Sao Tome, 29 July 2026 | Since 2023, with support from the EAF-Nansen Programme, the Development Law Service (LEGN) of the FAO Legal Office has worked closely with the Directorate of Fisheries and Aquaculture (DFA), und...

21 July 2026 | Santiago, Chile. An event organized by FAO’s Representation in Chile and the Development Law Service (LEGN), brought together students from Chile’s Andrés Bello Diplomatic Academy to l...

8 July 2026 | Santiago, Chile. At a training workshop on Chile’s Clean Production Agreements (APL in Spanish), Imahue Muñoz Carrasco, International Legal Consultant with LEGN, ...

On World Rural Development Day July 6, a podcast on how the law can strengthen cooperatives for susta...

As part of an academic visit to the FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (RLC), law students from the Universidad Autónoma de Chile learned about FAO’s work on the right to adequate food, including on legal and policy frameworks and advancing the ...

19 May 2026 | Mahé, Seychelles. The FAO-led project “Strengthening Biosafety Legislation”, funded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), supports countries to implement the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the Nagoya–Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liabi...

Part 1 – Relationship with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

This article is the first of a series on the intricacies of the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biologic...

10 April 2026 - La Antigua, Guatemala. The “II Ibero-American Food First Dialogue” was held in La Antigua, Guatemala on 8-10 April 2026. The event was organized by FAO, together with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and the Mexican Agency for Inter...

The Development Law Service of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) participated in the 2nd International Symposium on Pathways to Reduce the Need for Antimicrobials to Support Sustainable Agrifood Systems Transformation, held in Rongchang, Chongqing, China, on 28–...

On Thursday, April 30, LEGN had the pleasure of hosting an engaging webinar on the Rights of Nature. 

Hua Hin, Thailand - 29 April 2026. The implementation of the FAO Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with the support of its Development Law Service (LEGN) and the EAF-Nansen Programme, has been working on the implementation of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF) through national policy and legal frameworks. Since 2023, tec...

Rome, 2026 – A new FAO publication, “Rooted in the law: Innovative and evidence-based legal frameworks in the forestry sector to promote climate-resilient agriculture in West Africa,” explores how legal frameworks can help transform agrifood systems and strengthen resilience to climate change....

Panama, 24 March 2026. FAO was invited by the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (PARLATINO) to present preliminary elements for a proposed new Model Law on the Promotion of Healthy Diets. The presentation took place on 24 March 202...

FAO has launched the new version of the Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme’s Legal Hub, a publicly accessible online platform providing comp...

On 23 March 2026, the French National Human Rights Commission (Commission nationale consultative des droits de l’homme – CNCDH) published its “Avis consultatif” on the right to healthy, sustainable and chosen food (