The Right to Food

Publications

Legal Study, 2015.
This publication brings together a comparative analysis of the legislation on food and nutrition security in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, also including a regional perspective of the instruments adopted by parliamentary bodies in Latin America.

Available in: Español
Keywords: Legal issues - National legislation - Food security and nutrition

Legal paper, 2016.
This publication shows efforts of countries, organizations and groups, at the global, regional and national level, in taking legislative actions, designing policies and strategies, setting up accountable institutions and bodies, to respect, protect and fulfil the human right to adequate food.

Available in: English

Right to Food Study, 2015.
This publication provides an overview on the main issues debated during the development and passage of the India’s National Food Security Act (2013), which legally binds national and state governments to extend far-reaching social protection to the country’s population.

Available in: English français Español
Keywords: Empowerment - Legal issues - Entitlements - National legislation - Obligations - Food security and nutrition

Briefs for debates on the right to food, 2015.
This set of briefs presents the major debates emerged during the development and adoption of the India’s National Food Security Act (2013), which legally binds national and state governments to extend far-reaching social protection to the country’s population.

Available in: English français Español
Keywords: Capacity development - Advocacy - Training - Legal issues - Entitlements - National legislation - Obligations - Food security and nutrition

Right to Food Study, 2015.
The document aims to provide tools for actors at municipal level to deepen the construction of practical notions for the obligations to respect, protect and fulfill the right to food locally, and to propose different activities for establishing and/or strengthening spaces for dialogue, exemplified by experiences in different countries of the region.

Available in: Español
Keywords: Advocacy - Empowerment - Coordination - Food security and nutrition - Strategy

Project evaluation, 2015

FAO´s work on the Right to Food is mainly supported through voluntary contributions by FAO Member States. The Governments of Spain and Norway as well as FAO are interested to better understand the scope and impact of the two projects that are under evaluation. This evaluation could also help to better define FAO’s role in the promotion of the right to food and contribute to formulating a more strategic approach on how FAO can better assist governments to realize the right to food.

Available in: English

Right to Food Assessment, 2014.
The Review of the legislative framework and jurisprudence concerning the right to adequate food in Nepal discusses overarching aspects of Nepalese law and jurisprudence dealing with this human right. It provides a critical assessment of constitutional as well as legislative provisions and offers a thorough analysis of Supreme Court jurisprudence pertaining to the right to food. In addition to judicial remedy, the review also covers non-judicial means of remedy against the violation of food rights. Finally, the review also offers a set of concrete recommendations, touching upon a wide range of aspects of the human right to adequate food.

Keywords: Assessment - Situation analysis - Legal issues - National legislation

Right to Food Study, 2015.
The primary goal of this study is to present a comparative analysis, from a human rights perspective, of the current state of legislation and programmes related to social protection in Barbados and member states of the Organisation of Easter Caribbean States (OECS).

Available in: English
Keywords: Assessment - Legal issues - Entitlements - National legislation

Workshop report, 2015.
This report presents the key achievements and the issues discussed during the sub-regional workshop on strengthening the legal frameworks for social protection in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and Barbados, co-hosted by OECS Commission and FAO (4-5 June 2014 – Saint Lucia).

Available in: English
Keywords: Assessment - Legal issues - Entitlements - National legislation

Right to Food Assessment, 2014.
This publication brings together the practical experiences and lessons learned during the past 10 years of implementation of the right to food guidelines in El Salvador. It looks at how the right to food has been progressively integrated into policy planning, strategy formulation, programme design and legislative processes throughout the country. Available only in: Español

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