Olivier De Schutter | United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food

Climate change policies must be rooted in human rights principles PDF Print E-mail

[16/12/2009] GENEVA – At the opening of the Copenhagen conference on climate change, twenty UN human rights experts, including Olivier De Schutter, stated that a “weak outcome of the climate change negotiations threatens to infringe upon human rights”.
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WTO Ministerial: “Trade negotiations need to reflect the new global consensus on hunger” PDF Print E-mail

[01/12/2009] GENEVA – “Trade negotiations need to reflect the new global consensus on hunger” – Days after the World Summit on Food Security in Rome, the Special Rapporteur reviews the stakes of the ongoing WTO Ministerial for global food security.
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Back from Rome PDF Print E-mail

[30/11/2009] GENEVA / BRUSSELS – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food was in Rome for the World Summit on Food Security.

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Statement in advance of the World Summit on Food Security (statement and video) PDF Print E-mail

[06/11/2009] GENEVA / BRUSSELS – Prof. Olivier De Schutter issued a contribution to the preparation of the Declaration of the World Summit on Food Security.
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Coming Events

5 March: Presentation to the Human Rights Council and interactive dialogue on country missions reports in Benin, Brazil, Guatemala and Nicaragua (Geneva)

Olivier De Schutter shall present the main findings and recommendations of his reports of the four country missions he conducted in 2009. Country missions are an important component of the Special Rapporteur’s mandate. The aim of such visits is to obtain first-hand information on the progressive realization of the right to food, to report on findings and to propose, in a spirit of cooperation and assistance, recommendations to improve situations identified as matters of concern.
 
5 March: Presentation to the Human Rights Council and interactive dialogue on the report “Agribusiness and the right to food” (Geneva)

Olivier De Schutter shall present the main findings and recommendations of his report on the role of agribusiness and the right to food, which aims to identify the contribution of the private sector to ensuring global food security.
 
5 March: Presentation to the Human Rights Council and interactive dialogue on the addendum “Large-scale land acquisitions and leases: a set of minimum principles and measures to address the human rights challenge” (Geneva)
 
 

 
 

Past events

All Activities 2008-2009
 

 
 
20 January 2009- Conference on Climate change and Security in Africa, Paris
Presentation on the added value of the right to food framework to manage climate-change related issues in Africa during a conference organized by EGMONT – Royal Institute for International Relations, ACTED – Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development, CERI – Centre d'études et de recherches internationales and CEAN – Centre d'études d'Afrique Noire (Sciences po Bordeaux).
 
22 January 2009 - Conference on "The Role of Lawyers in promoting the Right to Food"

Conference on "The Role of Lawyers in promoting the Right to Food", colloquium Droit et solidarité, Institut des droits de l'homme, Barreau de Bruxelles