NEWSLETTER - DECEMBER 2013 FIAN Ecuador launched its "Monitoring Report on Land Policies and Right to Food" as part of the many events on World Human Rights Day. (Photo by FIAN Ecuador) December 10, 2013: A day dedicated for World Human Rights As the world commemorates 65 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and 20 years after the Vienna World Conference on Human Rights reinforced the interdependence of human rights, FIAN commemorated on December 10th "World Human Rights Day" around the globe.   Read more... We wish you all a happy 2014!   Launch of report on Land Policies and the Right to Food in Ecuador   Launch of Manual for Judges on the Protection of Peasants' Rights   Ecuadorian Government shuts down Human Rights Organization Pachamama   FIAN International welcomes Concluding Observations by UN Committee to Austria, Belgium and Norway   FIAN International urges to implement judgments in favor of malnourished children in Guatemala   FIAN mourns death of Filipino right to food defender Milo Tanchuling Launch of report on Land Policies and the Right to Food in Ecuador Water, Land and Seed is the peasant struggle. Photo by FIAN Ecuador December 9th, 2013: On the occasion of World Human Rights Day, FIAN Ecuador and other local organizations launched the "Monitoring Report on Land Policies and the Right to Food in Ecuador 2013" in Quito.   Read more... Launch of Manual for Judges on the Protection of Peasants' Rights December 11th, 2013: On the occasion of World Human Rights Day, civil society organizations in Latin America launched the Manual for Judges on the Protection of Peasants' Rights.   Read more... Ecuadorian Government shuts down Human Rights Organization Pachamama Protesters march on the streets of Quito. Photo by: The Pachamama Alliance December 19, 2013: Pachamama - an Ecuadorian human rights organization working on indigenous rights and environmental issues for more than 16 years - was shut down on December 4th, 2013 via Ministerial Resolution based on the Executive Decree 16 approved in June 2013.   Read more... FIAN International welcomes Concluding Observations by UN Committee to Austria, Belgium and Norway 51th Session of the Committee on Economic, Cultural and Social Rights. Photo: FIAN Belgium December 17, 2013: National sections of FIAN International in Austria, Belgium and Norway have highlighted some of the concerns and recommendations the Committee issued in its Concluding Observations regarding the strengthening of mechanisms that can guarantee human rights protection and the implementation of extraterritorial obligations (ETOs) of States.   Read more... FIAN International urges to implement judgments in favor of malnourished children in Guatemala Monitoring visit by FIAN to case on malnourished children in Camotán, Guatemala. December 9, 2013: FIAN International reported on its visit conducted in early December to monitor the implementation of the judgments issued by the Court for Children and Adolescents in Zacapa, Guatemala, in relation to the right to food and other human rights of five malnourished children from four families of Camotán.   Read more... FIAN mourns death of Filipino right to food defender Milo Tanchuling FIAN Philippines Strategic Planning, Cardona Rizal, 2004