Publications
Right to Food and bioenergy
19/01/2007
"Focus on" Series, 2007. This paper “Right to Food and Bioenergy” is a part of the "Focus on" series, which also entails papers on, “Right to Food and Access to Natural...
Right to Food in Action: Examples of how FAO Member Countries Make it Happen
14/05/2007
Brief, 2007.The Right to Food Guidelines, adopted by FAO Council in 2004, contain practical recommendations to States for the implementation of the right to food. Many countries are taking important...
Right to Food - Lessons learned in Brazil
16/10/2007
Paper, 2007. Despite significant growth in global food production, 854 million people, nearly one-sixth of the world’s population, still suffer from chronic hunger – and the number continues to grow. For...
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The Right to Food and Access to Natural Resources
07/01/2008
Right to Food Study, 2008. In the recent years, focus has grown on human rights arguments and the efforts to improve access to resources. Human rights language has been used to...
The Right to Food and the Impact of Liquid Biofuels (Agrofuels)
07/01/2008
Right to Food Study, 2008. The study “The Right to Food and the Impact of Liquid Biofuels (Agrofuels)” by Asbjørn Eide examines the impact of biofuel production on the enjoyment of...
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Women and the Right to Food
07/01/2008
Right to Food Study, 2008. Specific issues looked at: How much of women's hunger and food insecurity is a matter of health alone and not one of life, survival and development? How...
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Tajikistan: Institutional, Policy and Legislative Framework of Food Security of Tajikistan
18/07/2008
Report, 2008. The report “Institutional, Policy and Legislative Framework of Food Security of Tajikistan” provides an overview of the policy, legislative and institutional frameworks for food security in Tajikistan, and makes...
Fisheries and the right to food
07/01/2009
Right to Food Study, 2009. It has been defined that the human right to food is realized when people, alone or in community with others, have access to adequate food or...
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The right to food and indigenous peoples
07/01/2009
Joint Brief, 2009. Indigenous peoples, like everyone else, have a right to adequate food and a fundamental right to be free from hunger. This was stipulated in Article 11 of the...
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The right to adequate food and indigenous people
07/01/2009
Right to Food Study, 2009. The right to food is of particular importance to vulnerable groups, amongst which are indigenous peoples. This paper analyses how right to food is relevant to...
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The Right to Food in the context of HIV/AIDS
07/01/2009
Right to Food Study, 2009.The annual reports of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) indicate little progress in the struggle against the epidemic: the numbers continue to increase...
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The Right to Food Guidelines and Indigenous People: an Operational Guide
08/01/2009
Right to Food Study, 2009.This Guide aims to assist indigenous peoples and their organizations on how to use the Voluntary Guidelines to promote their own interests in the area of...
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The Right to Food and Access to Justice
08/12/2009
Right to Food Study, 2009.This Right to Food Study outlines a range of concrete examples to demonstrate that access to justice is possible and useful to protect the victims of...
Right to Food Methodological Toolbox
09/12/2009
Flyer, 2009. The Right to Food Methodological Toolbox contains a series of analytical, educational and normative tools that offer guidance and hands-on advice on the practical aspects of the right to...
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Guide on Legislating for the Right to Food
10/12/2009
Right to Food Methodological Toolbox / Book 1, 2009.The Guide on Legislating for the Right to Food provides assistance to legislators and lawyers as to how to integrate the right...
Methods to Monitor the Human Right to Adequate Food - Volume I
11/12/2009
Right to Food Methodological Toolbox / Book 2 - Volume I, 2009.This Guide provides different methodologies for monitoring the right to adequate food. It is addressed to technical staff in...
Methods to Monitor the Human Right to Adequate Food - Volume II
12/12/2009
Right to Food Methodological Toolbox / Book 2 - Volume II, 2009.This Guide provides different methodologies for monitoring the right to adequate food. It is addressed to technical staff in...
Guide to Conducting a Right to Food Assessment
13/12/2009
Right to Food Methodological Toolbox / Book 3, 2009.The present Guide provides methodological and operational assistance for governments, civil society and other stakeholders for the assessment of the right to...
Right to Food Curriculum Outline
14/12/2009
Right to Food Methodological Toolbox / Book 4, 2009.The Curriculum Outline is a unique basis for education, training and advocacy on the right to food. It aims to contribute to...
Budget Work to Advance the Right to Food
15/12/2009
Right to Food Methodological Toolbox / Book 5, 2009.This Guide is a valuable tool for civil society, human right defenders, interested legislators and government institutions as it explores some of...