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Brazil: National Council for Human Rights adopts key regulation to advance the implementation of UNDROP
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Challenges facing the Brazilian Peasantry: The UNDROP as a Tool for Struggle
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The right to seeds in Africa
THE UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF PEASANTS AND OTHER PEOPLE WORKING IN RURAL AREAS AND THE RIGHT TO SEEDS IN AFRICA This briefing was first published on the Geneva Academy website on March 6th, 2023. You can find it here. Our new Briefing The Right to Seeds in Africa – authored by Dr…
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Side event at the UN: Challenges and best practices in promoting the rights of peasants and rural workers in Latin America
On 18 September 2025, on the occasion of the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, a parallel conference brought together actors committed to the protection of the rights of rural communities at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Entitled “Advancing the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas through…
Sri Lanka: MONLAR asks the governement to reform the Law to Align with UNDROP
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…