Summary The present report marks the close of the Special Rapporteur’s mandate and serves as her final presentation to the Human Rights Council in her official capacity. During six years, Hilal Elver...

Italian version GENEVA (16 January 2020) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver, will carry out a fact-finding visit to Italy from 20 to 31 January 2020 to examine the...

Summary Vigorous economic growth and social transformation over the past 20 years have turned Azerbaijan into an impressive upper-middle-income country. The fragility of the economy because of its...

GENEVA / HARARE (28 November 2019) - Despite the constitutional protection of the right to food and a sophisticated set of human-rights based national laws and policies, man-made starvation is slowly...

Harare, 28 November 2019 Ladies and Gentlemen, At the invitation of the Government, I visited Zimbabwe from 18 to 28 November 2019 to assess the prevailing situation, challenges and good practices...

GENEVA (14 November 2019) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver, will carry out a fact-finding visit to Zimbabwe from 18 to 28 November 2019. "The objective of my visit is to...

This report focuses on the Sustainable Development Goals as a potentially transformative tool to advance people’s full enjoyment of the right to food, as well as other economic, social and cultural rights. The promise of the Goals to leave no one behind in the pursuit of human rights for all reflects the principles of equality and non-discrimination.

NEW YORK (24 October 2019) – A UN human rights expert said North Korea’s economic resources were being diverted away from the essential needs of the people as food insecurity remained at alarming...

NEW YORK (24 October 2019) – For the third year in a row, hunger and malnutrition are on the rise, back to levels last seen nearly 10 years ago, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food told the...