UN experts urge binding accountability for agribusiness to safeguard peasants’ rights and global food security
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UN experts urge binding accountability for agribusiness to safeguard peasants’ rights and global food security

Ahead of the upcoming UN negotiation session (20–24 October 2025) to elaborate a legally binding treaty on transnational corporations, the UN Working Group on Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas and the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food have issued a powerful joint statement calling for “binding accountability for agribusiness to safeguard…

UN Working Group on UNDROP Demands Urgent Action to Uphold Rights of Rural Women
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UN Working Group on UNDROP Demands Urgent Action to Uphold Rights of Rural Women

Image: https://www.rvasia.org/history/international-day-rural-women GENEVA – October 15, 2025 – On the International Day of Rural Women, the UN Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas issued an urgent call to action, demanding States and corporations end the systemic discrimination, violence, and economic exclusion faced by rural women worldwide. Despite…

Side event at the UN: Challenges and best practices in promoting the rights of peasants and rural workers in Latin America
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Side event at the UN: Challenges and best practices in promoting the rights of peasants and rural workers in Latin America

On 18 September 2025, on the occasion of the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, a parallel conference brought together actors committed to the protection of the rights of rural communities at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Entitled “Advancing the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas through…

Exclusive interview with Carlos Duarte, Chair of the UN Working Group on UNDROP.
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Exclusive interview with Carlos Duarte, Chair of the UN Working Group on UNDROP.

Defending Peasants’ Rights conducted an exclusive interview with Carlos Duarte, current Chair of the UN Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas. The conversation took place during his visit to Geneva, on the occasion of the presentation to the Human Rights Council of the newly released report on…

Systemic Challenges and Good Practices in Rural Areas – The 2nd Report of the UN Working Group on UNDROP
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Systemic Challenges and Good Practices in Rural Areas – The 2nd Report of the UN Working Group on UNDROP

This article was originally published on the website of La Via Campesina on 25 September 2025 (available here). Seven years after the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP), the situation remains mixed: undeniable legal and political progress has been made, but violations…

Video of our webinar: RURAL STRUGGLES IN ACTION! UNDROP’s rights holders fight for sustainable and just food systems
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Video of our webinar: RURAL STRUGGLES IN ACTION! UNDROP’s rights holders fight for sustainable and just food systems

Held on 25 June 2025, this webinar showcased and brought visibility to the wide diversity of UNDROP rights holders, highlighting their struggles for sustainable and just food systems. It also shed light on their efforts and views regarding the mobilisation of the UNDROP in rural peoples’ struggle for their rights. The webinar was honoured by…

Challenges facing the Brazilian Peasantry: The UNDROP as a Tool for Struggle
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Challenges facing the Brazilian Peasantry: The UNDROP as a Tool for Struggle

Contribution from La Via Campesina Brazil to the UN Working Group on the UNDROP La Via Campesina Brazil has submitted a written contribution in response to the call from the UN Working Group on peasants’ rights, outlining the main challenges faced by the Brazilian peasantry. Drafted collectively following a training session on the UNDROP for…

Sri Lanka: MONLAR asks the governement to reform the Law to Align with UNDROP
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Sri Lanka: MONLAR asks the governement to reform the Law to Align with UNDROP

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…

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…

Contributions to the second call for input of the UN Working Group on UNDROP

Contributions to the second call for input of the UN Working Group on UNDROP

The UN Working Group on UNDROP has launched a call for contributions for its two annual thematic reports for 2025. The first focuses on global trends and challenges affecting peasants and other people working in rural areas. To this end, it identifies and assesses persistent or emerging risks and vulnerabilities faced by peasants and other…

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,…