Side-event: Implementing the Right to Food Guidelines and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants in Africa and Europe: A Civil Society Perspective
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Side-event: Implementing the Right to Food Guidelines and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants in Africa and Europe: A Civil Society Perspective

ByDefending Peasants' Rights

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 will bring…

Towards an international recognition of the environmental component of peasantry – Pathways from the Convention on Biological Diversity.
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Towards an international recognition of the environmental component of peasantry – Pathways from the Convention on Biological Diversity.

ByCarlos Olaya, Carlos Duarte, Rodrigo Uprimny and Carlos Quesada

Notes from the authors Introduction In this article we propose three approaches to recognize the “environmental component of the peasantry” in international environmental law. This concept, introduced by the Colombian Constitution through Legislative Act 01 of 2023, mandates that decision-making processes affecting peasants take into account their special relationship with the ecosystems they rely on….

How to implement the UNDROP at the European and national level to promote peasants’ rights
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How to implement the UNDROP at the European and national level to promote peasants’ rights

ByEuropean Coordination Via Campesina

On September 16, the European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC) published a report on the implementation of UNDROP in Europe. You can find the launch press release here. This new publication presents the Declaration: its origin, purpose, content and how it should be implemented. It lists policy recommendations for international and regional organizations, European decision-makers and…

The UN Working Group on the UNDROP – Video presentation by Geneviève Savigny
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The UN Working Group on the UNDROP – Video presentation by Geneviève Savigny

ByDefending Peasants' Rights

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 UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants: using the law to fight for just and sustainable food systems
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The UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants: using the law to fight for just and sustainable food systems

ByRaffaele Morgantini - Lendemains Solidaires

This article was published in the CETIM magazine “Lendemains Solidaires”, in its first issue dedicated to agriculture (January 2022). You can find the article here. There’s nothing more paradoxical than the fact that those who contribute most to food security – namely rural communities – are the ones most affected by poverty and malnutrition. Erected…

Common Struggles, Different Roots: Indigenous and Landless People’s Food Sovereignties in Southern Brazil
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Common Struggles, Different Roots: Indigenous and Landless People’s Food Sovereignties in Southern Brazil

ByMatteo Consiglio

Thesis to obtain the Master in International and Development Studies of the Graduate Institute in International and Development Studies in Geneva AbstractFocusing on the Guarani Mbyá and the Landless Workers’ Movement (MST) in Santa Catarina, this thesis explores the similarities and differences between indigenous and landless food sovereignty. It shows how their narratives are intertwined…

FAO’s work on the themes of the United Nations Declarationon the Rights of Peasantsand Other People Workingin Rural Areas (UNDROP)
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FAO’s work on the themes of the United Nations Declarationon the Rights of Peasantsand Other People Workingin Rural Areas (UNDROP)

ByDefending Peasants' Rights

This publication catalogues FAO’s extensive work under six key themes central to UNDROP: family farming; youth and gender equality; the right to a decent income and livelihood; the right to land and other natural resources; the right to seeds and biodiversity; and the right to adequate food. It can be useful for policymakers, practitioners, and…

Defending Peasants’ Rights – Newsletter n°5 
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Defending Peasants’ Rights – Newsletter n°5 

ByDefending Peasants' Rights

The webinar video is now available! We are delighted to announce that the video of our webinar on the UN Working Group on UNDROP is now online. We were thrilled to have three of the Working Group’s experts with us: Shalmali Guttal, Carlos Duarte and Geneviève Savigny. The experts had the opportunity to explain their…

Video of our webinar “The next chapter in the struggle for UNDROP: learning about the new UN Working Group”
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Video of our webinar “The next chapter in the struggle for UNDROP: learning about the new UN Working Group”

ByDefending Peasants' Rights

For the International Day of Peasant’s Struggles on April 17, Defending Peasants’ Rights and La Via Campesina held a webinar on the UN Human Rights Council’s Working Group on UNDROP, with three of its experts: Shalmali Guttal, Carlos Duarte and Geneviève Savigny. The UNDROP Working Group was created by a resolution of the Human Rights…