The Right to Food

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"How to" Series, 2007.
This paper “Conduct a Right to Food Assessment” addresses the elements “why”, “who” and “how” of the process of a Right to Food assessment. The core elements of the assessment focus on identifying the food-insecure, understanding the reasons behind this, understanding the legal environment where policy measures must be implemented and understanding the shortcoming of existing policies.

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Keywords: Assessment - Global studies - Impact analysis - Public budget analysis - Situation analysis - Advocacy - Educational tools - Food security and nutrition

"How to" Series, 2007. Revised version, 2012.
This paper “Analyze Budgets” addresses right to food guidelines, identifies the duty bearers and stakeholders and gives a brief explanation of a budget analysis methodology. The paper also provides essential guidance on how to use budget work to identify policies and programmes, analyze government’s revenue and to integrate this analysis into an overall perspective.

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Keywords: Assessment - Food security analysis - Global studies - Impact analysis - Public budget analysis - Situation analysis - Advocacy - Educational tools

"How to" Series, 2007.
Legislative measures for the implementation of the human right to adequate food are highlighted both in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and in the Right to Food Guidelines. The three distinct legislative areas to consider, constitutional provisions, framework law and sectoral legislation, are briefly explained in this paper.

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Keywords: Advocacy - Educational tools - Legal issues - Entitlements - International law - National legislation - Obligations - Recourse mechanisms

"How to" Series, 2007.
The right to food is still not realized for many people. It is therefore crucial to monitor the realization of the right to food. This paper “Monitor the Realization of the Right to Food” focuses on how to monitor the right to food, what the monitoring on the right to food should focus on and who should monitor the right to food?

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Keywords: Advocacy - Educational tools - Monitoring - Analysis - Indicators - Institutional capacity - Targets - Methodologies

Brief, 2007.
This document is a part of the Right to Food Essential Package. The Right to Food Essential Package provides you with all the documents you will need in order to understand what the right to food is, information about policies and law, examples of best practices and the right to food in action.

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Keywords: Capacity development - Advocacy - Training - Legal issues - Food security and nutrition

Flyer, 2007.
This document is a part of the Right to Food Essential Package. The Right to Food Essential Package provides you with all the documents you will need in order to understand what the right to food is, information about policies and law, examples of best practices and the right to food in action. This flyer briefly explains what the right to food in form of questions and answers.

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Keywords: Food security analysis - Capacity development - Advocacy - Training - Legal issues

Paper, 2006.
This Right to Food paper gives practical guidance as to how to implement the right to food at national level with examples of best practice from various countries. In addition, it also clarifies how the human-rights-based approach to food security offers new ways of identifying, analysing and solving the problems that underlie hunger and poverty.

Keywords: Capacity development - Advocacy - Institutional policy

Information papers and case studies, 2006.
This publication is a valuable aid to decision-making for all concerned with the realization of the right to food. It presents seven information papers and a case studies report that were prepared during the negotiation process preceding the adoption of the Voluntary Guidelines to support the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security.

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Keywords: Situation analysis - Monitoring - Policy - Food security and nutrition

Guidelines in brief, 2006.
The Voluntary Guidelines in Brief presents the most essential elements of the Voluntary Guidelines in focusing on the right to food, why the right to food should be implemented and how the right to food adds to food security.

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Keywords: Assessment - Capacity development - Advocacy - Educational tools - Legal issues - Monitoring - Policy

Flyer, 2005.
This flyer provides a brief overview of what the right to food is, why the right to food should be implemented, how the right to food adds to food security and explains what the “Voluntary Guidelines on The Right to Food” are.

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Keywords: Assessment - Capacity development - Legal issues - Monitoring - Policy

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