The Right to Development: A Leverage for Food Sovereignty and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants (UNDROP)
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The Right to Development: A Leverage for Food Sovereignty and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants (UNDROP)

ByZainal Arifin Fuat

Author: Zainal Arifin Fuat, leader from the Serikat Petani Indonesia (SPI) and member of the International Coordination Committee of La Via Campesina This article was originally published in the journal Lendemains Solidaires, available in French here. Food Sovereignty is intended as the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food, produced through ecologically sound…

International webinar – Reinvigorating the Bandung Spirit to Strengthen Global South Solidarity
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International webinar – Reinvigorating the Bandung Spirit to Strengthen Global South Solidarity

ByDefending Peasants' Rights

The international webinar titled “Reinvigorating the Bandung Spirit to Strengthen Global South Solidarity,” held by the Indonesian Peasant Union (SPI) on 6 May 2026, marked the 71st Anniversary of the Asian-African Conference. It brought together participants from across Asia and Africa to revisit the Bandung Spirit and reflect on its continued relevance in today’s world,…

UNDROP as a Shield for Fisher Peoples
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UNDROP as a Shield for Fisher Peoples

ByCandelaria Aráoz Falcón (ICSF)

Cover image credit: Christel Grimaud The adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP) in 2018 marked a historic milestone for rural justice. However, to date, its development and implementation have largely focused on the peasantry. It is essential to remember that the rights…

Food Sovereignty in the Face of War, Imperialism, and the Hunger of Peoples Around the World
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Food Sovereignty in the Face of War, Imperialism, and the Hunger of Peoples Around the World

ByLa Via Campesina

This Press Release was originally published on La Via Campesina’s website on 17 April 2026. La Via Campesina releases its position document on wars around the world, in the framework of the 30th anniversary of the International Day of Peasant Struggles. Bagnolet, April 17, 2026 | Today marks 30 years since the Eldorado dos Carajás…

Yaoundé Declaration: The WTO And Free Trade Cause Hunger, Poverty And Inequality
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Yaoundé Declaration: The WTO And Free Trade Cause Hunger, Poverty And Inequality

ByCETIM

Article originally published by CETIM on April 2, 2026, available here. CETIM and La Via Campesina were in Yaoundé, Cameroon, to closely monitor the proceedings of the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference (26–29 March 2026). CETIM and LVC advocate the dismantling of the WTO, as its paradigm is based on a deeply asymmetrical economic and trade…

Sri Lanka: MONLAR Urges International Support over Hambantota Green Energy Expansion Violating Peasants and Environmental Rights
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Sri Lanka: MONLAR Urges International Support over Hambantota Green Energy Expansion Violating Peasants and Environmental Rights

ByDefending Peasants' Rights

This Appeal for International Solidarity was originally posted by La Via Campesina on 3 April 2026. Available here. An email template for your movement/organisation to send to the President of Sri Lanka is available for download at the end of this page. The Sri Lankan government’s move to establish solar power plants in Hambantota has…

Burkina Faso: The peasantry, a seed of change?
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Burkina Faso: The peasantry, a seed of change?

ByRaffaele Morgantini (CETIM)

Article by Raffaele Morgantini, representative of CETIM at the UN, published in French in Le Courrier, Monday 15 December 2025. Since taking power through a coup d’état in September 2022, Captain Ibrahim Traoré has assumed the presidency of Burkina Faso, leaving no one indifferent: for some, he embodies a historic turning point marking a break…

The outcomes of the ICARRD+20 from the perspective of rural and indigenous movements
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The outcomes of the ICARRD+20 from the perspective of rural and indigenous movements

ByDefending Peasants' Rights

Following the conclusion of the ICARRD+20 conference, held in Cartagena (Colombia) from 24 to 28 February, social movements have expressed their rejection of the conference’s final declaration, while praising their unity in the common struggle for rural and Indigenous people’s rights. This publication contains a press release originally published by La Via Campesina on 28…

ICARRD+20 must move beyond technocratic fixes to implement real, integral agrarian reform: Global Social Movements in Cartagena
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ICARRD+20 must move beyond technocratic fixes to implement real, integral agrarian reform: Global Social Movements in Cartagena

ByLa Via Campesina

This article was originally published by La Via Campesina on 24 February 2026 (available here). (Cartagena: February 23, 2026) On the eve of a historic intergovernmental conference on agrarian reform and rural development, nearly 300 delegates from worldwide representing peasants, Indigenous Peoples, artisanal fishers, pastoralists, and rural workers – organized through the International Planning Committee…

The Peasants’ Rights Observatory: a key tool for the implementation of UNDROP in Latin America
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The Peasants’ Rights Observatory: a key tool for the implementation of UNDROP in Latin America

ByDefending Peasants' Rights

Interview with Diego Monton, National Indigenous Peasant Movement (MNCI)-Somos Tierra of Argentina/CLOC–Via Campesina In a regional scenario marked by a multidimensional crisis—characterized by the advance of agribusiness, the criminalization of popular struggles, and the weakening of collective rights—peasants continue to be one of the most vulnerable groups and, at the same time, one of the…

Rural Women as Rights Holders: UNDROP from the Perspective of Those Who Safeguard Life
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Rural Women as Rights Holders: UNDROP from the Perspective of Those Who Safeguard Life

ByRed de Mujeres Rurales del Ecuador

This publication, originally produced by the Network of Rural Women of Ecuador and FIAN Ecuador, is hereby republished by Defending Peasant Rights. The Network of Rural Women of Ecuador has set out to analyze the realities affecting life in their territories in light of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other…

The International Movement of Peoples Affected by Dams, Socio-environmental Crimes, and the Climate Crisis
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The International Movement of Peoples Affected by Dams, Socio-environmental Crimes, and the Climate Crisis

ByDefending Peasants' Rights

Photo: Marcelo Aguilar / MAB Defending Peasants’ Rights hereby republishes the Public Manifesto launching the International Movement of Peoples Affected by Dams, Socio-environmental Crimes, and the Climate Crisis. This new international movement was created at the IV International Meeting of Communities Affected by Dams and the Climate Crisis, held in Belém, Brazil, in November 2025,…