Third session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on a United Nations declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas

• Human Rights Council resolution 30/13
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• Provisional Agenda A/HRC/WG.15/3/1
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• Programme of work
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• Draft Declaration presented by the Chair-Rapporteur
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• Report of the Chairperson-Rapporteur on the 2nd session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on a draft United Nations declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas (A/HRC/30/55)
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• Draft Declaration presented by the Chair-Rapporteur, with footnotes (E only)

Informal consultation, 27 April 2016, Palais des Nations, room IX.
Third session, 17-20 May 2016, 10:00-18:00, Room XX, Palais des Nations.

Opening address by Jyoti Sanghera, Section Chief of Human Rights and Economic and Social Issues at OHCHR
Video statement on 17 May by Mr Graziano da Silva (Director General of FAO)
Video statement on 18 May by Ms Vandana Shiva (Navdanya Foundation)

Panel discussion on 17 May:

• Presentation by Ms Sophia Monsalve Suarez (FIAN International)
• Presentation by Ms Sue Longley (International Union of Food and Agricultural Workers IUF)
• Presentation by Ms Elizabeth Mpofu (La Via Campesina)
• Presentation by Ms Sangeeta Shashikant (Third World Network)

Presentation on 18 May by Ms Naela Gabr (Vice-Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women)
Presentation on 19 May by Mr Cristophe Golay (Geneva Academy for Humanitarian Law and Human Rights)

General statements from States, NGOs with ECOSOC status and IGOs:

States

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• China
• Cuba
• The Dominican Republic, on behalf of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Ethiopia
• India
• Indonesia
• Islamic Republic of Iran, on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
• Korea
• Mozambique
• The Netherlands, on behalf of the European Union
• Pakistan
• Panama
• The Russian Federation
• South Africa, on behalf of the African Group
• Switzerland
• The United States of America
• Venezuela

NGOs with ECOSOC status

• Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS)
• Centre Europe-Tiers Monde (CETIM)
• CFSI and Coordination Sud
• Coordinadora Latinoamericana de Organizaciones del Campo – La Via Campesina
• FIAN Nepal
• FIMARC
• International Network of Human Rights (INHR)
• Landless Peoples’ Movement – La Via Campesina
• Serikat Petani Indonesia – La Via Campesina
• Mouvement d’action paysanne – La Via Campesina
• World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP)

IGOs

• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

• Declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas: views and perspectives of the actors concerned (organized by CETIM, La Via Campesina and FIAN International). 17 May, 1-3 pm, room XXX.