Methods to monitor the Human Right to adequate food

THE RIGHT TO FOOD

Methods
To Monitor the Human
Right to Adequate Food

Volume II
An Overview of Approaches and Tools

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2008

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Table of contents

Preface [152 Kb]
Acknowledgements
List of Acronyms

1. INTRODUCTION [105 Kb]

2. A MONITORING FRAMEWORK FOR THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD [123 Kb]

Core Content of the Right to Adequate Food
State Obligations
Human Rights Principles
Applying the Right to Food Monitoring Framework
The Right to Food Guidelines as a Monitoring Framework
3. INDICATORS TO MEASURE THE PROGRESSIVE REALIZATION OF THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD [113 Kb]

Indicator Selection
Guiding Criteria for Indicator Selection
Indicator Inventories Relevant to the Right to Adequate Food

4. MONITORING IMPLEMENTATION PROCESSES THROUGH RIGHTS FOCUSED ASSESSMENTS [196 Kb]

Legal, Policy and Institutional Setting of the Right to Adequate Food Measures
Institutional Role and Capacity Analysis
Monitoring Political Commitments through Public Budget Analysis

5. MONITORING IMPACTS ON THE REALIZATION OF THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD[221 Kb]

Food and Nutrition Security Situation Analysis
Identifying the Most Needy: Vulnerability Analysis
Monitoring Policy Impacts from a Human Rights’ Perspective
Rights-Focused Programme Assessment and Monitoring

6. COMMUNITY LEVEL MONITORING OF THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD [80 Kb]

Monitoring by the Community for the Community
Extra-community Monitoring of Community Conditions

7. ASSESSING EXISTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND INFORMATION NEEDS: INFORMATION
GAP ANALYSIS[133 Kb]

Establishing Information Needs
Information Gap Analysis
Designing the Information Systems Assessment
Planning and Organizing the Assessment Process
Assessment Report

8. INFORMATION GATHERING METHODS TO MONITOR THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD [101 Kb]

Desk Reviews
Interactive Methods
Secondary Data Analysis and Interpretation
Primary Information Gathering through Surveys

9. SHARING MONITORING INFORMATION ON THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD [70 Kb]

Maps as Presentational Tools in Monitoring the Right to Adequate Food
Reporting to the International Community on Progress with the Right to Adequate Food

ANNEX 1. CLARIFICATION OF RELEVANT AND COMMONLY USED TERMS [115 Kb]
ANNEX 2. DATABASE INVENTORIES [47 Kb]
ANNEX 3. DIETARY ASSESSMENT METHODS [68 Kb]
ANNEX 4. AN EXAMPLE: RIGHTS-FOCUSED ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING OF SCHOOL
FEEDING PROGRAMMES[79 Kb]
ANNEX 5. MAPS AS PRESENTATIONAL TOOLS IN MONITORING THE HUMAN RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD [164 Kb]

ANNEX 6. PREPARING MONITORING REPORTS FOR INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES [153 Kb]