The Right to Food

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Right to Food Publication, 2017.
Jointly developed with the National Human Rights Commission of Nepal, the publication presents the way to undertake a contextual interpretation of the international normative standards on the human Right to Adequate Food (RtAF) in Nepal, and guidance on how to operationalize it in order to effectively address specific needs and concerns of different countries.

Available in: English
Keywords: Assessment - Food security analysis - Monitoring - Analysis - Indicators - Institutional capacity - Targets

The Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (PARLATINO) created the world’s first model law on small-scale fisheries. This legal framework can be used by countries as a basis to develop their national policies and laws to strengthen this key sector for food and nutrition security.

Available in: English Español

Information note, 2017.
This publication seeks to highlight the human rights aspects of the goals and targets most relevant to food security and small-scale fisheries (SSF), particularly from the perspective of the right to adequate food, and to demonstrate how this interrelationship plays out in the monitoring mechanism established by relevant instruments.

Available in: English

Workshop proceeding, 2017
While the HRBA has been recognized by FAO as a principle that informs the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes and projects, there is still limited experience in its practical application in the context of small-scale fisheries (SSF). It is therefore important to explore how the approach could support the implementation and monitoring of the SSF Guidelines.

Available in: English

The Right to Food Timeline highlights global, regional and national milestones that contributed to the realization of the right to adequate food. While the 2004 adoption of the Right to Food Guidelines provides a reference point, the story of the right to adequate food goes well beyond this important event.

Keywords: Capacity development - Advocacy - Legal issues - International law - National legislation

Right to Food Study, 2016.
The purpose of the study is to identify potential entry-points for the development of activities on the right to adequate food in both countries. It analyses the importance of gender issues in key dimensions of national policy and legislative processes currently ongoing considered as viable opportunities to initiate or strengthen the implementation of the Right to Food Guidelines at country level.

Available in: français
Keywords: Food security analysis - National legislation - Food security and nutrition - Institutional policy - Strategy

Right to Food Study, 2016.
The study aims at identifying potential entry-points for the development of activities on the human right to adequate food in Cambodia. To this end, the analysis focuses on gender policy processes currently ongoing in the country, considered as a viable opportunity to initiate or strengthen the implementation of the Right to Food Guidelines at country level.

Available in: English
Keywords: Food security analysis - National legislation - Food security and nutrition - Institutional policy - Strategy

Right to Food Study, 2016.
Various countries in the region are currently reviewing their national legislation to develop legal frameworks on school feeding. This study, undertook upon request coming from CA-4 countries and several regional instances, brings an analysis and an overview of the existing legislation that regulates school feeding in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. It also aims at presenting a methodology for the assessment of legal frameworks on that topic.

Available in: Español
Keywords: Legal issues - National legislation

Brief, 2016.
Various countries in the region are currently reviewing their national legislation to develop legal frameworks on school feeding. This document brings a summary of the key findings and recommendations contained in the study Analysis of the legal frameworks on school food and nutrition in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.

Available in: Español
Keywords: Legal issues - National legislation

Brief, 2016.
Developed jointly by the Right to Food Team and the Decent Rural Employment Team, this brief argues that consolidating the synergies between the two rights through a human rights-based approach can enhance the impact of food security, rural development and poverty reduction interventions to better and more efficiently contribute to FAO’s mandate.

Available in: English
Keywords: Global studies - Advocacy - International law - Coordination - Food security and nutrition

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