Dear friends, We are happy to announce the creation of a new blog which will be documenting the evolution of the Social Movements and Grassroots Gathering and...
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Michael Miller
mm@...
Dec 1, 2008 8:55 am
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Anita Kelles
kellesa@...
Dec 2, 2008 6:06 pm
please send me more on these land grabs. This is pure neo-colonialism. The issue is being addressed by civil society such as Via Campesina who emphasise and...
Anita, here is what I have written so far about these land grabs: /quote/ This pattern of exporting food primarily for the benefit of foreigners rather than...
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Anita Kelles
kellesa@...
Dec 2, 2008 6:46 pm
Dear George, many thanks. I will put you in contact with the IFAD official Ms. Sapho Haralambous who is collecting data on this issue. You seem to have...
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Caroline Dommen
cdommen@...
Dec 9, 2008 2:55 pm
... From: a2k-admin@... [mailto:a2k-admin@...] On Behalf Of Laura DeNardis Sent: 26 November 2008 17:32 To:...
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Caroline Dommen
cdommen@...
Dec 9, 2008 2:55 pm
Dear friends and colleagues I forward a short-term vacancy announcement from the Research and Right to Development Branch of the OHCHR in Geneva. They are...
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Mission for Migrant W...
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Dec 9, 2008 2:55 pm
Dear Friends, Warm Greetings! We are now sending you the Migrant Focus for the month of Oct-Nov 2008 issue. For previous issues, please click the link below: ...
Dear friends, 9 December 2008: The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) today announced the winners of its annual Housing Rights Awards for 2008. The...
INESCers -- I would be interested in hearing some discussion about how the food sovereignty concept could be applied to this situation. It is important to keep...
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Anita Kelles
kellesa@...
Dec 11, 2008 4:19 pm
Well, these companies as well as local government are claiming that there is a need to improve productivity. And in many countries they claim that the...
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Caroline Dommen
cdommen@...
Dec 12, 2008 3:17 pm
Dear all – by a lucky coincidence (?!) both South Korea and Madagascar are being considered by the Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights, this...
Greetings, Societies without Borders: Human Rights & the Social Sciences welcomes submissions from human rights scholars as well as human rights activists....
Friends -- Earlier I asked how the food sovereignty concept would apply to the land takeover issue. I realize that most people talk about food sovereignty as...
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Anita Kelles
kellesa@...
Dec 12, 2008 3:19 pm
Dear George, very good questions. But I think food democracy would not be sufficient because we are not only talking about vulnerable sections of population...
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Anita Kelles
kellesa@...
Dec 12, 2008 3:19 pm
This may also be of interest to you? see the link: http://www.tradeobservatory.org/library.cfm?RefID=104414 regards anita "We live in a world where it is more...
Hi Caroline -- Fascinating! How are you thinking of handling this? This could be a good opportunity to talk about Global Obligations for the Right to Food. I...
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Anita Kelles
kellesa@...
Dec 15, 2008 2:55 pm
Dear George, not sure I have all the answers to your interesting questions. I am in the process of trying to understand what is going on. Sovereignty belongs...
Anita, let's carry this forward. I'll insert some comments below. ... (gk) Yes. ... (gk) I am not sure what you mean by this. International human rights law...
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Anita Kelles
kellesa@...
Dec 15, 2008 2:56 pm
Dear George, I regret but I have only limited time as I am active locally, nationally and also at European and global levels. And also on other issues, not...
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Anita Kelles
kellesa@...
Dec 15, 2008 2:56 pm
Here are some links to interesting papers that provide some analysis of how the international human rights instruments have fallen behind global trade ...
Announcing the New ESCR-Net Board Dear friends and partners, ESCR-Net is pleased to announce its new Board, elected during the ESCR-Net General Assembly on...
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juanak
juanak@...
Dec 16, 2008 5:53 pm
Dear friends, I hope you send us your contributions and help us in the dissemination of Sur Journal - Call for Papers on Migrants and Refugees. Regards, Juana...
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Caroline Dommen
cdommen@...
Dec 16, 2008 5:53 pm
_____ From: Anne-Laure Constantin [mailto:aconstantin@...] Sent: 15 December 2008 12:10 To: zgoodman@... Subject: FW: Daewoo unsure of Madagascar...
Sent on behalf of Peter Hyll-Larsen from Action Aid: www.right-to-education.org<http://www.right-to-education.org/> Consultant for drafting indicators on the...
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Anita Kelles
kellesa@...
Dec 17, 2008 9:32 pm
Daewoo unsure of Madagascar deal By Christian Oliver in Seoul Published: December 5 2008 03:02 | Last updated: December 5 2008 03:02 Daewoo Logistics of South...
