UNDROP Basics
What year was UNDROP adopted?
What is 2018?
Name one right protected under UNDROP
What is the right to land, seed, water, safety, fair work, food sovereignty(etc)?
What is LVC?
What is a global movement of small-scale farmers and peasants?
what does "Buen Vivir" mean?
What is "the good life"?
Name one challenge in implementing UNDROP
Any challenge is acceptable.
What is the full name of UNDROP?
What is United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas?
What is the right of people to control their own food systems?
When did LVC start advocating for UNDROP?
What is the early 2000s?
Name one core value of Buen Vivir.
What is community over individual success?
Why did the US and EU oppose UNDROP?
What is they believed existing human rights frameworks were sufficient?
what was the vote count when UNDROP passed?
what is 33 in favour, 3 against, and 11 abstentions
Why is food sovereignty important for peasants?
What is it allows them to save, exchange, and plant their own seeds and food without corporate control?
How did LVC pressure governments to support UNDROP?
What is mobilizing grassroots organizations, unions, and NGOs?
How does Buen Vivir differ from mainstream development?
What is it prioritizes ecological balance and community well-being over economic growth?
What does it mean that UNDROP is "non-binding"?
What is countries are not legally required to follow it?
Name two main objectives of UNDROP
what is -combating poverty and hunger, promoting sustainability, advocating for peasant rights, correcting injustices (etc)
What right protects peasants from unfair labor conditions?
What is the right to just and favorable conditions of work?
Name one action LVC took after UNDROP was adopted
What is pushing governments to implement it into national laws?
What is the CASA network, and how does it practice Buen Vivir?
What is a sustainability network that promotes intercultural knowledge exchange and community economies?
What barriers exist to peasant voices being heard in policymaking?
What is dominance of corporate interests and lack of representation?
How long did it take to develop and adopt UNDROP?
What is 17 years?
How does UNDROP define a "peasant"?
What is someone engaged in small-scale agriculture who depends on family labor and has a strong connection to the land?
How did La Via Campesina contribute to the drafting of UNDROP?
What is by translating peasant struggles into legal language and negotiating with UN bodies to ensure their inclusion?
What challenge does Buen Vivir face in implementation?
What is reliance on capitalist systems for survival?
What obstacles did peasant activists face when advocating for their rights at the UN?
What is they were often dismissed as non-experts, faced resistance from powerful nations, and struggled to gain representation in international decision-making spaces?