Newsletter - November 2016


	NEWSLETTER - NOVEMBER 2016


Guarani and Kaiowá rights backed by EP while stepping into IACHR At its monthly plenary session in Strasbourg, the European Parliament (EP) adopted a resolution on the situation of the Guarani and Kaiowá indigenous peoples, characterized by increasing violence and the grabbing of traditional lands. With Brazil in political turmoil and the indigenous peoples even more under threat, the resolution reminds the Brazilian State of its obligations under national and international law. Parallel to these developments, Guarani and Kaiowá leaders from Brazil and supporting organizations will attend the 159th period of sessions of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to stand up for their right to ancestral territory, also known as tekoha. Read more...

Human rights approach for EU action on seeds Mobilizing Against the Dispossession of the Commons Equal rights for women needed to fight hunger Cooling the Planet: Frontline communities lead the struggle

Human rights approach for EU action on seeds

The EU launch of the Right to Food and Nutrition Watch 2016 allowed the first public debate within the European Parliament on the international dimension of seed policies and regulations as well as the implicit role of the EU. The report came at a timely moment, amid recent EU trade deals and giant mergers of seed industry on the horizon (Bayer & Monsanto; ChemChina & Syngenta; DuPont & Pioneer) that risk taking away the power and autonomy of the people.

Mobilizing Against the Dispossession of the Commons

The fourth of the series “The Struggle for the Right to Food and Nutrition” looks into the challenges that the rural peoples face despite playing a key role in feeding the world population and the conservation of humanity as a whole. Rural peoples, who represent almost half of the world's population, are vital to the stability and sustainability of our societies, as they produce the food we eat while living in close relationship with Mother Earth. However, rural peoples are being increasingly dispossessed of their natural commons.

Equal rights for women needed to fight hunger

A recent report submitted to 65th session of the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, underlines key gaps that Bangladesh needs to fill. Despite succeeding in fostering social and economic progress, as well as improving human development indicators, socio-political gaps still need to be filled to ensure the realization of the rights of women and girls. With inequalities in income and consumption increasing, malnutrition continues to pose a challenge for Bangladesh.

Cooling the Planet: Frontline communities lead the struggle

The Global Convergence of Land and Water Struggles released its first report to boost political consciousness and support mass based movements in their resistance against the privatization agendas. During a public event held in Paris in December 2015 at the time of the COP21, representatives of frontline communities discussed and denounced the false solutions to the climate crisis, and promoted the real solutions that are rooted in peoples’ knowledge and experiences.

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