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This article was first published on La Via Campesina’s website on September 16 2022. You can find it here. The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture – commonly known as the “Seed Treaty” – is due to meet its Governing Body of 144 member states in New Delhi from 19-25 September…
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP Presentation 1/3)
The UN Declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas (UNDROP) has been adopted in 2018, after almost 20 years of mobilization by La Via Campesina and its allies, and 6 years of negotiation at the UN Human Rights Council and General Assembly. It has been adopted to protect the…
The UN Working Group on the UNDROP – Video presentation by Geneviève Savigny
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United Nations sources on Peasants’ Rights (UNDROP Presentation 3/3)
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First report of the UN Working Group on UNDROP
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UNDROP: UN experts call for action ahead of fourth anniversary
Source: https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements/2022/12/un-declaration-rights-peasants-un-experts-call-action-ahead-anniversary GENEVA (16 December 2022) – Despite recognition that peasants and rural workers are essential to providing everyone food and protecting the planet’s biodiversity, the world has treated them as expendable, UN experts said today. Ahead of the 17 December anniversary of the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and…