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17 October 2023
In its last session, the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (HRC) created an international monitoring mechanism on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas.
This working group will be responsible for the promotion and implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP), adopted by the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in 2018.
The Geneva Academy, via its research on the rights of peasants, has played a key role in the adoption of UNDROP and, since then, has been working on its implementation. The creation of this new mechanism forms part of this endeavour and marks a significant step forward.
Along with its partners in the project Rights-based and Agroecological Initiatives for Sustainability and Equity in Peasant Communities (RAISE) – supported by the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) and focusing on implementing UNDROP in 10 countries of the Global South – we welcome this creation.
The full press release by the RAISE partners is available here.
Adobe
Adobe
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At a conference at the European Parliament, our Senior Research Fellow Dr Christophe Golay discussed the compatibility of the draft law proposed by the European Commission with the international legal framework protecting the right to food and the rights of peasants.
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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.
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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.
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Geneva Academy
Publication
Geneva Academy
