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...

The FAO Development Law Service (LEGN) appears before the Andean Parliament (PARLANDINO) to present FAO’s views on a revised “Regulatory Framework for Food Security with Nutritional Quality and Respect for the Food Sovereignty Policies of the Member States”. On 23 April...

Colombia enshrines the Right to Adequate Food for all in its Constitution On 6 February 2025, the Congress of Colombia adopted Legislative Act No. 1, amending Article 65 of the Political Constitution, to explicitly recognize the human right to adequate...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released a new publication titled Collection of legal briefs to eradicate hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean: a tool for Parliamentarians. A collection of ten legal briefs, developed...

On 19 and 20 March 2025 a national workshop on biosafety legislation was held which gathered representatives of 12 different governmental institutions, as well as over 70 participants joining online, coming from nine countries of the Latin American region, which...