Implementing the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) in light of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP)
The more a seed system recognizes and supports farmers as stewards of a seed system for all of humankind, the more this system fulfils people’s human rights. M. Fakhri, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
The UNDROP implementation in Europe
A video published by the European Coordination Via Campesina to celebrate the first anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and to facilitate its implementation in Europe. More information at https://www.eurovia.org/main-issue/fa…
UN Human Rights Committee protects the right to land in Paraguay using the UNDROP
At the global level, in 2019 the Human Rights Committee – which is responsible to monitor the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in the more than 170 States Parties to the ICCPR – became the first UN Treaty Body to refer to the UNDROP, in its decision in Portillo…
Seeds, right to life and farmers’ rights
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri
1st anniversary of the UNDROP – Joint statement by UN human rights experts*
The need to take steps to implement the UN Declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas Source: https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements/2019/12/joint-statement-un-human-rights-experts-1st-anniversary-adoption-un-declaration 17 December 2019 The following joint statement has been made by a group of United Nations human rights experts* to mark the 1st anniversary of the adoption of the UN Declaration…
The Rights of Peasants: A juridical and political lever to challenge the power of transnational corporations
This article was originally published on the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation’s website on April 13, 2022. You can find it again HERE. Agriculture, and more generally, food production, has been mankind’s principal activity since its very first settlements. Under the pretence of feeding mankind, from the nineteenth century onwards, this activity has become industrialised (through mechanisation,…
International Instruments on Peasants’ Rights
The UN Declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas (UNDROP) has been adopted to protect the rights of some of the most marginalised people in the world, who together represent around two billion people: peasants, landless people, people living from traditional fishing, herding, and hunting activities, and rural workers. The UNDROP is based on a number of international instruments, including (1) international human rights instruments, (2) the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Protocols, and (3) the Plant Treaty.
The Path of Peasant and Popular Feminism in La Via Campesina – illustrated
This publication was originally published on the La Via Campesina website on November 25, 2021. You can find it HERE. On 25th November, La Via Campesina’s global campaign to eliminate gender-based violence finds resonance in a newly launched graphic book that traces The Path of Peasant & Popular Feminism in the movement. On this day, when members…