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from Right to Food, 1-12-2011
 [SPANISH] El Consejo Centroamericano de Procuradores de Derechos Humanos (CCPDH) aprueba Resolución sobre el Derecho a la Alimentación
29 Noviembre de 2011, San Salvador – En el marco de la XLV Reunión del Consejo Centroamericano de Procuradores de Derechos Humanos (CCPDH), llevada a cabo los días 29 y 30 de Noviembre de 2011 en San Salvador, El Salvador, fue aprobada una Resolución sobre el Derecho a la Alimentación mediante la cual las Defensorías, Instituciones Ombudsman y Procuradurías de Panamá, Costa Rica, Belice, Nicaragua y El Salvador manifestaron la necesidad de hacer efectivo el derecho a la alimentación mediante acciones concretas tanto a nivel nacional como a nivel regional. Más... |
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from Right to Food, 18-10-2011
CARICOM Food and Nutrition Security Action Plan Approved
A newly formulated Action Plan for Food and Nutrition Security in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
18th October 2011, Barbados – At the 38th special meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) of the Caribbean Community, CARICOM, a Regional Food and Nutrition Security Action Plan was approved.
The Action Plan is to implement the 2010 Regional Food and Nutrition Security Policy. More...
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from Right to Food, 13-10-2011
Right to Food – Making it Happen.
Progress and Lessons Learned through Implementation.
 FAO is proud to share with you its recent publication “Right to Food – Making it Happen”. The Right to Food Forum, held at FAO headquarters in October 2008, created a momentum for a strengthened commitment towards implementing the right to food. “Right to Food – Making it Happen” presents the results of the Forum as well as lessons learned with country-specific implementation beyond this event. It offers valuable insights and practical guidance on how to put the human right to food into practice through human rights-based development efforts. More...
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from Right to Food, 5-08-2011
Online Consultation on the CARICOM Regional Food and Nutrition Security Action Plan (RNSAP)
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), assisted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has recently adopted a Regional Food and Nutrition Security Policy to ensure safe, adequate, nutritious and affordable food for the region’s inhabitants, from a human rights-based approach. Currently, a Regional Food and Nutrition Security Action Plan is being developed in order to implement the recently adopted Policy. More...
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from Right to Food, 26-07-2011
CFS consultation on the Global Strategic Framework
The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) is launching a global and inclusive online consultation to gather feedback for the preparation of its Global Strategic Framework for Food Security and Nutrition (GSF).
The consultation is open to all interested stakeholders and will be open from the 26th of July to the 15th of October. Read more and participate
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from Right to Food, 20-06-2011
Expert consultation on the implementation of the right to food: experiences from Latin America & the Caribbean
On June 9 and 10, 2011, an expert consultation on the right to food in Latin America and the Caribbean was held in Bogotá jointly organized by the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). In all, around 50 food experts, parliamentarians and policy-makers from the region discussed on the progress made and the challenges ahead in the realization of the right to adequate food for all. More...
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from Right to Food, 30-05-2011
Supreme Court of Nepal ruling on the Right to food
In April 2011 the Supreme Court of Nepal published a key decision regarding the right to food in the country. Included in the Interim Constitution of 2007 and clarified by a Supreme Court interim order in September of 2008, the right of everyone to adequate food has been reinforced by this decision and some vital specifications have been made. Aside from the availability of food, the Court puts emphasis on the role of the authorities in ensuring that food is accessible and affordable for the people. This is a significant step forward taken to ensure the respect, protection and fulfilment of the right to food. More...
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from Right to Food, 25-03-2011
EXIGIBILIDADE: Mechanisms to claim the human right to adequate food
in Brazil
 The Exigibilidade study is an advocacy tool which provides practical examples on how to implement the right to food at country level. The study underlines the very important role of the civil society in creating mechanisms to make the state accountable for violations of the right to adequate food. In Brazil, important institutional advances towards the development of instruments to claim, investigate and monitor the realization of the right to food have been set up. This document aims at presenting those innovative mechanisms, so that the civil society and governments in other countries can benefit from these experiences.
