FAO has published a Policy and Legal Diagnostic Tool to help fisheries actors implement the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty...

Combatting Illicit Trade in Food and Food Fraud On 3 March 2022, the Development Law Service (LEGN) participated in a Special Edition of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Dialogues on...

FAO and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have been collaborating to better understand the legal responses for combatting criminal activities in the fisheries sector. The FAO Development...

On 23 and 24 February 2022, the Development Law Service (LEGN) participated in the Global Seminar on strengthening regulations to protect pollinators from pesticides. Experts from recognized research institutions and international...

On 7 December 2021, Manuela Cuvi Rodríguez, Legal Officer at the FAO Development Law Service (LEGN) and Ornella Tiboni Oschilewski, Consultant in Nutrition and Food Systems at the FAO representation...

The Development Law Service (LEGN) and FAO El Salvador published a legal brief about the constitutional recognition of the right to adequate food in El Salvador. This brief is part...

In the context of Human Rights Day, the Legal Services for Development (LEGN) of FAO’s Legal Office and the Núcleo de Capacitación en Políticas Públicas launch the free and public course “Adequate food: a...

On International Human Rights Day, which marks the adoption on 10 December 1948 of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, we celebrate the achievements by all members of the international community –...

On 2 December 2021, FAO’s Development Law Service (LEGN), FAO Chile and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), as part of the UN system in Chile, held a webinar...

The waters of the Pacific Island Countries (PIC) are home to numerous aquatic species that are listed in the CITES Appendices, and which support livelihoods and economic opportunities for communities...

On 13 October 2021, the FAO Development Law Service, in collaboration with Université Laval, WHO, UNICEF, IDLO and UN Nutrition, held a successful Side Event at the 49th Session of...

  In this issue: World Food Day Lecture – Transformative Change: the law as a driver of better agri-food systems Transforming agri-food systems Enhancing the impact and accessibility of legal knowledgeToo many cooks spoil..

La publicación, que se realizó con apoyo de la Cooperación Española y en el ámbito de la Iniciativa para Ampliar la Escala de la Agroecología, fue otorgada a la comisión...

  In this issue: Law as an indispensable tool to achieving SDG 16 on Indigenous Peoples' collective rights to land, territories, and other natural resources An online “Legal-Hub” to inform participatory law reform...

Land is central to the livelihood, culture and identity of millions of people across the world. But the relationships between geographical spaces, law, and society are complex and continue to...

The Development Law Service is pleased to announce the publication of the preliminary version of Transforming agri-food systems: Legislative interventions for improved nutrition and sustainability: Preliminary version for public consultation...

07-10 June 2021: A virtual training workshop to review and validate the Aquaculture Legal Assessment and Revision Tool (ALART) was successfully delivered by the Development Law Service (LEGN) with the...

LEGN provided a series of well-received presentations on the topic of legislation as an effective tool in the fight against AMR at a recent African Regional training event on AMR...

On 27 April 2021, the FAO Development Law Service, represented by Manuela Cuvi, Legal Officer for the Latin American and Caribbean region, participated in the second session of this initiative...

In February and April 2021, the fourth and fifth online regional workshops on the use of A diagnostic tool for implementing an ecosystem approach to fisheries through policy and legal...