The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants: A Tool in the Struggle for our Common Future

3 July 2020

E-book and PDF versions of “The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants” for free… Read more →

Peasants Rights Explained: An illustrated version of the UN Declaration (UNDROP)!

17 April 2020

Today, 17 April 2020, millions of food producers around the world – among them peasants,… Read more →

08 March 2020: La Via Campesina releases illustrations amplifying the voices and demands of rural women

9 March 2020

On the occasion of the International Day of Women, La Via Campesina has launched a… Read more →

1st anniversary of the Peasants’ Rights Declaration: Joint statement by UN human rights experts*

19 December 2019

The need to take steps to implement the UN Declaration on the rights of peasants… Read more →

Reflect Peasants’ Rights Declaration in Canadian and Quebec legislation : Union Paysanne

11 December 2019

Montreal, December 10, 2019 – December 10 is the International Human Rights Day and the… Read more →

La Via Campesina makes a global push for the implementation of Peasants’ Rights Declaration

9 October 2019

09 October 2019: Over the last few months, La Via Campesina has stepped up its… Read more →

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas: Download

28 December 2018

The General Assembly, Welcoming the adoption by the Human Rights Council, in its resolution 39/12… Read more →

Finally, UN General Assembly adopts Peasant Rights declaration! Now focus is on its implementation

17 December 2018

Today, 17 December 2018, the 73 Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 73)… Read more →

UNITED NATIONS: Third Committee approves the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas

20 November 2018

PRESS RELEASE | LA VIA CAMPESINA 19 November. Monday, [NEW YORK] The Third Committee (Social,… Read more →

UN Human Rights Council passes a resolution adopting the peasant rights declaration in Geneva

28 September 2018

Press Release (Geneva, September 28, 2018) Seventeen years of long and arduous negotiations later, peasants… Read more →