We call on the French Government to cease its violations of human rights, and in particular of the rights recognised in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other Rural Workers (UNDROP).
International Solidarity
FRANCE | Water-Sharing: “Repression and Detention are Unacceptable”, says Confédération Paysanne
As a peasant-farmers’ union, we oppose mega-reservoirs that divert water for the benefit of a few, perpetuating an unfair distribution of water within the agricultural sector.
France: Confederation Paysanne and CETIM echo UN Expert group’s concern about criminalization of social movements by the French State.
“We cannot accept the threats to dissolve the Soulèvements de la Terre movement. In view of the above, we urge the French authorities to honour their international human rights commitments, as recalled by the UN experts.”
Colombian government and ELN guerrilla group agree on bilateral ceasefire
On Friday June 9, 2023, the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) announced a cease-fire agreement bilaterally as well as the calling to society for participating in the peace process.
“Acknowledgment of peasants as a political subject of rights is a historical debt from the Colombian Polity”
In Colombia there is a historical debt to the peasants’ collective. They have suffered the consequences of implementing a dispossession model which has favored a small number of people who concentrate the ownership of land and wealth.
Colombia: Declaration of Humanitarian Crisis in the Pacific Coast of the Cauca and Chocó Valley
In Colombia indigenous organizations and the black communities and Community Councils connected to the El Kongal Regional Platform declare a state of humanitarian emergency due to the escalation and worsening of the armed conflict in their ancestral territories, which is leading to the physical, cultural, and spiritual extinction, destroying their identity, sovereignty, and dignity.
La Via Campesina Warns of Democratic Frailty in Ecuador
As a movement present worldwide, we call on our member organizations, allies and multilateral institutions to remain alert to the events in Ecuador. We call to pay special attention to the peasant sector, those who feed the country, the montubio people, Afro-descendants and indigenous people, as well as the artisanal fisher-folk.
La Via Campesina Denounces Israeli Aggression in Gaza and Stands in Solidarity with Palestine
The cessation of Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip is an immediate necessity. Israel’s actions against the vulnerable Palestinian population should not go unaddressed. It is incumbent upon the global community to enforce restraining measures and hold Israel accountable for its transgressions against humanity.
Colombia: La Via Campesina’s International Solidarity Mission expresses hope, praises the political will to achieve peace.
An international delegation of La Via Campesina (LVC), the international peasant movement accompanying the implementation process of the Peace Agreement in Colombia expresses its satisfaction and hope, and praises the political will of the current Colombian government to implement the agreement.
La Via Campesina supports the creation of an agrarian jurisdiction in Colombia
As an international peasant movement, we recognize the importance of agrarian justice measures that guarantee the transition and express our full support for the creation of an Agrarian Final Court.
