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from Right to Food, 14-05-2012
 New Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests endorsed
 14 May 2012, Rome – On 11 May 2012, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) formally endorsed the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT).
The Voluntary Guidelines are the result of an unprecedented negotiation process, chaired by the United States that featured broad consultation and participation by 96 national governments, more than 25 civil society organizations, the private sector, nonprofits and farmers’ associations over the course of almost three years. More...
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from Right to Food, 10-05-2012
The Hunger Free Latin America and the Caribbean Initiative wins award
 8 May 2012, Madrid - The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) has been awarded by FAO due to its support to the Hunger Free Latin America and the Caribbean Initiative.The award was received by Mr Rafael Garranzo, Director of Cooperation of Latin America and the Caribbean of the AECID, in a ceremony attended by Her Royal Highness Queen Sofia of
Spain and Mr José Graziano da Silva, Director General of FAO. More...
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from Right to Food, 29-03-2012
Right to food and national and global strategies
  The right to food plays a crucial role in the context of the reformed Committee on World Food Security, as integral part of its vision, as strategic orientation of its work and as practical way to achieve the objective of a world without hunger and malnutrition. In the context of the present discussions related to the development of a Global Strategic Framework for Food and Nutrition Security (GSF), we are pleased to announce the publication of two Factsheets. More...
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from Right to Food, 22-03-2012
Consensus reached on Voluntary Guidelines for the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests
9 March 2012, Rome – The CFS-led Open Ended Working Group reached a path-breaking consensus on the Voluntary Guidelines for the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VG). This approval marks the final step of a far-reaching and inclusive consultation and negotiation process since 2009, involving 96 states delegations and various other stakeholders, such as UN agencies, civil society organizations and the private sector. The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) will convene a special session in May for the final approval of the VG. The consensus is a major achievement and clear sign of progress also from the right to food perspective. More... |
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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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from Right to Food, 16-03-2010
Briefing on the 13th session of the Human Rights Council
and the right to food
The 13th session of the Human Rights Council is currently taking place in Geneva from the 1st to the 26th of March 2010. Following the High Level Segment on the economic and financial crisis, the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to food was the opportunity to present the reports of the countries he visited on 2009 as well as a thematic analysis on the Agribusiness and the right to food and an addendum on a set of minimum principles to adopt regarding large scale land acquisitions. More...
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from Right to Food, 15-02-2010
The right to food is now in the Constitution of Brazil
The right to food is now explicitly recognised in the Brazilian Constitution. After being approved by both chambers of the Congress on the 3 of February 2010, the Brazilians adopted the Constitutional Amendment Project (PEC 47/2003) which now establishes the right to food as a constitutional human right. The amendment aimed at including the right to food among other social rights that were already part of article 6 of the Brazilian Constitution and that are equally important for living a dignified live. More...
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from Right to Food, 20-11-2009
World Food Summit on Food Security 2009
The 2009 World Food Summit arrived to an end after three days of discussions in which a large variety of stakeholders addressed key issues for the realization of the right to food. While the Plenary Hall witnessed the statements of delegates and international organizations, the round tables were the occasion to debate crucial issues such as climate change, fair trade rules (particularly the Doha Round) and special measures to address global food governance, including the current reform of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS). In the meanwhile, a side event of a wide array of Social Movements, NGOs and CSOs also took place. More...
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from Right to Food, 11-11-2009
The Right to Food at the centre of the World Food Week 2009
Expert Panel on “The Role of the Right to Food in Addressing the
Global Food Crisis”
Following the launch of the Toolbox held on 15th October, the Expert Panel on “The Role of the Right to Food in Addressing the Global Food Crisis” brought together the views of economists, policy makers, human rights experts and academia to discuss about the most important issues and challenges of the current food crisis. Chaired by the Assistant Director-General of the Economic and Social Development, Mr Hafez Ghanem, the panellists answered specific questions regarding the role of human rights in addressing hunger.
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from Right to Food, 11-11-2009
The Right to Food at the centre of the World Food Week 2009
The Launch of the Right to Food Toolbox
The 2009 World Food Week hosted two important events in which the right to food was at the centre of the discussions relating the current crisis.
On October 15th, Mr. Jacques Diouf, Director General of FAO, Mr. Hafez Ghanem, Assistant Director-General of the Economic and Social Department and
Ms. Barbara Ekwall, team leader of the right to food, launched the
Right to Food Methodological Toolbox: a practical publication containing six volumes covering a wide range of topics such as assessment, legislation, education, budgeting and monitoring in order to implement the right to adequate food at national level. During his intervention, the Director General stressed the important role of the right to food as an essential means to overcome the current food crisis and said that even if it represents a big challenge, the implementation of the right to food at national level was possible in the long term. In that sense, the Toolbox provides the operational assistance that all countries and stakeholders need in order to know HOW this major goal can be achieved.
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from Right to Food, 23 - 10 - 2009
“Toolbox” to aid in promoting right to food
Five-volume set provides governments and civil society with "how-to" guidelines
23 October 2009, Rome - FAO has published a "methodological toolbox" on the right to food, designed to provide countries, institutions civil society and other stakeholders with a series of effective instruments they can use to assert the right to adequate food as a basic human right.
