In his latest report, Michael Fakhri, Special Rapporteur on the right to food, focuses on how seed systems are central to the realization of the rights to life and food.

“Every day, environmental human rights defenders face abuse, threats and harassment for their work addressing the triple planetary crisis of climate change, pollution and nature loss,” said Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, during a high-level virtual event co-organized by Sweden and UN Human Rights.