Right to food

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
25th session
March 2014

[Excerpt from the statement]

CETIM and FIMARC have long been committed to the promotion and protection of the right to food. They are also committed to the defence of peasant and family farming. Today, this peasantry is threatened with extinction, despite the fact that it feeds the world and guarantees an alternative and sustainable development model. The UN General Assembly has declared 2014 the International Year of Family Farming. Last year, the Human Rights Council began negotiations on a draft Declaration on the Rights of Peasants. The adoption of this draft is an important step in the recognition of family farmers and would constitute a bulwark against the human rights violations of which they are victims. We therefore call on all States to support this process.

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