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from Right to Food, 14 - 10 - 2009
Expert Panel on “The Role of the Right to Food in Addressing the Global Food Crisis”
The Agricultural and Development Economics Division (ESA) is pleased to invite you to this event which will take place on the 16th of October 2009, FAO,
Austria Room (C-237) 14:30-16:00 hours.
A multidisciplinary expert panel will discuss and provide recommendations on how the right to adequate food can concretely contribute to ensuring food security in times of crisis.
The Expert Panel will bring together the views of economists, policy makers, human rights experts and the academia to the debate.
The panelists are:
Ms Eve Crowley, Officer-in-Charge, Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division, FAO;
Prof. Asbjørn Eide, Senior Fellow, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights;
Mr David Nabarro, Assistant Secretary-General, Coordination on Avian & Pandemic Influenza and the Global Food Crisis (UNSIC);
Prof. Siddiqur Osmani, School of Economics of Ulster University;
Mr Flavio Valente, Secretary-General, Face It Act Now (FIAN) International;
Mr Hafez Ghanem Assistant Director-General, Economic and Social Development Department, will moderate the Panel.
The event will be held in English, French and Spanish interpretation will be provided.
We look forward to welcoming you at our event!
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from Right to Food, 14 - 10 - 2009
Launch of the Right to Food Methodological Toolbox
The Agricultural and Development Economics Division (ESA) is pleased to invite you to this event which will take place on Thursday, 15th October 2009,
from 14:30 to 15:00 hours in the Lebanon Room (D-209).
The agenda will be as follow:
14:30-14.35 Introduction by ADG/ES Department (Chairperson)
14.35-14.45 Welcome by FAO Director-General
14.45-14.55 Presentation of the Right to Food Methodological Toolbox
by Ms Barbara Ekwall,Team Leader, Right to Food Team, ESA
14.55-15.00 Concluding remarks by the Chairperson
The Right to Food Methodological Toolbox represents a major step in the implementation of the right to adequate food at national level. It comprises six volumes covering a wide range of topics such as assessment, legislation, education, budgeting and monitoring in order to implement the right to adequate food at national level.
The Toolbox comes at an opportune moment, when more and more countries are presently seeking to integrate the right to adequate food into their legislations, strategies, policies and programs.
Please, note that the launch will be held in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish and Russian.
We look forward to welcoming you at out event!
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from Right to Food, 06-10-2009
Call from the Cordoba Group
The Cordoba Group calls for coherence and action on food security and climate change. Meeting in advance of a series of international high-level meetings to take place in the second half of 2009.
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from Right to Food, 09-09-2009
Mexico D.F. approves Law on Food Security and Nutrition for the Federal District
The new Law on Food Security and Nutrition, approved on the 17th of August by the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District, is a milestone for the protection of the right to food. It is one of the first laws in the world implementing the right to food at the sub-national level and thus bringing the right to food protection closer to the citizens. Another very important achievement of the Law is that the right to food is recognized both, as a fundamental human right and as the main objective of this Law.
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from Right to Food, 07-07-2009
As India starts legislating on food security, there is much it could learn from laws and practices abroad
The Government of India is contemplating legislating a Right to Food Act which would make the Right to Food a fundamental right that would be justiciable.
There is considerable debate on what the contours of this Act should be. A recent article written by Biraj Patnaik, principal adviser to the Indian Supreme Court commissioners on the right to food, summarises the key lessons from different parts of the world on legislating the Right to Food.
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from Right to Food, 28-05-2009
FAO's new publication on
"The Right to Food
and HIV/AIDS"
FAO’s Right to Food Unit is pleased to announce the publication of the Study on the Right to food in the context of HIV/AIDS by Arne Vandenbogaerde. As latest UN reports indicate little progress in the struggle against the epidemic, this paper aims to clarify the relevance of the right to food in combating HIV/AIDS.
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from Right to Food , 09-04-2009
Right to Food Forum Newsletter
The Right to Food Unit is pleased to share the Special Edition of the Right to Food Newsletter which principally contains the outcomes and lessons learned of the Forum held in Rome in October 2008.
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from Right to Food , 05-02-2009
High Level Meeting on Food Security for All
The High Level Meeting of Madrid called for a new strategy in the fight against hunger and expressively included the right to food as an undeniable basis for sustainable solutions.
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from Right to Food , 11-12-2008
The Cordoba Declaration launched on Human Rights Day
The Cordoba Declaration on the Right to food and the Governance of the Global Food and Agricultural Systems has been launched yesterday, on Human Rights Day, through different networks related to the right to food movement.
The launching comes timely, at a moment when the world is facing persistently high and dramatically increasing number of persons who suffer from chronic hunger, due among others to the high food prices.
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from Right to Food , 15-10-2008
New Ecuadorian constitution recognizes the right to food
On 28 September 2008, Ecuadorians approved the new Constitution in a national referendum. The Constitution contains several explicit provisions on, and relevant to, the right to food. FAO has promoted the inclusion of the right to food in the Constitution by providing capacity development, international expertise and legal advice during the drafting process of the Constitution.
