«Il n‘y a pas un monde développé et un monde sous-développé, mais un seul monde mal développé»
The 8th session of the UN Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations, charged with the elaboration of a binding treaty for the respect of human rights by these entities, was held in Geneva in great confusion and a tense atmosphere (24-28 October 2022). In issue 64 of our bulletin, we had already raised concerns about […]
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Since the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas in December 2018, the international peasant movement – La Via Campesina (LVC) – has thrown itself into a new campaign for the implementation of the Declaration. As a long-standing partner of LVC in the defence of […]
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UN Binding Treaty on TNCs and Human Rights Affected Communities and Social Movements Urge to Get Negotiations Back on Track in the Face of a New Diversionary Threat to the Process
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Our fragile world faces an impending global food crisis. The impact of COVID-19 pushed more people into poverty. Lockdowns devastated family livelihoods, the economy, and disrupted supply chains. Globally, according to the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC 2022), levels of hunger remain as alarmingly high as in 2021, around 193 million people are acutely […]
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In the framework of the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), a delegation of La Via Campesina (LVC), supported by its historical allies CETIM and FIAN International, met in Geneva to continue the advocacy work in favor of the promotion of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People […]
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