Mobilise for a UN Declaration, Now is the time to Globalise Our Struggle!
by La Via Campesina
MOBILISE FOR A UN DECLARATION, NOW IS THE TIME TO GLOBALISE OUR
STRUGGLE!
DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF PEASANTS AWAITING FINAL VOTING AND ADOPTION
After ten long years of negotiations in Geneva, a 'United Nations
Declaration on Rights of Peasants and other People Working in Rural
Areas' is now at the point of being finalised.
The draft text of the declaration, was discussed during the Fifth
Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group (OEIWG) session between the
9th and the 13th of April 2018 at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
According to the Chair-Rapporteur of the session, "States commit the
highest relevance and political will for the prompt adoption of the
draft United Nations declaration on the rights of peasants and other
people working in rural areas".
The Chair also stated that, "On the basis of the work carried on in the
fifth session and informal and bilateral consultations, a final version
of the draft declaration [will] be prepared by the Chair-Rapporteur and
[will] be submitted to the Human Rights Council for its adoption".
Later this year at the September session of UN HRC, countries will vote
to adopt the text. Thereafter, the text will be tabled for final voting
and adoption at the UN General Assembly.
TIME TO MOBILISE!
Today over 1.2 billion peasants and their families, representing a third
of the global population, face increasing violation of their rights - in
the form of evictions from their lands and territories, unfavourable
production and market policies, poor working conditions, ongoing
criminalisation and killings, among others. This is a highly disturbing
situation. Peasants and other people working in rural areas are key to
achieving food security and food sovereignty, realising the right to
food, fighting climate change, conserving biodiversity and revitalising
rural areas.
This declaration will set a new standard for human rights. It promotes
food sovereignty and supports the development and implementation of
socio-economic policies that improve our food and agriculture system. It
will also pave the way for the creation of public policies in favour of
peasants and rural workers in countries where such policies do not
exist. The UN Declaration will become a credible reference to improve
existing policies further and give millions of rural peasant communities
and workers an international voice.
It is therefore important to pressurise our governments to vote in
favour of the final text of the declaration at the next session of the
UN Human Rights Council in September 2018 and during the UN General
Assemblyin New York.
In this context, La Via Campesina - a global movement of peasants,
indigenous people, landless people, agricultural workers, women, and
young people - is calling upon all our members and allies to mobilise
and reach out to the respective governments, demand and convince them to
vote in favour of this initiative that upholds humanity. We encourage
everyone to create decentralised strategies to take the message of the
Declaration to rural communities.
VISIBILISE OUR ACTIONS!
Send us the details of your mobilisations to LVCWEB(a)VIACAMPESINA.ORG and
also spread the message wider on social media platforms. This is our
chance to make ourselves heard, loud and clear!
* DOWNLOAD POSTERS AND BANNERS FROM THIS LINK [1]
* HASHTAG FOR TWITTER AND FACEBOOK
#PeasantsRightsNow
#LaViaCampesina
SEND PHOTOS/VIDEOS OF YOUR MOBILISATION TO
Email: lvcweb(a)viacampesina.org | Telegram/Whatsapp: Nyoni/Andres - +263
772 441 909 and +32 489 55 22 97
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GLOBALISE THE STRUGGLE! GLOBALISE HOPE!
PEASANTS RIGHTS NOW!
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[1] https://cloud.viacampesina.org/s/DeaXN6g8eDL4ncn
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