FAO and its partners have been hard at work over the last few years to follow up on the Right to Food Guidelines. Around the world, people have been demanding action on the right to food and many governments have heeded the call, or taken initiatives to strengthen the implementation of the right to food as a human right.

Brazil and Guatemala have adopted framework law on food security that recognize the right to food and establish institutional mechanisms. Drafts have been prepared and are awaiting adoption in Peru, Nicaragua. Drafting processes have started in South Africa, Paraguay, Malawi, Mozambique and Uganda. Bolivia has amended its constitution to strengthen the protection of the right to food. The judiciary in India and Brazil has taken up right to food violations in court cases. National human rights institutions in South Africa, India, Brazil and Guatemala have focused on monitoring of right to food realization and violations. FIAN, ActionAid, Right to Food India, Brazilian Action for the Human Right to Adequate Food, ESCR-Net have campaigned for the right to food and empowered individuals to claim their rights. Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique have revised their food security strategies to incorporate the right to food.

FAO has acted as a facilitator of contacts between different actors and has harnessed much of the experience of governments, NGOs and academics throughout the world. It has produced a toolkit on monitoring, assessing, budgeting, legislating and teaching the right to food, using participatory methodologies to complement a sound technical knowledge.

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