« 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫: 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐍 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐫𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬? »
In many parts of the Global South, extractive industries and industrial agribusiness are threatening the right to food. Communities face land grabs, environmental destruction, and loss of livelihoods. As the UN moves towards a binding Treaty on business and human rights, this round table will bring together voices from Africa, civil society, diplomacy, and academia to ask:
● Could the UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights help hold transnational corporations accountable?
● How does the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants (UNDROP) strengthen this effort?
𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬:
● 𝐌𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐳𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭, Alternative Information & Development Centre, Cape Town
● A representative from the Rural Women’s Assembly (speaker to be confirmed)
● 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐡𝐞, South African Permanent Mission to the United Nations Office, Geneva
● A representative of the UN Working Group on UNDROP
● 𝐔𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐨, International Service for Human Rights, Geneva
𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
● 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜̧𝐨𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐫, Action de Carême
𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬:
● Association genevoise de soutien à Action de Carême, Geneva
● AgriFood Collective, IHEID, Geneva
𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞:
https://actiondecareme.ch/evenement/round-table-discussion-on-world-hunger-day/
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