17 December: The 7th anniversary of UNDROP

17 December: The 7th anniversary of UNDROP

ByUN Working Group on UNDROP

The 17 December 2025 marks the 7th anniversary of the adoption of UNDROP!  We publish here below the statement issued by the UN Working Group of Experts on UNDROP on this occasion, which reflects on the ongoing relevance and urgency of the UNDROP. On this anniversary, the indispensable contributions of peasants, small-scale fishers, pastoralists, herders,…

Bridging or Excluding? Peasant Participation in the Digitalization of Agroecology
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Bridging or Excluding? Peasant Participation in the Digitalization of Agroecology

ByRomberg de Sá Gondim

image: https://revolve.media/beyond/what-is-agroecology This article provides a summary of an academic paper written by Romberg de Sá Gondim (avaliable here) Introduction As digital tools tend to incorporate a top-down and corporate driven approach, these technologies have been easily assimilated by large-scale farms and in particular with the Green Revolution (Shelton et al., 2022). On another hand,…

Declaration of the Peoples’ Summit – COP 30 Belém
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Declaration of the Peoples’ Summit – COP 30 Belém

ByDefending Peasants' Rights

Defending Peasants’ Rights hereby republishes the Declaration of the Peoples’ Summit (COP 30) available here. We, the Peoples’ Summit, gathered in Belém do Pará, in the Brazilian Amazon, from 12 to 16 November 2025, declare to the peoples of the world what we have accumulated in struggles, debates, studies, exchanges of experiences, cultural activities and…

The Kandy Declaration: A Collective Roadmap for Systemic Transformation
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The Kandy Declaration: A Collective Roadmap for Systemic Transformation

ByLa Via Campesina

From 6 to 13 September 2025, over 700 delegates from more than 100 countries gathered in Kandy, Sri Lanka for the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum. Peasants, Indigenous Peoples, pastoralists, fishers, feminist movements, youth, workers, and activists united across continents to renew the global struggle for justice, dignity, and life – giving birth to the Kandy…

Statement of the UN Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas on the Occasion of COP30, Belem, Brazil
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Statement of the UN Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas on the Occasion of COP30, Belem, Brazil

ByUN Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas

Defending Peasants’ Rights hereby republishes the statement released by the UN Working Group on UNDROP on the occasion of COP30, taking place in Brazil from 10 to 21 November 2025 (also available here). Geneva, 10 November 2025 Peasants and Rural Workers Rights at the Heart of Climate JusticeAs world leaders and civil society gather for…

Ecuador postpones visit by UN Working Group on peasants’ rights
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Ecuador postpones visit by UN Working Group on peasants’ rights

ByDefending Peasants' Rights

Defending Peasants’ Rights hereby republishes the statement released on the website of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (available here). Editor’s note: The experts’ visit, initially planned for November 4–14, 2025, was postponed despite its critical timing, following recent protests in Ecuador that were met with a state of emergency and…

Nyeleni Newsletter n°61 – Rooted in resistance: territories for climate justice
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Nyeleni Newsletter n°61 – Rooted in resistance: territories for climate justice

ByNyeleni - International Movement for Food Sovereignty

Defending Peasants’ Rights is pleased to share the Nyeleni Newsletter No. 61, which explores how the realisation of rural peoples’ rights, as enshrined in the UNDROP, is deeply connected to the advancement of collective struggles for climate justice across the world. As social movements mobilize toward Climate COP 30 and the Second International Conference on…