Since its adoption in 2018, UNDROP has inspired national, regional and international jurisprudence, laws and policies to protect the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas. Here are examples of decisions of national and regional courts and UN human rights bodies in which different rights enshrined in UNDROP have been protected. You will also find examples of inclusion of UNDROP in the work of the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review, Special Procedures and Treaty Bodies. And you will find information about the new UN Working Group on UNDROP, composed of 5 independent experts, which started its mandate in May 2024!
This article was first published on La Via Campesina’s website on November 14th, you can find it here. From the 21st to the 25th of October 2024, the United Nations Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (the Working Group) held its second session in Geneva. The Working…
Prior to the COP 16 to the Convention on Biological Diversity in October 2024, the UN Working Group on the Rights of Peasants released the following statement on the interrelation between the Convention and UNDROP. They argued that the COP is a critical space and moment for advancing the rights of peasants and other people…
In September 2024, the UN Working Group on UNDROP presented its first annual report to the Human Rights Council. The presentation of this first official report was an opportunity for La Via Campesina and allied organizations to take part in discussions at international level. La Via Campesina was able to position itself as a constant…
The Voluntary Guidelines to support the progressive realization of the right to food in the context of national food security (Right to Food Guidelines) were adopted 20 years ago, and the CFS52 in October 2024 will take stock of their implementation. This side-event of the United Nations Committee on World Food Security in Rome brought civil…
At its 54th session in October 2023, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution establishing a Working Group on the Declaration of the Rights of Peasants and Other Rural Workers. The five experts making up this group were appointed at the following session, on April 5th, 2024. And on September 19th 2024, these experts…
On the occasion of the presentation of the first report of the UN Working Group to the Human Rights Council, Cetim and Fian International made a written statement to the Council. The statement was written and sent prior to the publication of the Working Group’s report. The statement puts into context the adoption of the…
On September 19th, The UN Working Group on UNDROP has submitted its first report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva. If the first two parts of the report are dedicated to the context of their mandate and the history of the recognition of the UNDROP, the last parts of the report are a first…
Belgium, July 2024. Geneviève Savigny, Chair of the UN Working Group on UNDROP, introduces us to the group, its mandate, prerogatives and initial projects.She also explains how to contact the Group’s experts. She emphasizes the importance of being able to interact with peasants and rural workers.She concludes her presentation with a message of support and…
The video of the complete training is online! The United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted the UN Declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas (UNDROP) on 17 December 2018. Four years later, on 12 October 2023, the Human Rights Council created the UN Working Group on the rights of…
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri At the 55th session of the Human Rights Council in March 2024, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, presented his annual report. This year, he highlights the challenges facing small-scale fishermen in the context of the climate crisis. He…
Since its adoption in 2018, UNDROP has been included in the work of some United Nations human rights mechanisms. We present how this has been done in this contribution, in which we also present the new Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas created by the Human Rights…
At the occasion of the election of the experts for the UN Working Group on UNDROP, Fian International, Cetim and La Via Campesina published a new fact sheet on the Working Group. The document explains why it was so impertive to have a Working Group installed. It also details what are the prerogatives of the…
