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The United Nations' Declaration on Peasants' Rights

Author: Mariagrazia Alabrese; Adriana Bessa; Margherita Brunori; Pier Filippo Giuggioli
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780367689773
Published In: January 2022
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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This is the first book to address and review The Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP) which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2018.

Food security and sustainable agri-food systems, responsible governance of natural resources, and human rights are among the key themes of the new millennium. The Declaration is the first internationally negotiated instrument bridging these issues, calling for a radical paradigm change in the agricultural sector while giving voice to peasants and rural workers, recognized as the drivers of more equitable and resilient food systems. The book unfolds the impact of the Declaration in the wider realm of law and policymaking, especially concerning the new human rights standards related to access and control of natural resources and the governance of food systems. Chapters touch on a broad array of topics, including women’s rights, the role of and impact on indigenous peoples, food sovereignty, climate change, land tenure and agrobiodiversity. Voices from outstanding scholars and practitioners are gathered together to inform and trigger a further debate on the negotiation process, the innovative and potentially disruptive contents, the relations with other fields of law, and the practical scope of the Declaration. The volume concludes with a collection of case studies which provide concrete examples to help us understand the potential impacts of the Declaration at regional, national and local levels.

This book is the first comprehensive tool to navigate the Declaration and is designed for students, researchers and practitioners in the fields of food and agriculture law, peasant, agrarian and rural studies, human rights and environmental law, and international development and cooperation.

Foreword

Hilal Elver

Introduction

Mariagrazia Alabrese, Adriana Bessa, Margherita Brunori, Pier Filippo Giuggioli

1. The Peasants’ Declaration: State Obligations and Justiciability

Francesco Francioni

Part I – Rights Holders

2. Defining Peasants in the UNDROP

Marc Edelman

3. Indigenous Peoples and Traditional Local Communities in the UNDROP: Synergies and Challenges

Adriana Bessa and Jérémie Gilbert

4. No Food Sovereignty without Feminism? Negotiating Gender Equality in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas

Joanna Bourke Martignoni and Priscilla Claeys

5. Shedding a Light on the Human Rights of Small-scale Fishers: Complementarities and Contrasts between the UN Declaration on Peasants’ Rights and the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines

Elisa Morgera and Julia Nakamura

Part II – Natural Resources Access and Control

6. The Right to Land

Lorenzo Cotula

7. The Rights to Water and Sanitation and the UNDROP: the Implementation Challenges of a Comprehensive Approach

Mara Tignino, Francesca Restifo and Tadesse Kebebew

8. The Right to Seeds: Using the Commons as a Sustainable Governance Scheme to Implement Peasants’ Rights?

Sandrine Le Teno, Christine Frison and Samuel Cogolati

9. The Rights to Food and Food Sovereignty in the UNDROP

Christophe Golay

Part III – Food and Agriculture Governance

10. Peasants Rights and Food Systems Governance