On the 11th of October, the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a resolution to establish a Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas. The Working Group, over the next three years of its tenure, is expected to identify challenges and gaps in its implementation at all levels of governance.
UNDROP
An opportunity for rural struggles: UNDROP follow-up mechanism before the Human Rights Council
Time has come for the implementation of UNDROP to be tackled at the international level. It is in this context that La Via Campesina (LVC) and its allies, advocate for the creation of an international follow-up mechanisms on peasants’ rights, in the form of a UN Special procedure. In the 54th session of the Human Rights Council that started on September 11th, the Permanent Mission of the Plurinational State of Bolivia will present a resolution to create this mechanism.
Peasant agriculture, a key element in the fight against the climate crisis
Efforts to tackle the climate crisis through the much-herald “ecological transition” run the risk of being in vain if they are not accompanied by support for peasant agroecological practices, which are the fruit of thousands of years of experience and traditional knowledge aimed at achieving a balance between food production and natural cycles.
UNDROP: Peasants’ Rights in practice (Videos)
For the International day of Peasants’ Struggles, La Via Campesina and Defending Peasants’ Rights organized a webinar on the uses of the UN Declaration on Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP) in peasant’s struggles since its adoption. Here are eight instances of how the Declaration is being put to use.
“When UNDROP was adopted in 2018, Canada abstained but the country among the first to use it in a case on migrant workers’ rights”
Jessie explains how UNDROP has been used in Canada, a country which abstained from voting in 2018 when the Peasants’ Rights Declaration was adopted, highlighting the opportunities and challenges of implementation.
Training module N°5 on “The collective rights of peasants in global seed governance” now available
The 5th Training Module on “The collective rights of peasants in the global governance of seeds” is now available! This module is a pedagogical tool that aims to contribute to the understanding of the global struggle for peasant seeds. it is dedicated to the study of the main spaces of governance and international legal tools related to the right to seeds.
UNDROP Thematic Booklet No. 4: “Peasants as Political Subjects” – Now Available
This final booklet in the series – peasants as political subjects – brings us to the core purpose of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP).
Peasant rights at the top of the UN agenda
In the framework of the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), a… Read more →
Training Modules: UN Declaration on Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP)
16 December 2021, Bagnolet: On the eve of the third anniversary of the formal adoption… Read more →
Replug: Peasants Rights Explained: An illustrated version of the UN Declaration (UNDROP)!
(This post was first published on 17 April 2020 and is reproduced again, as some… Read more →