The Right to Food

Publications

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.

Available in: English français Español
Keywords: Global studies - Advocacy - Legal issues - Institutional capacity - Food security and nutrition

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

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

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

Workshop report, 2016.
This report includes all debates and list of commitments which took place during the South Asian Dialogue on the Right to Food, held in Dhaka on the 23-25 November 2015. The event was jointly organized by Oxfam and FAO with the objective to promote an emerging right to food community of practice for improved food security in South Asia. It called for the participation of members from government, civil society organizations, academia and think tanks from India, Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Available in: English
Keywords: Advocacy - National legislation - Coordination - Food security and nutrition - Institutional policy

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