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19 September 2023, 12:00-13:00
Event
Aware of the crucial importance of protecting the rights of rural constituencies, the United Nations (UN) adopted in 2018 the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP). Since then, due to diverse factors, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) has not advanced towards the implementation of the UNDROP internationally, while peasants, rural workers, fishers and other rural groups’ situation continues to worsen.
In this context, an international follow-up mechanism on the rights of peasants, in the form of a UN Special Procedure, is timely and necessary. During the organizational meeting of the HRC 54th session, the Plurinational State of Bolivia announced a resolution on the topic.
In this HRC side event, peasants' representatives, Permanent Missions and experts will discuss and present the main elements of the resolution, including the creation of a new UN Special Procedure on the rights of peasants.
Project
Daniel Taylor
The project will notably identify the main opportunities and obstacles to protect the right to seeds in Europe. It will also discuss how to promote changes in European laws, policies and trade agreements to ensure that they do not infringe, but facilitate the realization of peasants’ right to seeds.
Project
ICRC
After having provided academic support to the negotiation of the UN Declaration for ten years, this research project focuses on the implementation of the UN Declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas.
Publication
Geneva Academy
Publication
Geneva Academy
