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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…
Research brief: The implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas
“The implementation of the UNDROP represents a unique opportunity to re-balance power relations in rural areas, and to guarantee that states will respect, protect and fulfil the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas, who have too often been marginalised within international, regional and national laws and policies”.
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Video: The UN Declaration on Peasants’ Rights (UNDROP) explained
This video, published by La Via Campesina as part of its training process, explores the main ideas of the UNDROP. It explains how peasants can use this Declaration in their struggles for Food Sovereignty, Peasant Agroecology, Climate Justice, Agrarian Reform and Human Rights.
Transitioning towards pesticide-free food systems: People’s struggles and imagination
The last part of this publication is dedicated to the UNDROP, it is entitled: A path forward grounded in human rights: implementation of the International Covenants as detailed by “UNDROP” Download
What is Food Sovereignty ? a video explainer
This video was made by La Via Campesina and first published on its webiste on June 5, 2023. You can find it here. In this video La Via Campesina explains what is Food Sovereignty for them. Food Sovereignty is at the center of the actions and struggles of La Via Campesina. They have fought, and…
International Day of Peasant Struggles! – 17 April
Today, April 17th, marks the International Day of Peasant Struggles. The Defending Peasants Rights platform stands in solidarity with peasants and rural communities worldwide. We honour those who have lost their lives in the struggle for dignity, land, and justice, and those who continue to feed humanity, protect biodiversity, and sustain the planet. Peasants, fisherpeople,…