from Right to Food, 11-06-2009

  Large scale land investments:
Recommendations of the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food

On 11 June, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food stressed the indivisible linkage between land issues and the realization of the right to food and recommended the application of a core set of human rights measures and principles within the current agreements on large scale land investments in developing countries.
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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 , 03-04-2009

  Global Food Crisis and the Right to Food Interactive Thematic Dialogue
of the UN General Assembly, 6 April 2009, New York

In the context of the global food crisis that started in 2007 with the soaring food and energy prices and that continues today, the UN General Assembly will hold an Interactive Dialogue on the Global Food Crisis and the Right to Food
on 6 April 2009.
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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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