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One step closer to UN declaration
Intensive negotiations at the UN Human Rights Council concluded with deepened understanding of rural peoples’ rights and with the UN Intergovernmental Working Group gearing up for a 5th session.
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Strong call by Treaty Alliance as UN process enters new phase
Fighting big business interest in health governance
Strong call by Treaty Alliance as UN process enters new phase
Repression against social and political struggles escalate
Seed corporatization threatens Paraguayan communities
Human rights for people’s sovereignty
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Fighting big business interest in health governance
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The increasing corporate influence in global health governance is pointed out at the 70th World Health Assembly. Discussions on the health of the world’s populations kicked off amid concerns over the growing impact of the corporate sector on global policies.
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Seed corporatization threatens Paraguayan communities
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Documentary exposes corporate interests prioritized over people’s access to seeds and their right to food. For centuries, peasant and indigenous communities have saved and exchanged seeds, adapting them to local ecosystems and transmitting knowledge to younger generations. However, such seed-sharing practices are currently threatened by land-grabbing, environmental destruction, and genetically modified seeds.
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Human rights for people’s sovereignty
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The recent booklet by Rolf Künnemann, co-founder of FIAN International, takes the readers to the fundamentals of human rights and to the current conceptual debates and struggles about their future.
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