8211;&gt; Rundown Program:</p>



<figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><td>Time</td><td>Description</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>Speakers</td></tr><tr><td>14.00-14.05 14.05-14.15 14.15-14.25</td><td>Mystica Welcoming Remarks 1 Welcoming Remarks 2 Welcoming Remarks 3</td><td>&nbsp; : :</td><td>&nbsp; Henry Saragih – Chairperson SPI Zainal Arifin Fuad – ICC LVC Shalmali Ghuttal – UNWG UNDROP</td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td colspan="3">Regional/National Context and exchange struggle experience:</td></tr><tr><td>14.25-14.35</td><td>Asia – Indonesia Context</td><td>:</td><td>Afghan Fadila – SPI &nbsp;Indonesia</td></tr><tr><td>14.35-14.45</td><td>Africa – Burkina Faso Context</td><td>:</td><td>Thiombiano Joseph – CBOP Burkina Faso</td></tr><tr><td>14.45-15.05</td><td>Break &#8211;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>15.05- 15.15</td><td>Asia&nbsp; &#8211; Srilanka Context</td><td>:</td><td>Anuka De Silva- Monlar Srilanka</td></tr><tr><td>15.15- 15.25</td><td>Africa – Sudan Context</td><td>:</td><td>AbdelRouf – CAJF Sudan</td></tr><tr><td>15.25-15,35</td><td>Asia&nbsp; &#8211; Pakistan Context</td><td>:</td><td>Qammar Abbas – PKRC Pakistan</td></tr><tr><td>15.35-15.45</td><td>Asia&nbsp; &#8211; Phillipina</td><td>:</td><td>&nbsp;Zenaida Mansilohan Paragos</td></tr><tr><td>15.45 – 16.00</td><td>Q/A</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>16.00 – 16.10</td><td>Conclusion and Closing</td><td>:</td><td>Zainal Arifin Fuad – ICC LVC</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>
<p>La entrada <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/international-webinar-reviving-the-spirit-of-bandung-to-strengthen-global-south-solidarity-amid-contemporary-global-dynamics-from-a-geopolitical-and-geo-economic-perspective/">INTERNATIONAL WEBINAR: Reinvigorating the Bandung Spirit to Strengthen Global South Solidarity Amid Contemporary Global Dynamics in term of Geopolitics and Geoeconomics</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/home">Defending Peasants&#039; Rights</a>.</p>
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		<title>Empowering Young Pastoralist Leaders: a youth-led webinar</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Friday 10 April - Online</p>
<p>13:00 UTC / GMT</p>
<p>Register here!</p>
<p>La entrada <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/empowering-young-pastoralist-leaders-a-youth-led-webinar/">Empowering Young Pastoralist Leaders: a youth-led webinar</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/home">Defending Peasants&#039; Rights</a>.</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Join us os <strong>Friday 10 April </strong>for WAMIP youth-led webinar on “Empowering Young Pastoralist Leaders”! </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This session is designed to <strong>engage young pastoralists</strong> and global stakeholders in a meaningful dialogue about the challenges faced by the next generation of rangeland stewards and the tools available to them to drive more meaningful decision-making.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Why Attend? </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">• Direct Insights: Hear directly from global pastoralist youth regarding their experiences in governance and decision-making. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">• Practical Tools: Learn about the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants (UNDROP) as a political tool for advocacy. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">• Expert Advice: Receive recommendations on political engagement from the IPC Youth Working Group and CSIPM. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">• Networking: Connect with young leaders from all over the world.</p>



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<p>La entrada <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/empowering-young-pastoralist-leaders-a-youth-led-webinar/">Empowering Young Pastoralist Leaders: a youth-led webinar</a> se publicó primero en <a href="https://defendingpeasantsrights.org/en/home">Defending Peasants&#039; Rights</a>.</p>
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