Sri Lanka: Exit Harmful Debt Restructuring Agreements, Reform Laws to Align with UNDROP, MONLAR Tells Government
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Sri Lanka: Exit Harmful Debt Restructuring Agreements, Reform Laws to Align with UNDROP, MONLAR Tells Government

This article was first published on La Via Campesina’s website on April 25th, 2025. You can find it here. The Movement for Land and Agriculture Reform (MONLAR), representing over 5,000 peasant workers in Sri Lanka, recently made a submission to the government listing out several instances of the violation of the UN Declaration on the…

When rural communities claim their rights! The rights-holders of the UNDROP
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When rural communities claim their rights! The rights-holders of the UNDROP

The process that led to the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP) was, above all, an exemplary mobilization and convergence of rural movements. These movements came together in their advocacy efforts to secure this common instrument to fight for the transformation of…

Call for input from the Special Rapporteur on the right to food
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Call for input from the Special Rapporteur on the right to food

Call for Input : Concentration of corporate power in global food systems and its implications for the realization of the right to food All the special procedures of the UN Human Rights Council can published calls for inputs. These calls are addressed to any interested parties to the subject. Civil society organizations and human rights…

Defending Peasants’ Rights – Newsletter n°7
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Defending Peasants’ Rights – Newsletter n°7

Calls for inputs from the UN Working Group At the beginning of February, the UN Working Group on UNDROP published a new call for inputs: Global trends in challenges affecting peasants and other people working in rural areas, as well as their right to equal participation. This call is an opportunity for all organizations to…

Calls for inputs from the Special Rapporteur on Climate change
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Calls for inputs from the Special Rapporteur on Climate change

Elisa Morgera, the UN Special Rapporteur on on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change, has issued 2 calls for inputs that can be related to Peasants’ Rights: Fossil Fuel-based Economy and human rights and Human Rights in the life cycle of Renewable Energy and Critical Minerals. All the…

The UNDROP from the workers perspective
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The UNDROP from the workers perspective

Introduction The UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas is often abbreviated to the Declaration of the Rights of Peasants, yet it would be a disservice to the Declaration to overlook the other groups it protects. This article will focus on one such group of people who also…

INTERACTIVE UNDROP – Article 2 : States’ Obligations
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INTERACTIVE UNDROP – Article 2 : States’ Obligations

Article 2 of UNDROP deals with the general obligations of States in respect of all the rights enshrined in the Declaration. Article 2.1 takes up the typology of State obligations recognized in international law, the obligations to respect, protect and fulfill all human rights. The obligation to respect the rights of peasants and others working…

The role of international and regional organizations in the UNDROP
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The role of international and regional organizations in the UNDROP

This text was orginally published in a Research brief of the Geneva Academy for International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. This text tackles and puts light on the content of article 27 of the UNDROP, which establishes the responsabilities of international and regional organizations in terms of promotion and implementation of the provisions of the…

Trade and biodiversity: two areas at the heart of the interaction between the right to development and UNDROP
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Trade and biodiversity: two areas at the heart of the interaction between the right to development and UNDROP

Session of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development : Notes on the thematic discussion “Trade, biodiversity and the right to development: an equation to be constructed“ La Via Campesina and CETIM took part in the thematic discussions organized during the 10th session of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development. In…

Advocacy efforts to the first session of the UN Working Group on Rights of Peasants in Geneva
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Advocacy efforts to the first session of the UN Working Group on Rights of Peasants in Geneva

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…

Defending Peasants’ Rights – Newsletter n°6
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Defending Peasants’ Rights – Newsletter n°6

New category on the website: The UN Working Group on UNDROP  In September, Defending Peasants’ Rights added a new category: the UN Working Group on UNDROP!  The creation of the Working Group is a major step forward for the implementation of UNDROP at all levels. It’s important to make it accessible to everyone, by putting together…