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Food safety, which is important to enable the enjoyment of the right to food, is a shared responsabity between governments, producers and consumers to ensure food safety. As expressed by the Director -General of FAO, food security and food safety are basic rights of human beings.
Legal brief for parliamentarians in Africa, Nº1, 2019.
Contries in Africa have made renewed commitments to end hunger such as the Malabo Declaration of 2014, the SDGs of and other international and regional declarations. If these are supported by effective legislation, including constitutional protection, the future economic, social and cultural benefit to the continent is evident.
Legal brief for parliamentarians in Africa, Nº2, 2019.
With the Sustainable Development Goas (SDG2), countries pledged to end hunger everywhere by 2030 through decisive national action and international and regional cooperation. If this global goal is to be achieved, affirmative and creative actions are needed on the part of all countries.
Legal brief for parliamentarians in Africa, No. 3, 2019.
Multi-component school feeding programs are widely recognized as key instruments to achieve children´s right to adequate food, education and health. They can contribute to preventing hunger and malnutrition, address micronutrient deficiencies and encourage healthy eating habits.
FAO Director General video message for Human Rights Day 2018.
Study, 2018.
This discussion paper explores the relationship between food loss and waste (FLW) and the right to adequate food. It focuses on the need to develop sustainable global consumption and production systems to contribute to the realization of the right to adequate food while it argues for a human rights-based approach to tackle FLW.
Right to Food Publication, 2017.
This publication presents the experience and activity of the Parliamentary Front against Hunger (PFH) in Latin America and the Caribbean and aims to provide structured, concise and relevant information about the legislative initiatives supported by the PFH from 2009 to 2016.