Between 21 and 27 September 2024, the Development Law Service (LEGN) marked the launch of its new Programme on Strengthening Legislation and Building Capacity to Support Agrifood Systems Implementation Compliance and Enforcement Programme (ACE). The ACE Programme which is aimed at...

The Development Law Service is pleased to announce the publication of the study "Mandate, Structures and Practices of Africa’s Regional and Subregional Organizations in the Development and Implementation of Normative Food and Agriculture Instruments." Conducted in 2022, this study marks a...

We are pleased to invite you to our upcoming 2024 FAO Law Lecture that will take place on 23 October 2024 at 15:30 (CET). This year, we are privileged to host Hon. Hassan Bubacar Jallow, an eminent jurist who will speak on the...

Building on previous successes like the recognition of the Agricultural Stress Index System (ASIS) as a Digital Public Good (DPG), FAOLEX has now been added to the DPG Registry, bringing our total number of certified FAO DPGs to eight. FAOLEX, with...

In the wake of the devastating consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, both in terms of human suffering and economic impact, the importance of preventingfuture pandemics and other planetary crises related to global warming and loss of biodiversity, among others, hasgained renewed prominence. A consensus has emerged that global focus should shift towards minimizing and anticipatingfuture pandemics risks, rather than relying onrapid detection, reactive adaptation, and crisis management strategies. This...