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from Right to Food, 24-02-2011
Constitutional and Legal Protection of the Right to Food around the World
 This study reviews the legal protection of the right to food at national level, through constitutional provisions, national legislation and the direct applicability of international law. A comprehensive review of all the constitutions of the world found that the right to food is constitutionally protected in at least 106 countries. In these countries, individuals can claim the right to food in front of their national courts. The study underlines that in countries where direct application of international treaties is not recognised, embedding the right to food within the constitution gives strong legal support to better ensure this human right. The document also provides an illustrative description of the different types of constitutional recognition of the right to food, e.g. explicit or implicit, direct or indirect.
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from Right to Food, 29-12-2010
The Bolivian Legislative Assembly organizes a workshop on the Right to Food
A milestone was reached last December 15th, 2010 during a workshop organized by members of the Legislative Assembly of the Plurinational State of Bolivia with the support of FAO to discuss issues related to the legislative process around the human right to food. The main outcome of this successful event was the formation of a group of parliamentarians who will be responsible, with other relevant actors, for drafting a human right to food law for Bolivia. It was the first time that the Parliament organized a workshop of this kind on the theme of the right to food. More...
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from Right to Food, 10-12-2010
The Right to Food and Access to Justice, Right to Food study
 This study is an important technical tool for everyone working on the right to food and on its implementation at any level. Access to justice is recognized as an essential component of the Right to Food Guidelines and is essential to protect victims of violations of such right. This publication shows that traditional arguments against justiciability are today outdated and that access to justice is therefore possible. To this end, it is important to increase awareness and develop capacities of lawyers and judges to defend this right. This study provides different examples of access to justice at national, regional and international levels, and of judicial and quasi-judicial mechanisms to respect, protect and fulfil the right to food.
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from Right to Food, 01-12-2010
New publication by the FAO on Land Tenure and the Right to Food
 We are pleased to make available on our website the Land Tenure Working Paper 15 entitled “A responsible governance of land tenure: an essential means for realizing the right to food” This paper is available in Spanish and in English and have been jointly produced by the Right to Food Team and the Climate, Energy and Tenure Division, of FAO. More...
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from Right to Food, 09-07-2010
The Terminology team in CSCM, together with the Right to Food Team in
ESA are pleased to announce the launch of the
RIGHT TO FOOD ONLINE GLOSSARY
A complete glossary totalling 418 main concepts on the Right to Food has just been published online covering English, French, Spanish, Chinese and Russian languages (the Arabic version is in progress). It builds on an initial core collection of 37 records in English, Spanish and French including language equivalents and full definitions as well as other attributes such as related terms, remarks, context and source. This online glossary is a collaborative tool with full workflow functions, ensuring sustainability and best practices in terminology dissemination. By giving multilingual clarity, this tool will contribute to raise awareness on the right to food and on the practical implementation of the Right to Food Guidelines adopted by FAO Council in 2004. It is an essential reference to promote this important and specialized field of FAO's work.
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from Right to Food, 18-06-2010
Right to Food Assessment Checklist
The Right to Food Team is pleased to make available on the website the updated version of the right to food assessment checklist. Together with the already released Guide to conducting a right to food assessment (available at www.fao.org/righttofood), this new tool shall assist governments and other stakeholders in structuring and conducting national assessments including international human rights principles as well as the core obligations of the right to food. More... |
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from Right to Food, 12-04-2010
Legislation and national strategies for the right to food
- Databases now available -
The right to food team is pleased to make available on the website two important tools that will help to follow up on progress made with respect to the implementation of the right to food.
They will faciliate the exchange of experiences as they bring an overview of the different strategies and laws adopted in 73 countries to create an adequate environment for the realization of this human right.
You can now access to:
1) a comprehensive Legal Database which was published together with the Guide for Legislating for the Right to Food. Click here
2) a Database on national strategies for the right to food. Click here
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Download Free Resources from the RTF Portal:
Download or request a free copy of the Right to Food products from the Portal like CD-ROMs and Wallpapers.
The Right to Food information and knowledge system is a knowledge platform to support the progressive realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the context of national food security.
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