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Palestine: UAWC Welcomes ICJ Decision Affirming Israeli Occupation Is Unlawful
25 July 2024
The ICJ recognized that Israel’s policies and practices constitute apartheid, as they systematically oppress and dominate the Palestinian people through an institutionalized regime. The ruling also highlights the illegality of extending Israeli law to the West Bank and East Jerusalem and condemns the exploitation of natural resources in these territories.
Setting the Record Straight on the European Farmer Protests | Webinar
While they have often been painted by media as “anti-regulation”, the webinar aimed to set the record straight by hearing the true causes of these protests straight from French and Spanish farmers, who demand farm policy reforms that support their livelihoods and communities.
Towards Nyeleni 2025: Notes from the African Consultation
24 July 2024
As a prelude to Africa’s participation in the 2025 Nyeleni Global…
Towards Nyeleni 2025: Declaration from Asia Pacific
23 July 2024
The Nyeleni process we are undertaking is at a time of unprecedented corporate capture of governance all the way to the United Nations, which has ceded its role to corporations and allowed the World Economic Forum to run first, the UN Food Systems Summit in 2021, and now the annual World Food Forum, supplanting legitimate spaces for multilateral decision making.
La Via Campesina supports and stands in solidarity with the Kanak Peoples, New Caledonia
22 July 2024
BAGNOLET, 22 JULY: In response to the explosive situation in New…
Nepal Needs Comprehensive Land Reform, Not Land Banks
What Nepal truly needs is comprehensive land reform that manages land based on land use policies and ensures proper utilization. This should be non-discriminatory, recognizing the inherent dignity and equal rights of all individuals, including ensuring equal rights for women.
Rethinking the regulation of agricultural markets in Europe | Call for Contributions
19 July 2024
In order to participate in the conference, it is necessary to make contributions. Farmers and academics are invited to send proposals for academic and non-academic contributions for the conference by 1 September 2024. These contributions will be based around three main themes: (a) Successes, failures and limits of market regulation policies in Europe (b) Food sovereignty and market regulation in the world (c) Agroecological transition and market regulation.
Sri Lanka: Social Movements Allege Large-Scale Land Diversion from Nature Reserve for Industrial Aquaculture Project
Critics argue that the government’s actions undermine the principles of environmental conservation and violate constitutional provisions mandating protection and preservation of natural resources for public benefit.
MAP Belgium’s Peasant Towns Charter: an example of using UNDROP at local level
18 July 2024
The charter takes up the rights contained in the Declaration and sets out how each can be transposed to the local level. For example, with regard to article 15 on the right to food and food sovereignty, the charter proposes to develop communal institutional catering supplied by local and peasant agriculture, and to promote the installation of peasant farms.
La Via Campesina Southern and Eastern Africa (LVC SEAf) is growing stronger, more united and focused
Each year, La Via Campesina Southern and Eastern Africa (LVC SEAf) holds the regional assembly, which brings all members together to strategize for the region.
EU’s trade policy clashes with sustainability and food sovereignty ambitions
16 July 2024
The deal with the Latin American bloc—formed by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay—has been put on the back burner amid farmers’ protests, the campaign for the European Parliament elections, and fresh concerns from EU countries about the FTA’s impact on the agricultural sector.
La Via Campesina & UAWC: Solidarity Letters to University Students Opposing the Genocide in Gaza
12 July 2024
On behalf of La Via Campesina, an international movement of millions of peasants, the landless, rural women and youth, indigenous people, migrants and agricultural workers worldwide, champions social justice and sustainable agriculture, we extend our unwavering and profound solidarity with your courageous and revolutionary actions to stand firm against the war and crimes that the world is witnessing.