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.

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...

On 14 November, the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Development Law Service joined the International Bar Association (IBA) webinar “Cultivated Meat: Opportunities and Challenges”. This event brought together experts to...

During COP 16 of the CBD (Cali, Colombia), the Development Law Service LEGN) participated in a side-event on biosafety mainstreaming that was organized by the Secretariat of the Convention on...

A "Technical Workshop on International Standards for Decent Work in Fisheries", was held at FAO HQ in Rome between 25 - 26 September, with the financial support of the EAF-Nansen...

Between 21 and 27 September 2024, the Development Law Service (LEGN) marked the launch of its new Programme on Strengthening Legislation and Building Capacity to Support Agrifood Systems Implementation Compliance...

The Development Law Service (LEGN) recently took part in the prestigious 8th edition of the World One Health Congress (WOHC) in Cape Town, South Africa between 18 and 21 September....

The Development Law Service is pleased to announce the publication of the study "Mandate, Structures and Practices of Africa’s Regional and Subregional Organizations in the Development and Implementation of Normative...

We are pleased to invite you to our upcoming 2024 FAO Law Lecture that will take place on 23 October 2024 at 15:30 (CET). This year, we are privileged to host Hon. Hassan...

Building on previous successes like the recognition of the Agricultural Stress Index System (ASIS) as a Digital Public Good (DPG), FAOLEX has now been added to the DPG Registry, bringing...