​Fourth 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

Informal consultation, 6 February 2017, 10:00-13:00, Room VIII, Palais des Nations.
Fourth session, 15-19 May 2017, 10:00-18:00, Room XX, Palais des Nations.

• Human Rights Council resolution 30/13
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• Provisional Agenda (A/HRC/WG.15/4/1)
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• Tentative programme of work
• Draft Declaration presented by the Chair-Rapporteur (A/HRC/WG.15/4/2)
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• Study on the normative sources and rationale underlying the draft Declaration (A/HRC/WG.15/4/3)
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• Report of the Chair-Rapporteur on the 3rd session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group (A/HRC/33/59)
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• Information note
• Biographies of experts

• Opening address by Lene Wendland, OHCHR
• Opening address by Ambassador Nardi Suxo Iturry, Chair rapporteur
• Opening address by the General Director of FAO

Panellists

• Shivani CHAUDHRY
• Priscilla CLAEYS
• Anuradha MITTAL
• Mamadou GOÏTA

All participants are encouraged to submit their statements in writing prior to their interventions to wgpeasants@ohchr.org in order to facilitate simultaneous interpretation. All statements will be posted on this page as received. Please inform the secretariat if the statement delivered is substantially different from the original document or if you do not wish it to be published online. Kindly note that in line with the OHCHR disability policy, oral interventions made without written scripts cannot be shared on the website.

States

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• El Savador on behalf of CELAC
• Ethiopia
• EU
• Guatemala
• India
• Jamaica
• Japan
• Malaysia
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Russian Federation
• South Africa
• Switzerland
• Tunisia on behalf of the African Group
• Venezuela
• Venezuela on behalf of NAM

NGOs

• CETIM
• FIAN and CELS
• ITTC
• IUF
• PWESCR
• Via Campesina América Latina
• Via Campesina Europe
• Via Campesina Belgium
• Via Campesina Palestine
• Via Compesina Afrique
• Global Women's march
• WAMIP
• WFFP

IGO

• ILO
   

Comments on the draft declaration should preferably be sent to the secretariat by e-mail (wgpeasants@ohchr.org). They will be posted on this page.

• Geneva Academy, Right to Land and Other Natural Resources
• Geneva Academy, Right to Seeds and Intellectual Property Rights
• Red Internacional de Derechos Humanos
• FIAN on Art.2
• FIAN on Art.16

Collective rights: Perspectives from peasants and other people working in rural areas (organized by La Via Campesina, CETIM and FIAN). 15 May, 1-3pm, room XXIV.

Right to farm seeds and food sovereignty (organized by FIMARC and CETIM). 16 May, 1-3pm, room XXIV

Participants wishing to receive an accreditation for the fourth session of the working group are invited to inform the secretariat by e-mail (wgpeasants@ohchr.org), at least a week before the beginning of the session.