PLEASE JOIN US IN HIGH-LEVEL SIDE-EVENT AT THE 55th SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL:
The new Working Group on the Rights of Peasants & Other People Working in Rural Areas: Challenges & perspectives from the field
Palais des Nations – Room XXV
14 March 2024
4-5 PM
Conférence, “Reconnaissance du droit aux semences en Afrique”.
Co-organisé par l’Académie de droit international humanitaire et de droits humains de Genève (ADH), SWISSAID, CROPS4HD et le South Centre
20 juin 2023
Genève, Suisse
Lieu : Villa Moynier
Respecting, protecting and fulfilling the rights of peasants and other rural workers – A clever move in times of multiple crises
A side-event to the 52 session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council
Palais des Nations, Geneva, 15 March 2023
The side-event was co-organized by the Permanent Missions of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Honduras, South Africa, Luxembourg, South Centre, La Via Campesina, Centre Europe – Tiers Monde (CETIM), FIAN International and the Geneva Academy of international humanitarian law and human rights; with the support of some other partners.
The Right to Seeds in Africa
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas and the Right to Seeds in Africa
Geneva Academy Briefing No. 22
By Karine Peschard, Christophe Golay and Lulbahri Araya
Pursuant to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP), the African Union and African states should ensure that their regional & national laws & policies, as well as international bodies to which they are party, lead to effective protection of peasant rights, including their right to seeds.
The Geneva Academy acknowledges the support of the South Centre for the production of this publication.
