Newsletter - March 2016

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"" NEWSLETTER - MARCH 2016 ""
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West African Caravan reaches Dakar

After a two-week tour, the Caravan for Land, Water and Seeds reached its final destination, Dakar, and handed over the Convergence book to the Senegalese Government, currently hosting the presidency of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Engaging individuals and communities from across 15 countries of the region, the Caravan also counted on the international support of the Global Network for the Right to Food and Nutrition (GNRFN).

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    ""  Attacks on Guarani and Kaiowá escalate with conclusion of UN Rapporteur visit
    ""  Civil society condemns murder of Berta Cáceres
    ""  Women’s rights must be at the center of struggles
    ""  Shrinking public policy spaces for civil society
    ""  Taking steps to fight TNCs impunity
    ""  State efforts for the right to water need to scale up
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"" Attacks on Guarani and Kaiowá escalate with conclusion of UN Rapporteur visit ""
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"" "" Following the conclusion of her visit to Brazil, the UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples, Ms. Victoria Tauli Corpuz, has expressed deep concerns over the escalation of attacks in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. In an End of Mission Statement, Ms Corpuz stressed it was alarming that some assaults, involving shootings and leading to the injury of some indigenous peoples in the communities of Kurusu Amba, Dourados and Taquara, followed her visits to these areas. CIMI, FIAN International and its Brazilian and German Sections call on the State of Brazil to take action and establish the necessary measures for the attacks to stop.

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"" Civil society condemns murder of Berta Cáceres ""
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"" "" Networks and organizations across the Americas and Europe issued a statement condemning the assassination of the Honduran human rights activist Berta Cáceres, and ""  have also issued an open letter to Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Cecilia Malmström, European Commissioner for Trade, requesting the EU to support an independent international investigation of Ms. Cáceres murder. 

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"" Women’s rights must be at the center of struggles ""
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"" "" On the occasion of International Women’s Day, FIAN International addressed the importance of maintaining women’s rights at the center of all struggles for the right to food and nutrition, bringing attention to the important role that women from all sectors play in denouncing the systematic violations of their human rights.

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"" Shrinking public policy spaces for civil society ""
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"" "" At the 31st ordinary session of the Human Rights Council, FIAN International warned that corporations are capturing public policy spaces, whilst civil society participation is being threatened. Speaking at the high level segment panel, former FIAN international's Secretary General Flavio Valente exposed the current situation of criminalizing human rights defenders. 

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"" Taking steps to fight TNCs impunity ""
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"" "" While welcoming the first report of the Open-ended IGWG on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights, FIAN International reiterated to States that public policy spaces are being captured by big business.

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"" State efforts for the right to water need to scale up ""
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