Publications
Protecting the right to adequate food and saving lives in the Gaza Strip - Briefing note on the Occupied Palestinian Territory
29/07/2024
The note explains the fundamental principle of food as a human right, outlining the obligations of States to safeguard this entitlement. It explores how the right to food is applied...
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Realizing the right to adequate food to end hunger and malnutrition in all its forms
16/06/2023
Human rights are universal, including the right to adequate food, which is critical for the enjoyment of all human rights. States have the obligation to realize this right under international...
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Impact of COVID-19 on the human right to adequate food in the Pacific Region
13/09/2022
The COVID-19 crisis is exacerbating food insecurity and malnutrition in the Pacific region as measures to halt the spread of the virus have unintended impacts on people’s lives, such as...
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Consumer organizations in Action- A collection of practices driving the right to adequate food
22/11/2021
Consumers are a powerful force for change towards a sustainably developing world that leaves no one behind and respects the human rights of all. This publication showcases the work of...
Consumer organizations and the right to adequate food -Making the connection
04/11/2021
Consumers are a powerful force for change towards a sustainably developing world that leaves no one behind and respects the human rights of all. This publication is aimed at making...
The right to food and responsible investment in agriculture and food systems
30/09/2021
The application of the CFS Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems could play a major in supporting countries achieve the Right to Food. This policy brief provides...
Legal Guide on school food and nutrition
04/08/2021
This Guide promotes a holistic and human rights-based approach to school food and nutrition, in which legislation is an indispensable tool to ensure the sustainability of public policy goals set...
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Small-scale fisheries and the human right to adequate food: Making the connection: exploring synergies in the implementation of the SSF Guidelines and the Right to Food Guidelines
08/06/2021
The adoption of Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security (Right to Food Guidelines) in 2004 and...
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Frequently Asked Questions on Human Rights and Climate Change
17/03/2021
The General Assembly has recognized the negative impact of climate change on food security. In its resolution 71/191 on the right to food, it highlighted the importance of designing and...
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Linkages between the Voluntary Guidelines for SSF and the Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food
26/10/2020
Both the CFS Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security (Right to Food Guidelines) and the Voluntary...
Right to adequate food in constitutions
18/09/2020
The inclusion of the right to food in the constitution not only complies with international provisions and obligations, but also enables the judicial control of all national legislation that is...
Legislating for adequate food and nutrition in schools. Nº 3
18/09/2020
School feeding laws are important instruments for the realization of the right to adequate food, the right to education, and the right to health of the schoolchildren. In addition, they...
Food security and nutrition: building a global narrative towards 2030
25/06/2020
The global community is falling short on Agenda 2030’s sustainable development goals (SDG), especially on ending hunger and malnutrition in all its forms (SDG 2). This reports sets out an analytical...
The right to water for food and agriculture
30/04/2020
The right to water emerged in the nineties primarily as the right to domestic water for drinking, washing and cooking, and was closely related to the right to sanitation, both...
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Course: A primer to the right to adequate food
28/04/2020
Fact sheet, 2020 In this course you will learn about: Human rights-based approach to development Concept of the right to adequate food Rights and obligations Recourse mechanisms History of the right to adequate food Right to food...
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Course: Methodologies for implementing the right to food
27/04/2020
Flyer, 2020 In this course you will learn about: Roles and right to adequate food tasks, Budget work to advance the right to adequate food, Legislating for the right to adequate food, Monitoring the right...
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Fifteen years implementing the Right to Food Guidelines - Reviewing progress to achieve the 2030 Agenda
15/10/2019
Right to Food Publication, 2019 Since 2004, the Right to Food Guidelines have introduced an approach that has influenced the global agenda to eradicate hunger and malnutrition and is relevant to...
Fifteen years implementing the Right to Food Guidelines - Reviewing progress to achieve the 2030 Agenda- Summary
14/10/2019
Right to Food Publication, 2019 Since 2004, the Right to Food Guidelines have introduced an approach that has influenced the global agenda to eradicate hunger and malnutrition and is relevant to...
FAO’s work on the right to food
11/10/2019
Brochure, 2019 The right to feed oneself in dignity and to be free from hunger is guaranteed by the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which today has been...
Right to adequate food in constitutions. No. 1
31/05/2019
Brief, 2019 With the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG2) of 2015, countries pledged to end hunger everywhere by 2030 through decisive national action and international and regional cooperation. If this global goal...