Sri Lanka: Exit Harmful Debt Restructuring Agreements, Reform Laws to Align with UNDROP, MONLAR Tells Government
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Sri Lanka: Exit Harmful Debt Restructuring Agreements, Reform Laws to Align with UNDROP, MONLAR Tells Government

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…

INTERACTIVE UNDROP – Article 2 : States’ Obligations
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INTERACTIVE UNDROP – Article 2 : States’ Obligations

Article 2 of UNDROP deals with the general obligations of States in respect of all the rights enshrined in the Declaration. Article 2.1 takes up the typology of State obligations recognized in international law, the obligations to respect, protect and fulfill all human rights. The obligation to respect the rights of peasants and others working…

Thematic Booklet No. 3: “Peasants’ Dignified Lives and Livelihoods”
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Thematic Booklet No. 3: “Peasants’ Dignified Lives and Livelihoods”

This booklet was first published on La Via Campesina’s website, on January 23rd, 2023. You can find it here. This is the third of four thematic booklets—part of the popular education materials to be used as a crucial step in reconnecting those who inspired and created United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and…

Research brief: The implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas
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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”.