Publications
Legal frameworks on school feeding: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua
29/07/2016
Brief, 2016.Various countries in the region are currently reviewing their national legislation to develop legal frameworks on school feeding. This brief summarizes and brings the key findings and recommendations contained...
Analysis of legal frameworks on school feeding: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua
29/07/2016
Right to Food Study, 2016. Based on the assumption that school feeding links a multiplicity of legal areas that should not necessarily be covered in a single legal instrument, the Analysis...
The importance of gender in policy processes related to the right to food: The cases of Senegal and Togo
10/10/2016
Right to Food Study, 2016. The purpose of the study is to identify potential entry-points for the development of activities on the right to adequate food in both countries. It analyses...
Exploring the human rights-based approach in the context of the implementation and monitoring of the SSF Guidelines
19/01/2017
The SSF Guidelines are based on internationally accepted human rights standards and are to be interpreted and implemented in accordance with those standards. Their objectives are to be met through...
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The relationship between the governance of small-scale fisheries and the realization of the right to adequate food in the context of the SDGs
18/06/2017
Information note, 2017.The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is explicitly grounded in international human rights law. Its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to realize the human rights of all without...
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Monitoring framework for implementation of the human right to adequate food in Nepal
15/09/2017
Right to Food Publication, 2017. The publication presents the way to undertake a contextual interpretation of the international normative standards on the Human Right to Adequate Food in Nepal, including how...
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Parliamentary fronts against hunger, and legislative initiatives for the right to adequate food and nutrition
16/10/2017
Right to Food Publication, 2017. The Parliamentary Front against Hunger (PFH) in Latin America and the Caribbean is a plural group of parliamentarians who seek to eradicate hunger and malnutrition in...
Food loss and waste and the right to adequate food: Making the connection. Right to Food Discussion Paper
29/06/2018
Study, 2018. This discussion paper explores the relationship between food loss and waste (FLW) and the right to adequate food. It focuses on the need to develop sustainable global consumption...
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Right to adequate food in constitutions. No. 1
31/05/2019
Brief, 2019 With the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG2) of 2015, countries pledged to end hunger everywhere by 2030 through decisive national action and international and regional cooperation. If this global goal...
FAO’s work on the right to food
11/10/2019
Brochure, 2019 The right to feed oneself in dignity and to be free from hunger is guaranteed by the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which today has been...
Fifteen years implementing the Right to Food Guidelines - Reviewing progress to achieve the 2030 Agenda- Summary
14/10/2019
Right to Food Publication, 2019 Since 2004, the Right to Food Guidelines have introduced an approach that has influenced the global agenda to eradicate hunger and malnutrition and is relevant to...
Fifteen years implementing the Right to Food Guidelines - Reviewing progress to achieve the 2030 Agenda
15/10/2019
Right to Food Publication, 2019 Since 2004, the Right to Food Guidelines have introduced an approach that has influenced the global agenda to eradicate hunger and malnutrition and is relevant to...
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Course: Methodologies for implementing the right to food
27/04/2020
Flyer, 2020 In this course you will learn about: Roles and right to adequate food tasks, Budget work to advance the right to adequate food, Legislating for the right to adequate food, Monitoring the right...
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Course: A primer to the right to adequate food
28/04/2020
Fact sheet, 2020 In this course you will learn about: Human rights-based approach to development Concept of the right to adequate food Rights and obligations Recourse mechanisms History of the right to adequate food Right to food...
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The right to water for food and agriculture
30/04/2020
The right to water emerged in the nineties primarily as the right to domestic water for drinking, washing and cooking, and was closely related to the right to sanitation, both...
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Food security and nutrition: building a global narrative towards 2030
25/06/2020
The global community is falling short on Agenda 2030’s sustainable development goals (SDG), especially on ending hunger and malnutrition in all its forms (SDG 2). This reports sets out an analytical...
Legislating for adequate food and nutrition in schools. Nº 3
18/09/2020
School feeding laws are important instruments for the realization of the right to adequate food, the right to education, and the right to health of the schoolchildren. In addition, they...
Right to adequate food in constitutions
18/09/2020
The inclusion of the right to food in the constitution not only complies with international provisions and obligations, but also enables the judicial control of all national legislation that is...
Linkages between the Voluntary Guidelines for SSF and the Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food
26/10/2020
Both the CFS Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security (Right to Food Guidelines) and the Voluntary...
Frequently Asked Questions on Human Rights and Climate Change
17/03/2021
The General Assembly has recognized the negative impact of climate change on food security. In its resolution 71/191 on the right to food, it highlighted the importance of designing and...
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