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Article originally posted on: https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/tools-and-resources/peasants-right-seed-briefing-paper-working-group-peasants-and-other (26 November 2025) The Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas has issued a briefing paper on peasants’ right to seed, in connection with the Eleventh Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture…
FAO’s work on the themes of the United Nations Declarationon the Rights of Peasantsand Other People Workingin Rural Areas (UNDROP)
This publication catalogues FAO’s extensive work under six key themes central to UNDROP: family farming; youth and gender equality; the right to a decent income and livelihood; the right to land and other natural resources; the right to seeds and biodiversity; and the right to adequate food. It can be useful for policymakers, practitioners, and…
Palestine: no food sovereignty without national sovereignty
This article was originally published in CETIM’s website the 20th of March 2024. The Union of Agricultural Work Committees (a Palestinian peasant organisation and member of La Via Campesina), CETIM and FIAN International conducted a week of advocacy in support of the Palestinian people’s struggle against Israeli colonialist and genocidal oppression. This campaign took place…
How to implement the UNDROP at the European and national level to promote peasants’ rights – publication and video
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Research Brief: The Role of Social Movements and Civil Society Organizations in the Promotion and Monitoring of UNDROP
In this publication, Christophe Golay presents examples of good practices in the promotion and monitoring of UNDROP by social movements and civil society organizations in Southern Africa, Kenya, Burkina Faso and Nepal. These examples, which are key achievements of the RAISE project between 2022 and 2025, should be replicated in many other countries and regions…
Advocacy efforts to the first session of the UN Working Group on Rights of Peasants in Geneva
This article was first published on La Via Campesina’s website on November 14th, you can find it here. From the 21st to the 25th of October 2024, the United Nations Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (the Working Group) held its second session in Geneva. The Working…