UN Special Procedure on the UNDROP urgently needed to achieve social justice and equity and equality
La Via Campesina Press Release (Bagnolet: December 16, 2022) This December 17th, the fourth anniversary of the international adoption and recognition of the human rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas, we reflect on the strides we have taken towards full implementation and enforcements of peasants’ rights. On this day in 2018,…
UN Human Rights Council: Event on good practices, lessons learned and challenges in the implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants
The 30th of June 2022, in the framework of the 50th session of the Human Rights Council, an important side-event on the issue of peasants’ rights took place at Villa Moynier, a historic villa in the hearth of Geneva, today the siege of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. The Permanent…
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas – Introductory Booklet
This booklet was created by La Via Campesina and first published on its website on December 16 2021, for the 3rd anniversary of the UNDROP, find it HERE. The booklet was done in collaboration with FIAN international. It is crucial to reconnect the UNDROP to the small-scale food producers worldwide – the same people who…
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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.
Research brief: The implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas
“The implementation of the UNDROP represents a unique opportunity to re-balance power relations in rural areas, and to guarantee that states will respect, protect and fulfil the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas, who have too often been marginalised within international, regional and national laws and policies”.
Transitioning towards pesticide-free food systems: People’s struggles and imagination
The last part of this publication is dedicated to the UNDROP, it is entitled: A path forward grounded in human rights: implementation of the International Covenants as detailed by “UNDROP” Download
Peasant rights at the top of the UN agenda
This article was first published on La Via Campesina and CETIM website on October 3rd 2022. In the framework of the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), a delegation of La Via Campesina (LVC), supported by its historical allies CETIM and FIAN International, met in Geneva to continue the advocacy work in…
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…
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP Presentation 1/3)
The UN Declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas (UNDROP) has been adopted in 2018, after almost 20 years of mobilization by La Via Campesina and its allies, and 6 years of negotiation at the UN Human Rights Council and General Assembly. It has been adopted to protect the…
Other International Instruments on Peasants’ Rights (UNDROP Presentation 2/3)
The UNDROP is based on a number of other international instruments, including (1) international human rights instruments, (2) the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Protocols, and (3) the Plant Treaty. 1. INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) has been adopted in 1948. In…
United Nations sources on Peasants’ Rights (UNDROP Presentation 3/3)
In addition to international instruments, a number of other UN sources are important for peasants’ rights, including (1) the UN Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF) 2019-2028, (2) FAO instruments (6), and (3) UN Committee on World Food Security instruments. 1. UN DECADE OF FAMILY FARMING (2019-2028) In 2017, the UN General Assembly unanimously proclaimed the…