«Il n‘y a pas un monde développé et un monde sous-développé, mais un seul monde mal développé»
The conversation took place during his visit to Geneva, on the occasion of the presentation to the Human Rights Council of the newly released report on the systemic challenges faced by rural communities around the world. Duarte outlined the report’s drafting process — which was marked by significant civil society participation — and highlighted its […]
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Also published on the Defending Peasants’ Rights website Read also the interview with Carlos Duarte, Chair of the Working Group on the Right to Food ARTICLE Seven years after the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP), the situation remains mixed: undeniable legal […]
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Indigenous fishing leaders from Panama’s Ngäbe Buglé people are at the UN Human Rights Council this week to highlight the repression of indigenous fishers and widespread fishing bans which threaten their livelihoods. The government of Panama has successively cut off access to traditional fishing grounds of the Ngäbe Buglé people since 2010, promising compensation in […]
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Article published in Le Courrier [in French], 16 September 2025 By Raffaele Morgantini, Representative of CETIM at the UN The third edition of the Nyéléni Global Forum took place in early September in Sri Lanka. After two previous sessions focused on food sovereignty and then on agroecology, this large gathering of social movements broadened its […]
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[1st publication on Defending Peasants’ Rights September 5, 2025 – Image: https://nyeleniglobalforum.org/] Sri Lanka is ready to host the world’s largest gathering of social movements, taking place from 6 to 13 September. The 3rd Nyéleni Forum comes at a crucial moment, as multiple overlapping crises intensify and plunge the world into more inequality, social injustice, and […]
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