As 2014 marks a decade since the adoption of the Right to Food Guidelines, FAO has taken advantage of the opportunity to lead a series of activities to raise awareness of the Guidelines and the right to adequate food, highlight the achievements and gaps in their implementation and reaffirm the commitment to implement them.

In concluding this year of activities and to mark Human Rights Day, the FAO Right to Food Team is launching two important elements: 7 Thematic Studies as well as the Right to Food Timeline.

Through collaborations, the FAO Right to Food Team has prepared 
7 Thematic Studies that document and highlight progress made over the last ten years, while also capturing the challenges ahead in relation to major issues covered by the Right to Food Guidelines. The studies are helpful in reflecting upon current gaps and areas of improvement for future implementation of the Guidelines and valuable for every person or organization that works in the context of national food security and is interested in realizing the right to adequate food.

The Thematic Studies cover the following topics:

1. The current status of the right to adequate food in food security and nutrition policy designs
2. Institutional framework for the right to adequate food
3. Legal developments in the progressive realization of the right to adequate food
4. Natural resources governance and the right to adequate food
5. Social protection and an enabling environment for the right to adequate food
6. Nutrition, education and awareness raising for the right to adequate food
7. International dimensions of the right to adequate food

Moreover, while much has been done over the years to realize the right to adequate food of all, we still know only part of the story. The Right to Food Timeline highlights national, regional and global milestones for the realization of the right to adequate food as well as other substantive contributions to the implementation of the Right to Food Guidelines.

As a first phase, some global milestones and national constitutions explicitly protecting the right to adequate food are displayed. Over the next months, a second phase will be added to strengthen the first phase and to add regional milestones, national framework laws and sectoral laws for the realization of the right to adequate food.

The Timeline will display advancements and achievements while reminding us all how much still needs to be done to ensure the realization of the right to adequate food of all.

Visit the Right to Food Timeline at www.fao.org/fsnforum/righttofood/timeline and spread the word!