Right to Food

The Right to Food website is an interactive website on the right to food, providing practical information for policy-makers, legal practitioners, civil society members, UN staff, academics and the general public. Through the web site, users can increase their awareness of the human right to food, access resources for capacity-building at national and international levels, and find guidance, methods and instruments to assist in implementation of the right to food at the country level. Resources include training materials and an e-learning course, tools to raise awareness of the right to food, and a virtual library containing manuals, technical papers, policy briefs, case studies and publications. The website also features information on the Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security. The Right to Food Guidelines were adopted by the FAO Council in November 2004 and provide practical guidance to countries in their efforts to eradicate hunger by adopting a human rights-based approach.

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Contributor: Lidija Knuth
Published Date: May 1, 2008