Human Rights Council MORNING 28 February 2019 The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, and with the Independent...

Summary Following the report devoted to the rights of agricultural workers and the paradoxical challenge they face in realizing their right to food, the present report examines two aspects of fishery...

Summary The Special Rapporteur, Hilal Elver, visited Argentina from 12 to 21 September 2018 in the midst of an economic and financial crisis that is having a direct impact on people. The report...

Summary The Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver, conducted an official visit to Indonesia from 9 to 18 April 2018, at the invitation of the Government. The Special Rapporteur’s...

Summary In the report on her visit to Viet Nam, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food concludes that the country’s development over the past 30 years has been truly remarkable. Economic and...

Climate Change and Human Rights 6 December 2018 - As independent experts of the UN Human Rights Council*, we call on States to fully integrate human rights standards and principles in the rules for...

NEW YORK (23 October 2018) – Agricultural workers are among the world’s most hungry and are largely excluded from national legal protective frameworks, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food...

Spanish GENEVA / BUENOS AIRES (21 September 2018) – The Government of Argentina should support the country’s family farming sector in order to protect food availability, says the UN expert on food and...