Trans-European resistance against the CETA trade deal converges once again and takes the stage this 25 January.
Pakistan: One tenant killed by security guards of Army Welfare Trust at Depalpur
Statement issued by Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee Thousands protested on 13th January 2019 against the… Read more →
Finally, UN General Assembly adopts Peasant Rights declaration! Now focus is on its implementation
Today, 17 December 2018, the 73 Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 73)… Read more →
Global Compact for Migration (GCM) does not represent a change in the current offensive against migrants and refugees : La Via Campesina
At the People’s Summit for a Global Pact of Solidarity with Migrants and Refugees, held in Marrakech… Read more →
Nyéléni Newsletter: Food Sovereignty at the rural – urban interface
The rural-urban interface is a complex social space where politics and culture are in constant… Read more →
Why the world is worried about this new biotechnology
This article by Richard Mahapatra first appeared on DownToEarth on 29 November 2018 With just… Read more →
The biotech industry is trying to block the UN Conference on Biodiversity, but it won’t block farmers
Despite lengthy negotiations, the 14th Conference of Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)… Read more →
Brazil: Do not drink coffee from those who expel peasants from the land! Join this campaign!
These companies buy coffee from one of the biggest coffee producers in Brazil, João Faria… Read more →
#25Nov: Breaking the silence, ending the violence. Resist patriarchy, Resist capitalism!
25 November 2018, Negombo, Srilanka: We the peasant women of La Via Campesina coming from… Read more →
“Resist patriarchy, resist capitalism”, proclaims global peasant women’s meeting in Sri Lanka
This article by Tanya and Vysakh, first appeared on People’s Dispatch on 23 November Global… Read more →
Two years after the signing of the peace agreement between the Colombian government and the revolutionary armed forces of Colombia (FARC)
La Via Campesina As is widely known, on November 24th, 2016, the government of President… Read more →
Peasants demand moratoria on untested corporate technologies that threaten biodiversity, food sovereignty, and peasant’s rights at the Convention on Biodiversity COP in Egypt
At CBD COP 14, La Via Campesina joined our allies MAELA as part of the… Read more →
UNITED NATIONS: Third Committee approves the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas
PRESS RELEASE | LA VIA CAMPESINA 19 November. Monday, [NEW YORK] The Third Committee (Social,… Read more →
South Asian Peasant Movements and Civil Society urge their Governments to vote in favour of the UN Declaration
17 November 2018: In a letter sent on Saturday to Mr Syed Akbaruddin, Premanent Mission… Read more →
We need our countries to stand united FOR our rights, says Ramona Duminicioiu
Oral Statement of La Via Campesina at the Side Event on the Declaration for the Rights… Read more →
Farmers’ varieties are essential to the future of food says new ZIMSOFF case study
Summary: Increasing the availability of agro-biodiversity will become more and more important, not only in the… Read more →
No one can teach the farmers what is good for us or can talk on our behalf, especially on GMOs
MVIWATA Press release The Guardian Article titled ‘’New Push in Pipeline for acceptance of GMO… Read more →
Quilombo Campo Grande Camp, Brazil: Urgent Call for Solidarity
Message from The Landless Workers’ Movement MST 07 November, 2018 Dear comrades and friends First… Read more →
Briefing on Rights of Peasants: Side Event, 14 Nov | ECOSOC Chamber, United Nations Headquarters NY
The Permanent Missions of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua, South… Read more →
Information Note: UN Declaration on Rights of Peasants and Other People working in rural areas
Edition: October 2018 DOWNLOAD THE PDF VERSION The adoption of the UN Declaration on the… Read more →
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Our events
08 March: International Women’s Day 2019
On this day, we, the women of La Via Campesina – peasants, indigenous women, Afro-descendants,… Read more →
