As part of the 13th Session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) Sub-Committee on Aquaculture, the FAO Development Law Service (LEGN) hosted a side event focusing on “Strengthening legal and regulatory frameworks for sustainable aquaculture.”  The event brought together legal...

On 15 May 2025, FAO presented a draft bill to Chile’s Ministry of Education and the National Board of School Aid and Scholarships (JUNAEB), laying the foundation for a new School Foods and Nutrition Law aimed at ensuring the right...

From 25 to 28 April 2025, over 90 parliamentarians and government focal points from nine Central African countries were trained in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, within the framework of the Central African Parliamentary Alliances Network for Food Security and...

A new Legal Brief published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) explores how gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) can support the realization of women’s and girls’ right to adequate food in Africa. Gender-responsive budgeting to realize women’s and...

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 frameworks for the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF), which was...