Training: The UN Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas

Online training open to everyone!

Thursday August 29th, 2024 – 10-12AM and 1-3PM (CET)

Translations in English, French and Spanish

Zoom Link

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The United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted the UN Declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas (UNDROP) on 17 December 2018. Four years later, on 12 October 2023, the Human Rights Council created the UN Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas to promote UNDROP’s implementation. This Working Group of 5 independent experts started its work on 1st May 2024, for a first period of three years.

Fastenaktion and the Geneva Academy invite you under the RAISE Project to this online training.
This training aims to present this new mechanism, and to promote its use by rights holders and
their allies. We will discuss the UN working group’s creation and composition, mandate and
potential activities, and provides examples of the work of other UN human rights mechanisms.

Program

First Part (morning)

1. Introduction and moderation by Claudia Fuhrer, Fastenaktion and RAISE project
2. Christophe Golay, Senior Research Fellow, Geneva Academy of International
   Humanitarian Law and Human Rights: United Nations Human Rights Mechanisms and
   the UN Working Group on UNDROP
3. Geneviève Savigny, Chair-Rapporteur of the UN Working Group: Challenges and
   Opportunities of the UN Working Group on UNDROP
4. Discussion with all participants

Second part (afternoon)

1. Work in groups on using the UN Working Group on UNDROP (1 hour, in geographic or
   other groups depending on the interests of the participants)
2. Restitution of the work in groups, and potential for collaboration across groups (1 hour)

NB: Please note that only participants who joined the morning session can attend the afternoon group work and plenary. The group work is based on the training of the morning.

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REFERENCES IN RELATION TO THE UN WORKING GROUP ON UNDROP

• UNDROP
• Human Rights Council Resolution Creating the UN Working Group on UNDROP
• Website on the UN Working Group on UNDROP
• Code of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate-holders of the Human Rights Council
• CEDAW Committee General Recommendation 34 on the Rights of Rural Women
• CESCR Committee General Comment on Land and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• Website of the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food
• Website Defending Peasants’ Rights
• Fact Sheet on the Promotion and Implementation of UNDROP
• UNDROP in the Work of United Nations Human Rights Mechanisms
• Geneva Academy Project and Publications on UNDROP
• Civil Society Engagement of Fastenaktion /RAISE on UNDROP (in German)
• La Via Campesina Introductory Booklet on UNDROP
• La Via Campesina Thematic Booklet 1 on Access to Resources and Means of Production
• La Via Campesina Thematic Booklet 2 on Peasant Rights and Food Production
• La Via Campesina Thematic Booklet 3 on Peasants’ Dignified Lives and Livelihoods
• La Via Campesina Thematic Booklet 4 on Peasants as Political Subjects
• CETIM Book on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants
• CETIM Training Sheets on Peasants’ Rights
• FIAN Peasants’ Rights Briefings
• Video “The UN Declaration on Peasants’ Rights (UNDROP) explained”
• Video of the webinar “The next chapter in the struggle for UNDROP: learning about the new UN Working Group”
• Videos of the webinar: The UNDROP Alive and Kicking, Peasants’ Rights in practice – A regional perspective
• Videos for Training on UNDROP

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