In the second panel discussion, civil society representatives discussed their successes and strategies in "Making the Right to Food happen at the country and community level.

  Alexandra Beurlen, State Prosecutor for Infant and Childhood Justice in the Public Ministry of Alagoas, Brazil spoke about Brazil's Public Civic action Law which has been a tool used in ongoing efforts to realize the Right to Food. She said, "Although the law isn't the only solution to the problem of hunger, if there are people committed to implementing the law, we will have positive outcomes."

  Marcela Libombo, Coordinator of the Technical Secretariat for Food security, Mozambique said more than a million people in Mozambique suffer in silence from hunger. The national strategy involved an integrated approach linking poverty and HIV AIDS in Mozambique conditions which she described as "a threat to Mozambican food security and nutrition".

  Dr. Sergio Morales, Human Rights Ombudsman in Guatemala spoke of the diversity among social classes in Guatemala and the challenge to ensure equal access to justice among the different groups. "People can't quite imagine what it means to not have enough to eat and to die of starvation. Guatemala's indigenous people are amongst the poorest of society while our country is among the wealthiest of the world in resources", he said.

  In India, successes in upholding the Right to Food were due in large part to the country's Supreme Court decision that has both energized and validated efforts to reduce hunger in India. Reetika Khera, a representative of the Right to Food Campaign in India remarked that the campaign in India is using the Supreme Court to put pressure on the government saying: "These are your laws and policies. Please implement them".

  Ariovaldo Ramos, Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Right to Food in CONSEA, Brazil stressed that public policies have to be developed and implemented in a participatory way.

  "Public policies have to governed by the policies of effectiveness, accountability, transparency, participation, fairness, social inclusiveness and the empowerment of beneficiaries", he said.