INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' PUBLICATIONS

Indigenous peoples’ right to food is the common subject of this set of publications in which important issues such as the access to natural resources and the cultural dimension of the adequacy of food are addressed. The four publications advocate for the adoption of the human rights based approach as a means for a progressive realization of indigenous people’s right to food.
They constitute not only a valuable reference on the current issues and future challenges to address, but also represent a basis for clarification and awareness building that needs to be pursued. The 2007 UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’ as well as other international instruments provides an important framework for the concrete implementation of this human right at country level.

Download the pdf publications :

1. The right to food and indigenous peoples, 2009, Joint Brief (666 KB)
2. The right to adequate food and indigenous people, 2009, Right to Food study (934 KB)
3. Right to food and indigenous peoples, 2007, Focus on series (1.3 MB)
4. The right to food guidelines and indigenous peoples: An operational guide, 2009 (2.6 MB)

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1. THE RIGHT TO FOOD AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES Joint Breef

CONTENTS

Indigenous Peoples’ Right to Food: Legal foundation
The right to food as a collective right
Cultural dimension of the right to food
How can the right to food benefit indigenous peoples?
What is the relation between the right to food and food sovereignty?
What are some of the challenges that need to be addressed?

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2. THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE Right to food study

CONTENTS

List of Boxes
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Background and context
2. Right to food of indigenous peoples – applicable law and principles
3. Crucial Issues for Indigenous Peoples from a Right to Food Perspective
Conclusions
References

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2. RIGHT TO FOOD AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES Focus on series

CONTENTS

Human Rights
Indigenous Peoples’ Right to Food
Land and Natural Resources
Indigenous women
State Obligations

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4. THE RIGHT TO FOOD GUIDELINES AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: AN OPERATIONAL GUIDE

CONTENTS

1. Introduction
2. Why and how were the Right to Food Guidelines drawn up? Did indigenous peoples participate in the process?
3. Nature of the Right to Food Guidelines
4. Content - Key Guidelines relevant to indigenous peoples
5. What is the value added of the Right to Food Guidelines and how can indigenous peoples use them?
Conclusion
References
ANNEX I: Summary of the content of the Right to Food Guidelines
ANNEX II: Overview of relevant right to food provisions of international human rights instruments
ANNEX III: The right to food in practice

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