Right to Food

The right to food, and its variations, is a human right protecting the right of people to feed themselves in dignity, implying that sufficient food is available, that people have the means to access it, and that it adequately meets the individual's dietary needs. The right to food protects the right of all human beings to be free from hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition. The right to food does not imply that governments have an obligation to hand out free food to everyone who wants it, or a right to be fed. However, if people are deprived of access to …

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NYU: New York University · 18 November 2024 English

The humanitarian situation in Gaza has sharpened third states’ obligation to use their leverage now to reverse the trajectory, writes Dannenbaum. The post Days, Not Weeks: Gaza, Starvation, and the …


The South Centre · 13 November 2024

The Supreme Court found that in the absence in the Bill of mitigatory measures -as allowed by the TRIPS Agreement- and of a working definition of the term “microorganism”, there …

Strengthening efforts towards fulfilling the human right to food and the right to clean, safe and healthy environment facing, upholding and fulfilling the human right to food and a clean, safe and healthy environment have


Amnesty International · 7 November 2024 English

Leaders at COP29 must listen to demands for climate justice by putting human rights at the heart of all decision making and commit to massively scaling up needs-based climate financing …


Global Hunger Index · 6 November 2024 Italian

La partecipazione delle donne nei processi decisiona- analisi e di riflessione fondamentale per le Istituzioni, per la collet- li e negli interventi di sviluppo agricolo è fondamentale per il rag- …

Nutrition 14 (6): 1297–1306. Elver, H. 2023. “Right to Food.” Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Policy 21 (7): 958–975. Full Realization of the Right to Food.” A/HRC/55/37. https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/


Amnesty International · 4 November 2024 English

With millions of people already displaced by climate change disasters in Africa, the richer countries most responsible for global warming must agree at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan …


Amnesty International · 31 October 2024 English

Thousands lacking support after severe flooding Older people and children at increased risk of death and disease Severe flooding in Pakistan’s Sindh province has left thousands of people suffering from …


CVS: Committee on World Food Security · 29 October 2024 English

SIDE EVENTS SCHEDULE MONDAY, 21 OCTOBER 2024 Time Title Room Organizers Languages Registration Permanent Representation of Brazil to FAO, IFAD and WFP; Ministry of Foreign Global Alliance against Hunger and …

Inland Waters for Milestones in advancing the right to food through sustainable small-scale fisheries Iran between the right to water and food Iran Room right to food (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights); UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food; Implementing the Right to Food Guidelines and the UN Declaration Africa and Europe – A Civil Society Perspective Right to Food Team; FIAN International; European Coordination Dominican Republic, Federal Democratic Republic of Right to Food and the Role of Social Safety Nets in food security


UN: The United Nations · 28 October 2024 English

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becomes possible. The Special Rapporteur on the right to food is called Mr. Michael Fakhri. In his recent


EU: European Union · 22 October 2024 English

Ensuring everyone in the EU and the world has access to a nutritious diet in a sustainable way is one of the greatest challenges we face, and one of the …

ways and means to achieve and implement the right to food, a declaration on the rights of peasants and governmental and civil society actions to ensure the right to food. PESANS follows the principles of the human


WFP: World Food Programme · 22 October 2024 English

Through 12 case studies, this report examines how the Fill the Nutrient Gap (FNG) analyses can be leveraged to enhance the ability of national social protection systems in addressing the …

“Realising the Right to Social Security and the Right to Food: The contribution of national social protection


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