from Right to Food, 28-03-2008

  Olivier De Schutter -- New U.N. Special Rapporteur on the right to food

During its 7th session on 25 March 2008, the Human Rights Council adopted ,without a vote, the list of candidates for special procedures mandate holders proposed by the President of the Council.
The list includes the name of the new Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier de Schutter. The current mandate holder, Jean Ziegler, will continue in his assignment until de Schutter assumes it in the following weeks.
The Right to Food Unit of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations congratulates Prof. de Shutter for his appointment and is convinced that the efforts and dedication deployed by Prof. Ziegler since his appointment as Special Rapporteur in 2000 will be continued.
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from Right to Food, 26-03-2008

  Special Rapporteur on the right to food presented his report on his mission to Cuba and his final report to the Human Rights Council

The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Jean Ziegler, presented at the seventh session of the Human Rights Council his report following a visit to Cuba from 28 October to 6 November 2007. His presentation was concluded with an interactive debate on the report. The purpose of the mission to Cuba was to examine the realization of the right to food in relation to Cuba’s international and national commitments to respect, protect and fulfil this right. In the main findings of the report, the Rapporteur highlights the impressive progress the country had made towards the realization of the right to food although, as he notes, there remain still important challenges to the progressive realization of the right to food. The report ends with a series of recommendations.
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from Right to Food, 06-03-2008

On the occasion of Women’s day on the 8 March 2008,
the Right to Food Unit is pleased to announce the publication of a right to food study on

Women and the Right to Food - International Law and State Practice.

The study looks at the right to food in the context of gender discrimination. It includes a brief overview of the position of women's right to food in international law and identifies gaps in both law and practice
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from Cotonou, Benin, 05-03-2008

  REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON “THE RIGHT TO FOOD AND THE LAUNCHING OF THE AFRICAN NETWORK FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE RIGHT TO FOOD

The NGO Soeurs Unies à l´Oeuvre, with the support of Bread for the World, Germany and of FIAN International, organizes from 9th through 11th of July 2008 in Cotonou, Benin, a regional workshop on "The right to food and the launching of the African Network for the Promotion of the Right to Food".
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Download or request a free copy of the Right to Food products from the Portal like CD-ROMs and Wallpapers.
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