Newsletter - April 2016

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"" NEWSLETTER - APRIL 2016 ""
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Indian tea workers, a life without dignity

In sharp contrast to the images of tranquil, lush, green tea gardens promoted to consumers, tea plantation workers in India are paid poverty wages and endure appalling working conditions. Women, who make up 70% of the workforce, are especially affected.

On the occasion of International Labor Day, the Global Network for the Right to Food and Nutrition launches "A life without dignity – the price of your cup of tea", the outcome of a fact finding mission to Assam and West Bengal last December.

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    ""  Rights of rural women finally addressed in General Recommendation No.34
    ""  German parliamentarians enquire about Guarani and Kaiowá to FUNAI
    ""  Backing up the Struggles of the Rural World
    ""  The IACHR should support the investigation
    ""  How can States make good use of extraterritorial human rights obligations?
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"" Rights of rural women finally addressed in General Recommendation No.34 ""
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"" "" Welcoming the adoption of the first international instrument to address the rights of rural women holistically, FIAN International examined the core elements related to the human right to food and nutrition contained in the General Recommendation No. 34 adopted by the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).

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"" German parliamentarians enquire about Guarani and Kaiowá to FUNAI ""
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"" "" In an official visit to Brazil, German parliament representatives pointed to legislative measures that threaten the rights of indigenous peoples and highlighted the conflict situation involving the Guarani and Kaiowá in Mato Grosso do Sul.

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"" Backing up the Struggles of the Rural World ""
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"" "" On the occasion of International Day of Peasants’ and Farmers’ Struggles, FIAN International reiterated its support for the future UN Declaration on the human rights of the rural world and reaffirmed its criticism to the agribusiness model.

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"" The IACHR should support the investigation ""
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"" "" In an open letter, civil society requested the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) to reiterate his support for an independent, impartial and transparent investigation into the murder of Berta Caceres, under the authority of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).

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"" How can States make good use of extraterritorial human rights obligations? ""
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"" "" “12 policies how States can make good use of extraterritorial human rights obligations” is the third of a series of informative and inspirational booklets published by the Secretariat of the ETO Consortium. The booklet recalls that extraterritorial human rights obligations of States were a central element of the UN’s original political paradigm, and sheds light on the potential use of ETOs in various international policy areas.

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