The International Movement of Peoples Affected by Dams, Socio-environmental Crimes, and the Climate Crisis

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Defending Peasants’ Rights hereby republishes the Public Manifesto launching the International Movement of Peoples Affected by Dams, Socio-environmental Crimes, and the Climate Crisis. This new international movement was created at the IV International Meeting of Communities Affected by Dams and the Climate Crisis, held in Belém, Brazil, in November 2025, following more than a decade of collaboration and coordinated efforts by social movements across different regions of the world.

The International Movement of Peoples Affected by Dams, Socio-environmental Crimes, and the Climate Crisis emerges to join rural peoples and other social groups in their struggles for human rights and socio-environmental justice. As UNDROP rights holders, rural peoples are often among those most affected by the very issues this new movement confronts. The movement therefore represents a key international platform for mobilising advocacy strategies to promote the implementation of UNDROP as a concrete tool to protect the rights of rural peoples affected by socio-environmental crimes.