La declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los campesinos como herramienta para avanzar en los derechos colectivos

The report examines the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP), adopted in December 2018. It argues that UNDROP fills a gap in international human rights law by recognizing peasants and other rural workers as collective rights holders, rather than just a sum of individuals. The document details how the Declaration protects collective rights to land, food sovereignty, seeds, water, and a healthy environment, while debunking myths that collective rights oppose individual rights or are exclusive to Indigenous Peoples. It provides strategies for applying the Declaration at national, regional, and international levels to hold states and transnational corporations accountable.

• The UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP), adopted in December 2018, is the first international instrument to recognize peasants as holders of collective rights, acknowledging their specific relationship with land and nature.
• Food sovereignty is a central pillar of the Declaration, defined as the right of peoples to determine their own food and production systems, emphasizing local control over natural resources and agroecological methods.
• UNDROP establishes collective rights to land, seeds, and water, including the right to agrarian reform, secure tenure, and the protection of customary land tenure systems that may not currently be legally recognized by states.
• The Declaration recognizes the right to a clean, safe, and healthy environment, linking the protection of rural communities' cultural and social relations to the sustainable management of biodiversity and water resources.
• The document refutes three common myths: that human rights only apply to individuals, that collective rights are not enforceable, and that collective rights are exclusive to Indigenous Peoples.
• The Declaration can be used as a legal and political tool to influence national legislation, evaluate existing policies, and provide arguments in courts to interpret laws in favor of rural workers.
• The report argues that UNDROP should be used to hold private companies, especially transnational agri-food corporations, accountable and should support the creation of a Binding Treaty on transnational corporations and human rights.

APA

Penchaszadeh, A. (2020). La declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los campesinos como herramienta para avanzar en los derechos colectivos. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/La-declaracion-de-las-Naciones-Unidas-sobre-los-derechos-de-los-campesinos-como-herramienta-para-avanzar-en-los-derechos-colectivos.pdf

Chicago

Penchaszadeh, Analía. La declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los campesinos como herramienta para avanzar en los derechos colectivos. Friends of the Earth International, 2020. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/La-declaracion-de-las-Naciones-Unidas-sobre-los-derechos-de-los-campesinos-como-herramienta-para-avanzar-en-los-derechos-colectivos.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{penchaszadeh2020declaracin, author = {Penchaszadeh, Analía}, title = {{La declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los campesinos como herramienta para avanzar en los derechos colectivos}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2020}, month = dec, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/La-declaracion-de-las-Naciones-Unidas-sobre-los-derechos-de-los-campesinos-como-herramienta-para-avanzar-en-los-derechos-colectivos.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }