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Draft Law on Food Sovereignty and Food Security and Nutrition for the Right to Food approved by the Chamber of Deputies in the Dominican Republic

News - 15.09.2014

On 10 September 2014 the Dominican Chamber of Deputies approved by unanimity the Draft Law on Food Sovereignty and Food Security and Nutrition for the Right to Food. (Iniciativa No.04976-2010-2016-CD - “Proyecto de ley sobre Soberanía y Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional por el derecho a la alimentación”).

Purpose of this law is to establish the institutional framework for the formulation and development of Food Sovereignty and Food and Nutrition Security policies as instruments to respect, protect, facilitate and implement the right to adequate food in accordance with the principles of human rights.

The approval by the Chamber of Deputies is the result of a long participatory process started in the first half of 2011 (click here for more information) and involving government, institutions, civil society organizations, technicians, and other relevant stakeholders engaged in the implementation of the right to food.

The law will now move to the Senate for its consideration and final approval.

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