UNDROP: UN experts call for action ahead of fourth anniversary
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UNDROP: UN experts call for action ahead of fourth anniversary

ByUN experts

Source: https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements/2022/12/un-declaration-rights-peasants-un-experts-call-action-ahead-anniversary GENEVA (16 December 2022) – Despite recognition that peasants and rural workers are essential to providing everyone food and protecting the planet’s biodiversity, the world has treated them as expendable, UN experts said today. Ahead of the 17 December anniversary of the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and…

The UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP Presentation 1/3)
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The UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP Presentation 1/3)

ByChristophe Golay

The UN Declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas (UNDROP) has been adopted in 2018, after almost 20 years of mobilization by La Via Campesina and its allies, and 6 years of negotiation at the UN Human Rights Council and General Assembly. It has been adopted to protect the…

Other International Instruments on Peasants’ Rights (UNDROP Presentation 2/3)
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Other International Instruments on Peasants’ Rights (UNDROP Presentation 2/3)

ByChristophe Golay

The UNDROP is based on a number of other international instruments, including (1) international human rights instruments, (2) the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Protocols, and (3) the Plant Treaty. 1. INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) has been adopted in 1948. In…

United Nations sources on Peasants’ Rights (UNDROP Presentation 3/3)
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United Nations sources on Peasants’ Rights (UNDROP Presentation 3/3)

ByChristophe Golay

In addition to international instruments, a number of other UN sources are important for peasants’ rights, including (1) the UN Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF) 2019-2028, (2) FAO instruments (6), and (3) UN Committee on World Food Security instruments. 1. UN DECADE OF FAMILY FARMING (2019-2028) In 2017, the UN General Assembly unanimously proclaimed the…

Implementing the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) in light of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP)
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Implementing the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) in light of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP)

ByProf. Christophe Golay | Dr. Karine Peschard | Prof. Olivier De Schutter | Prof. Hilal Elver | Prof. José Esquinas | Prof. Michael Fakhri

The more a seed system recognizes and supports farmers as stewards of a seed system for all of humankind, the more this system fulfils people’s human rights. M. Fakhri, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food

UN Human Rights Committee protects the right to land in Paraguay using the UNDROP
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UN Human Rights Committee protects the right to land in Paraguay using the UNDROP

ByDefending Peasants' Rights

At the global level, in 2019 the Human Rights Committee – which is responsible to monitor the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in the more than 170 States Parties to the ICCPR – became the first UN Treaty Body to refer to the UNDROP, in its decision in Portillo…

1st anniversary of the UNDROP – Joint statement by UN human rights experts*
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1st anniversary of the UNDROP – Joint statement by UN human rights experts*

ByUN experts

The need to take steps to implement the UN Declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas Source: https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements/2019/12/joint-statement-un-human-rights-experts-1st-anniversary-adoption-un-declaration 17 December 2019 The following joint statement has been made by a group of United Nations human rights experts* to mark the 1st anniversary of the adoption of the UN Declaration…