Defending Peasants’ Rights – Newsletter n°7
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Defending Peasants’ Rights – Newsletter n°7

Calls for inputs from the UN Working Group At the beginning of February, the UN Working Group on UNDROP published a new call for inputs: Global trends in challenges affecting peasants and other people working in rural areas, as well as their right to equal participation. This call is an opportunity for all organizations to…

ILO Policy guidelines for the promotion of decent work in the agri-food sector
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ILO Policy guidelines for the promotion of decent work in the agri-food sector

In May 2023, the International Labour Organization (ILO) held its Meeting of Experts on Decent Work in the Agro-Food Industry: an essential component of sustainable food systems. The Meeting of Experts adopted the Policy guidelines for the promotion of decent work in the agri-food sector, which are the subject of this article. The ILO, created…

How to implement the UNDROP at the European and national level to promote peasants’ rights – publication and video
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How to implement the UNDROP at the European and national level to promote peasants’ rights – publication and video

Update – Recording available! Public event “How to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP) at the European and national level to promote sustainable and resilient food systems”, 19 February 2025. The event aimed to discuss with key representatives of the European Union how…

Call for input – Global trends in challenges affecting peasants and other people working in rural areas, as well as their right to equal participation

Call for input – Global trends in challenges affecting peasants and other people working in rural areas, as well as their right to equal participation

The UN Working Group on UNDROP is issuing a call for inputs for its next thematic reports on global trends and challenges affecting peasants and other people working in rural areas (for the Human Rights Council), as well as on the right to participation (for the UN General Assembly). This call for inputs is addressed…

Calls for inputs from the Special Rapporteur on Climate change
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Calls for inputs from the Special Rapporteur on Climate change

Elisa Morgera, the UN Special Rapporteur on on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change, has issued 2 calls for inputs that can be related to Peasants’ Rights: Fossil Fuel-based Economy and human rights and Human Rights in the life cycle of Renewable Energy and Critical Minerals. All the…

The United Nations Working Group on the Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas
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The United Nations Working Group on the Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas

Geneva Academy’s press release, 13 January 2025 We are pleased to announce the publication of a new Research Brief authored by Dr. Christophe Golay, which examines the role of the United Nations (UN) Working Group (WG) on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas. This Research Brief is available in English,…

The UNDROP from the workers perspective
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The UNDROP from the workers perspective

Introduction The UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas is often abbreviated to the Declaration of the Rights of Peasants, yet it would be a disservice to the Declaration to overlook the other groups it protects. This article will focus on one such group of people who also…

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…

The role of international and regional organizations in the UNDROP
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The role of international and regional organizations in the UNDROP

This text was orginally published in a Research brief of the Geneva Academy for International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. This text tackles and puts light on the content of article 27 of the UNDROP, which establishes the responsabilities of international and regional organizations in terms of promotion and implementation of the provisions of the…

Trade and biodiversity: two areas at the heart of the interaction between the right to development and UNDROP
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Trade and biodiversity: two areas at the heart of the interaction between the right to development and UNDROP

Session of the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development : Notes on the thematic discussion “Trade, biodiversity and the right to development: an equation to be constructed“ La Via Campesina and CETIM took part in the thematic discussions organized during the 10th session of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development. In…