Coffee and carbon in Colombia: Human rights concerns at the intersection of food systems, climate change and data-based technologies
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Coffee and carbon in Colombia: Human rights concerns at the intersection of food systems, climate change and data-based technologies

ByFian International

This report was first published on Fian International’s website in June 2024. The introduction below was written specifically for Defending Peasants’ Rights, to highlight the UNDROP’s role. You can find the original introduction here and the report below. Carbon markets vs. peasant autonomy: UNDROP’s role in safeguarding rights and data sovereignty There is an urgent…

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…

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…

Fact sheet on the UN Working Group on UNDROP
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Fact sheet on the UN Working Group on UNDROP

ByFian International, Cetim, La Via Campesina

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…

UNDROP: a key to a just transition to agroecology
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UNDROP: a key to a just transition to agroecology

BySibylle Dirren (FIAN International)

This briefing paper was first published on Fian International website on September 19th, 2023. You can find it here. The global food crisis, rising inequalities and the triple planetary crise of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution are stark reminders that maintaining the status quo is no longer viable. We urgently need to embark on…

Universal Periodic Review of Cuba: CETIM highlights good practices on peasants’ rights
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Universal Periodic Review of Cuba: CETIM highlights good practices on peasants’ rights

ByCETIM

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a human rights protection mechanism of the UN Human Rights Council. It is a process based on the review of each UN member state’s compliance with its human rights obligations and commitments. All member States are assessed by other States, which may make recommendations on different issues and with…

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas: One Step Forward in the Promotion of Human Rights for the Most Vulnerable
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The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas: One Step Forward in the Promotion of Human Rights for the Most Vulnerable

ByMaria Natalia Pacheco Rodriguez and Luis Fernando Rosales Lozada

This article is a Research Paper from the South Center, it was first published in November 2020. In this paper the two authors, who were key actors of the adoption of UNDROP, explain how the UNDROP came to be, some of the rights enshrined in it and finally they open perspectives for the future. There…

Reasearch Brief: The Right to Seeds in Africa
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Reasearch Brief: The Right to Seeds in Africa

ByKarine Peschard, Christophe Golay, Lulbahri Araya

This research brief is a publication by the Geneva Academy, you can find it on its website here. This Researche Brief is the summary of a longer publication on The Right to Seeds in Africa, you can find it on our website here. The implementation of UNDROP represents a unique opportunity to redress the imbalance…

Research Brief: The rights to food and food sovereignty in UNDROP
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Research Brief: The rights to food and food sovereignty in UNDROP

ByChristophe Golay

RESEARCH BRIEF This research brief was first published by the Geneva Academy, you can find it here. Peasants and other people working in rural areas, including fisherfolk, pastoralists and herders feed between 70 and 80 per cent of the world population, but they represent 80 per cent of those suffering from hunger, food insecurity and…

The Implementation of the UNDROP: what is next?
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The Implementation of the UNDROP: what is next?

ByDefending peasants' rights

The UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP) was adopted in December 2018. However, its application seems challenging. On 4th June 2021, the South Centre organized a virtual meeting aiming to promote a debate about future actions to move forward the implementation of the UNDROP.  The meeting…

Research brief: Switzerland’s foreign policy and the UNDROP
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Research brief: Switzerland’s foreign policy and the UNDROP

ByCaroline Dommen et Christophe Golay

This Research Brief was written in the framework of the Coalition of Swiss organizations “Friends of the Declaration”, it was first published in August 2022. The coalition “Friends of the Declaration” was created following the adoption of the UNDROP in 2018, and aims to ensure that the rights enshrined in the Declaration are implemented by…