Human Rights Council Side Event: The Rights of Peasants and Rural Workers in times of multiple crises held in Geneva
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Human Rights Council Side Event: The Rights of Peasants and Rural Workers in times of multiple crises held in Geneva

This article was originally published in the website of the South Centre A side-event to the 52 session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, titled “Respecting, protecting and fulfilling the rights of peasants and other rural workers – A clever move in times of multiple crises” was held at the Palais des Nations,…

Putting Peasants Rights Into Practice
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Putting Peasants Rights Into Practice

Event on the UNDROP and Switzerland’s Foreign Policy During HEKS/EPER Land Forum 2021, was held an online event with the Geneva Academy of international humanitarian law and human rights and the coalition of Swiss NGOs “Friends of the Déclaration”. Based on the study “Switzerland’s Foreign Policy and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of…

Video: The UN Declaration on Peasants’ Rights (UNDROP) explained 
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Video: The UN Declaration on Peasants’ Rights (UNDROP) explained 

This video, published by La Via Campesina as part of its training process, explores the main ideas of the UNDROP. It explains how peasants can use this Declaration in their struggles for Food Sovereignty, Peasant Agroecology, Climate Justice, Agrarian Reform and Human Rights.

UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants: What it Means for Canada
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UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants: What it Means for Canada

In this webinar, panelists explored the scope of the new UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas and what it means for Canada. Presentations and panelists: Why is UNDROP necessary? : Geneviève Savigny, La Vía Campesina’s Peasant Rights Collective, Confédération Paysanne, France A Crucial Right: The Right to…