In his last interactive dialogue at #HRC61, UN Special Rapporteur @michaelfakhri.bsky.social strongly urges States:
"Work with your people. Take human rights seriously. Take land defenders seriously. Give people the right to land, and they will protect their land."
🇱🇧 Around 12% of the population of #Lebanon has been forced to flee their homes in just a few days. For many, it’s not the first time. Essential services are being pushed to the brink & families are struggling to support their loved ones.
đź”— Our full statement: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Al menos 700.000 personas, cerca del 12% de la poblaciĂłn de #LĂbano, han tenido que huir de sus casas en apenas unos dĂas. Para muchos, no es el primer desplazamiento. Los servicios básicos están al lĂmite y miles de familias han dormido en la calle.
đź”— www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
🌱Land is the foundation of food sovereignty
đź“ŤHuman Rights Council, dialogue on the right to food:
@michaelfakhri.bsky.social called on states to confront corporate control over land and food systems: “We don’t need corporations to feed us. We need peasants, women, fishers, and Indigenous Peoples”
In response to questions, the UN SR on #RightToFood @michaelfakhri.bsky.social highlighted importance of addressing corporate accountability: the same actors that caused climate change are the same actors that have all the ownership of the land.
We need to hold corporations accountable.
🌍✊🏾 Hundreds of delegates from peasants, Indigenous peoples, and rural workers will unite in Cartagena, Colombia, for the Forum of Peoples and Social Movements: United for Land, Water, Territories, and Dignity on Feb 22-23. Together, we’ll raise our voices […]
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In 7 days time the second International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, #ICARRD+20, takes place in Cartagena. 100 countries will be there. Yet the @fao.org makes no mention of it on their website. That's because the DG didn't want it
www.minagricultura.gov.co/noticias/Pag...
one is not meant to have favourites, but this is definitely up there: a CTTB episode with @azohra.bsky.social and @nasiahadjigeorgiou.bsky.social on foreign military bases, international law and imperialism. soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
This has been a LONG time in works: my paper on how dollar hegemony is a form of international law-making power. It includes a long methodological/theoretical section on why strong versions of the 'law constitutes political economy' aren't convincing papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....