Newsletter - December 2016 / January 2017


	NEWSLETTER - DEC 2016 / JAN 2017


Violent repression of Mapuche indigenous community in Argentina Based on a judicial order to liberate the railway line of the Old Patagonia Express, the federal and provincial police carried out a major operation involving about 200 agents. This operation was carried out in the context of increasing criminalization and stigmatization of the Mapuche people and their struggle for the recovery of their ancestral territory. Read more...

The roots of the first-ever right to food organization Weakening of human rights standards requires urgent action India-Nepal border research visit on ETOs

The roots of the first-ever right to food organization

President of FIAN International Anita Klum went back a few decades and looked into the connections between the organization and the development of the human right to food. The roots of FIAN International are the people and their human rights.

Weakening of human rights standards requires urgent action

FIAN International warned international human rights standards and coherence are undergoing a crisis that is spilling over into right to food and nutrition policy spaces. New governance structures have emerged and the private sector has gained ground in policy spaces, at the same time that public underfunding has become a chronic disease on the area. This combination is leading human rights systems and policy spaces such as the Committee on world Food Security (CFS), to risk their integrity and ability to act according to their main mandate.

India-Nepal border research visit on ETOs

An international team composed of delegates from Nepal, India, Norway and Germany visited the border districts of Banke and Kanchanpur in Nepal and Sravasti and Bahraich in India, as part of a week-long research visit. The major focus of the research was on ETOs, in particular with regard to the impact of the Laxmanpur barrage and Kalkalwa Afflux dam, as well as the Dhudwa National park – situated in India – which also affect people beyond the border in Nepal.