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from Right to Food , 09-10-2008
A victory for the Hungry in the Supreme Court of Nepal
On 25 September, the Supreme Court of Nepal issued an interim order according to which the Government of Nepal has to supply immediately food to 32 food-short districts. “Interim order” refers to orders that remain applicable for the duration of the case. The Court found immediate action necessary because of over three million people suffering from food scarcity.
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from Right to Food , 23-07-2008
New Constitution of Ecuador recognizes the right to food
In July 2008, the Constituent Assembly of Ecuador completed the first phase of its task and approved the new Constitution. The new Constitution contains several explicit provisions on, and relevant to, the right to food. FAO has promoted the inclusion of the right to food in the Constitution by providing capacity development, international expertise and legal advice during the drafting process of the Constitution.
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from Right to Food, 30-05-2008
FAO's new publication on
"The right to food and the impact
of liquid biofuels (agrofuels)"
FAO's Right to Food Unit is launching the advance copy of a study on "The right to food and the impact of liquid biofuels (agrofuels)" by Asbjørn Eide, senior fellow of the Norwegian Center for Human Rights at the University of Oslo.
This study contributes to the present discussion on soaring food prices, climate change and biofuels, all issues that are at the center of the debate of the High Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy (Rome, 3 to 5 June 2008).
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from http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/FoodCrisis.aspx, 29-05-2008
‘Hunger is a violation of human rights’
The Human Rights Council of the United Nations has called on all States and other relevant organizations to bring a human rights perspective into their activities to reduce and prevent hunger.
A resolution agreed at the conclusion of the Council’s 22 May special session in Geneva on the impact of the world food crisis said measures should be taken to “ensure the realization of the right to food as an essential human rights objective.”
In her speech to the Council, High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said that, “while it is imperative to respond immediately to emergencies with commensurate humanitarian support and aid in order to address conditions of hunger, a human rights focus will contribute to making solutions more durable and more equitable in the medium and long run.”
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from Right to Food, 29-05-2008
Mission to India, 3 - 9 May 2008
Within the framework of its work on a Guide on Legislating for the Right to Food, two members of the FAO Right to Food Unit travelled to India to hold a series of bilateral meetings with Indian experts in the field, and obtain feedback on the draft Guide. The National Human Rights Commission of India organized a meeting of its core group on the right to food to discuss with the mission.
All stakeholders met showed a strong interest in the right to food and the draft Guide on legislating for the Right to Food. The Mission received many useful suggestions for improvement of the current text of the Guide in particular, with regard to mechanisms for civil society participation, on coordination and monitoring mechanisms as well as on appeals and review procedures in case of a violation of the right to food.
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from Right to Food, 19-05-2008
Right to Food News from Mozambique
Mozambique advances on all fronts and approves a ‘Right to Food Strategy’
Step by step, Mozambique is advancing on the right to food. Following the right to food unit’s Seven Steps of Implementation, Mozambique is ticking off the boxes one by one. The country's adopted overarching poverty reduction strategy includes rights-based food security as a cross-cutting issue. The latest success is the approval of the revised food security and nutrition strategy in October 2007 that can easily be called the “Right to Food Strategy” of Mozambique.
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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 Right to Food, 28-01-2008
Bread for all launches Right to Food Campaign
Bread for all (BFA), the Swiss Protestant churches’ development agency, and the organisations "Fastenopfer" and "Partner sein", announce the theme of their 2008 oecumenical campaign “The Right to Food—More than a modest Wish” (“Damit das Recht auf Nahrung kein frommer Wunsch bleibt”). The annual campaign, organised during the fasting period before Easter, addresses development policy issues.
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from Managua, Nicaragua, 25-01-2008
Latin America and the Caribbean at the forefront of making the right to food real for all
A Regional Workshop Draws on Rich Experiences
From the 21 to the 24 of January 2008, an important Regional Workshop on Legislating for the Right to Food took place in Managua. FAO’s Right-to-Food Unit is preparing a methodological toolkit on the implementation of right-to-food policies, and sponsored the workshop to enrich and validate its draft Guide on Legislating for the Right to Food. The workshop was also supported by the Hunger-Free Latin America and the Caribbean Initiative, as part of its activities for strengthening national food security institutions and to help make the right to food a reality in all countries in the region. FAO Nicaragua was in charge of the organization of the workshop.
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from Nicaragua, 18-01-2008
Workshop in Managua, Nicaragua: "Guide on Legislating
for the Right to Food"
The FAO Right to Food Unit organizes a validation workshop on the "Guide on legislating for the Right to Food" in Managua, Nicaragua, from 21 - 24 January 2008.
The workshop is an opportunity to discuss the draft Guide developed by the Right to Food Unit with stakeholders and experts, and to formulate recommendations for legislative provisions and the Guide’s overall structure.
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from Bolivia, 18-01-2008
Recently Adopted Bolivian Constitution Recognizes the Right to Food
Article 16 of Bolivia's new Constitution - which still requires approval through a national referendum - stipulates that everyone has the human right to food. The adoption of the constitutional provision constitutes a major achievement: it creates the legal foundation for further legislative action and advocacy towards ensuring the right to food.
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