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...

26-27 February 2026, Libreville, Gabon. The National Consultative Workshop on the Strengthening of Biosafety Legislation in Gabon was organized in the context of the project “Strengthening Biosafety Legislation” funded by the Japan Biodiversity Fund (JBF) through the Secretariat of the Co...

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 (

The Global Legal Brief on Legislating to realize the right to feed oneself in dignity was developed under the German‑funded global project GCP/GLO/1287/GER‑F Legislating for the ...

The FAO-led Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme participated in the International Parliamentary Roundtable on Human–Wildlife Coexistence (HWC), that took place in Gaborone, Botswana from 19 to 21 January 2026. The team contributed to the high-level HWC policy discussions with field...

Siem Reap and Sihanoukville, Cambodia, November 2025. LEGN delivered a two-week FAO course on fisheries law enforcement to fifteen professionals, including fisheries inspectors, regional resource personnel, and key staff from the FAO Cambodia office, to enhance their knowledge of Cambodia’s legal framework and key international instruments for the sustainable management of marine fisheries resources

The FAO Development Law Service (LEGN) has released a new study, Regulatory options to address food ecommerce in national legislation – Policy and legal challenges, which examines how the rapid rise of food e-commerce has outpaced existing laws, introducing new actors such as online traders and platforms and creating regulatory blind spots around food safety, consumer information and enforcement

The study, prepared by the Development Law Service (LEGN), reviews how relevant international instruments—such as the Codex Alimentarius, World Trade Organization agreements and other global frameworks—apply to the novelty of cell-based foods and precision fermentation production systems and their derived products.

Rome, 18 February 2026. The FAO Development Law Service (LEGN) welcomed Prof. Margaret Young for an in-house seminar dedicated to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change. During the sessio...