The Development Law Service (LEGN), in collaboration with the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division and in partnership with the EAF-Nansen Programme, delivered the first regional workshop on strengthening policy and legal...

The FAO Development Law Service (LEGN) appears before the Andean Parliament (PARLANDINO) to present FAO’s views on a revised “Regulatory Framework for Food Security with Nutritional Quality and Respect for...

Colombia enshrines the Right to Adequate Food for all in its Constitution On 6 February 2025, the Congress of Colombia adopted Legislative Act No. 1, amending Article 65 of the...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released a new publication titled Collection of legal briefs to eradicate hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean: a...

On 19 and 20 March 2025 a national workshop on biosafety legislation was held which gathered representatives of 12 different governmental institutions, as well as over 70 participants joining online,...

In a historic ruling (Judgment T-123 of 2024) of April 2024, the Colombian Constitutional Court, while reviewing an action for the protection of fundamental rights, decided to recognize the existence of internally displaced persons as a result of environmental factors.

School food and nutrition education (FNE) is fundamental to promote healthy eating and hygiene habits, necessary for the realization of the right to adequate food (FAO, 2020). In this context, the Voluntary Guidelines to support the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security call for measures that promote healthy consumption habits (FAO, 2004).

Food e-commerce –selling and buying food online – is experiencing a global boom (Reardon et al. 2022). As a relatively new practice, food e-commerce poses a number of regulatory issues which lawmakers in many jurisdictions have recently started to consider.

In December 2024, the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (Parlatino) approved two new Model Laws drafted with the technical and legal support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), including the contribution of the Development Law Service of the Legal Office (LEGN).

Legal and policy overviews are now available on the IWRM Action Hub The integration of AQUALEX data into country profiles is a new feature on the Global Water Partnership’s (GWP) Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Action Hub.   AQUALEX is a

The development and enforcement of appropriate legal frameworks is critical to help conserve wildlife, reduce poverty and improve food security. LEGN supports the Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme in multiple...

Rome, 21 February 2025. The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) runs a training programme in Hamburg, Germany, with the support of the Nippon Foundation. For a third...

Geneva, 3-8 February 2025. The complex legal issues that arise when addressing the actual implementation of the regime set up by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild...

Ezulwini, Eswatini - 10 December 2024. In a groundbreaking collaboration between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture, the Agriculture and Capacity...

Gender-Lex, a groundbreaking legal database designed to advance gender equality in agrifood systems through transformative legal frameworks, was launched in Spanish on 5 December 2024. Gender-Lex aims to provide an in-depth...

In the framework of the XXXVIII Ordinary and Commemorative Assembly of the 60th Anniversary of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (Parlatino), held in Panama City, Panama, on 5 and...

On 14 November 2024, the Development Law Service (LEGN) hosted a successful webinar to discuss FAO's Legal Diagnostic Tools, with the broader aim of developing a legal diagnostic tool for...

London, 29 November 2024. “Modern Slavery in the Fishing Industry” was an event organized by Dr Andrea Longo from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) of the University of London in London,...

Bangkok, 22-24 October 2024. As part of various FAO initiatives to promote and support sustainable aquaculture, the Development Law Service (LEGN) has been contributing to the development of a new FAO...

The SADC Parliamentary Alliance on Agrifood Systems, Food Security, and Nutrition will be launched on December 9, 2024 during the 56th Plenary Assembly of the SADC Parliamentary Forum. Join via Zoom. The...