The Future of the Fisheries: a press forum for journalists and storytellers
Friday, 11 September 2026
17:00 CET
Call for Input: Environmental human rights defenders and the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment
Editor’s note: The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human right to a healthy environment has launched a call for inputs to inform a forthcoming thematic report on environmental human rights defenders, to be presented at the 64th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. This is an important opportunity for rural social movements,…
Without land, without seeds, there is no future for farmers
Article originally published in Spanish by Elena Rusca on June 25, 2026, in the Chilean newspaper El Clarín. Available here. *Image: El mundo campesino. Elena Rusca By Elena Rusca, June 25th, 2026 Interview with Geneviève Savigny, a member of the UN Working Group on the Rights of Peasants (UNDROP) Geneva, June 25th, 2026 — Elena…
Solidarity with Bolivia’s peasant and Indigenous organizations
Defending Peasants’ Rights extends solidarity with Bolivia’s peasant and Indigenous organizations extraordinary uprising that gripped the country for over 50 days. What began as a response to a proposed land reform, which would have facilitated land concentration by large landowners, quickly escalated into a broad grassroots-based movement demanding the resignation of the corporate-led administration of…
Agrarian Counter-Reforms: Anatomy of a Dispossession in Progress
Defending Peasants’ Rights hereby shares a study authored by Carlos Duarte, member of the UN Working Group on UNDROP, and published by the Pontifical Javeriana University of Cali and the Land Observatory (Observatorio de Tierras) in May 2026. The study examines the growing trend of agrarian counter-reforms in Latin America and the Caribbean and their…
Recognition of the Peasantry in Latin America Through the Lens of UNDROP: Key Findings
Defending Peasants’ Rights is pleased to share a landmark study, published in April 2026 by researchers from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Cali, Colombia, including Carlos Duarte, member of the UN Working Group on UNDROP. This study provides the first regional mapping of laws recognising peasants and other rural populations across Latin America. It analyses…
The Right to Development: A Leverage for Food Sovereignty and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants (UNDROP)
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
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,…
Official visit of the UNDROP Working Group to Ghana: Challenges and Opportunities
Following a ten-day visit to Ghana at the invitation of the Government, the Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas released an incisive statement (see below) highlighting the main outcomes of its visit, including advancements and ongoing challenges faced by UNDROP rights holders in Ghana in the realisation…
Prospects for the Consolidation of the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas in the International Order
In this academic article published in 2023, Miguel Ángel Martín López, Associate Professor of Public International Law at the University of Seville, analyses the main pathways for making the rights recognised in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP) effective in practice. On this basis,…
UNDROP as a Shield for Fisher Peoples
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
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…