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THE RIGHT TO LAND
We are publishing here a chapter of the book The United Nations’ Declaration on Peasants’ Rights, edited by Mariagrazia Alabrese, Adriana Bessa, Margherita Brunori, and Pier Filippo Giuggioli. This book was published by Routledge in 2022. The chapter is entitled The Right to Land, written by Lorenzo Cotula, who is principal researcher and head of…
Research Brief: The rights to food and food sovereignty in UNDROP
RESEARCH BRIEF This research brief was first published by the Geneva Academy, you can find it here. Peasants and other people working in rural areas, including fisherfolk, pastoralists and herders feed between 70 and 80 per cent of the world population, but they represent 80 per cent of those suffering from hunger, food insecurity and…
3rd Nyéléni Global Forum: Sri Lanka hosts the largest gathering of social movements calling for ‘systemic transformation’
Image: https://nyeleniglobalforum.org/ Sri Lanka is ready to host the world’s largest gathering of social movements, taking place from 6 to 13 September. The 3rd Nyéleni Forum comes at a crucial moment, as multiple overlapping crises intensify and plunge the world into more inequality, social injustice, and warfare. A historical cross-sectoral Forum Named after a legendary…
Defending Peasants’ Rights – Newsletter n°2
The videos from our webinar The UNDROP Alive and Kicking are here! You can watch our webinar for the International day of Peasants Struggles on our website!To mark that day, Defending Peasants Rights and La Via Campesina organized a webinar gathering 8 peasants from around the world, who shared how they are integrating and using…
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 legal fight of the Kenyan Peasants League against the lifting of the ban on GMO in Kenya
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