Feeding Justice: Transforming Food Systems through the Right to Food
October 23rd, 8:30 CEST (virtual)
Synergies and Complementarity between Agroecology and the UNDROP: The Example of Brazil
Photo: MST (Brazil) This article draws on the example of Brazil to illustrate the synergies and complementarities between agroecology and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP). What do we actually mean by agroecology? In summary, one could say that agroecology is a life project:…
URGENT | Israeli Forces Attack UAWC’s Seed Bank Multiplication Unit in Hebron
Defending Peasants Rights hereby republishes the statement issued by UAWC on 31/07/2025 Just moments ago, Israeli occupation forces launched a military assault on the Multiplication Unit of UAWC Seed Bank in the Hebron area, using bulldozers and heavy machinery to demolish storage facilities and infrastructure essential to the unit’s operations.The attack resulted in the destruction…
Video of our webinar: RURAL STRUGGLES IN ACTION! UNDROP’s rights holders fight for sustainable and just food systems
Held on 25 June 2025, this webinar showcased and brought visibility to the wide diversity of UNDROP rights holders, highlighting their struggles for sustainable and just food systems. It also shed light on their efforts and views regarding the mobilisation of the UNDROP in rural peoples’ struggle for their rights. The webinar was honoured by…
Challenges facing the Brazilian Peasantry: The UNDROP as a Tool for Struggle
Contribution from La Via Campesina Brazil to the UN Working Group on the UNDROP La Via Campesina Brazil has submitted a written contribution in response to the call from the UN Working Group on peasants’ rights, outlining the main challenges faced by the Brazilian peasantry. Drafted collectively following a training session on the UNDROP for…
Colombia: Constitutional Court Decision Protects Peasants Displaced by Natural Disasters
In a groundbreaking decision issued on April 16, 2024 (Ruling No. T-123/24), the Colombian Constitutional Court granted protection to an elderly peasant couple forced to leave their land after repeated flooding. This ruling marks a turning point in how Colombian jurisprudence addresses internal displacement linked to natural disasters. To do so, the Court relied on…
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…
When rural communities claim their rights! The rights-holders of the UNDROP
The process that led to the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP) was, above all, an exemplary mobilization and convergence of rural movements. These movements came together in their advocacy efforts to secure this common instrument to fight for the transformation of…
New Date Announced! Save the Date & Register – Webinar on UNDROP’s rights holders
RURAL STRUGGLES IN ACTION! UNDROP’s rights holders fight for sustainable and just food systems! Practical information Following the hacker attack during our webinar on May 5th, we have set a new date for our annual public online event. As part of the digital security measures implemented to reduce virtual threats, we kindly request all…
Call for input from the Special Rapporteur on the right to food
Call for Input : Concentration of corporate power in global food systems and its implications for the realization of the right to food All the special procedures of the UN Human Rights Council can published calls for inputs. These calls are addressed to any interested parties to the subject. Civil society organizations and human rights…
The Bandung Spirit and UNDROP
This presentation was given by Shalmali Guttal at the Public Discussion “Commemorating 70 years of the Asia-Africa Conference ” on April 29th, 2025. Shalmali is a member of the UN Working Group on UNDROP. It is part of a series marking the 70th anniversary of the 1955 Bandung Conference. A turning point in anti-colonial and…
Webinar – UNDROP implementation in the Europe and Central Asia region
This webinar was organized by Schola Campesina, an international agroecology school, based in Italy. It’s part of a serie of 5 webinar, you can find them here.