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

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1 21 March: Address to INRA
2 6 March - Address to all-party parliamentary group
3 18 March: Seminar on social protection (Geneva)
4 14 March: Address on MDGs post 2015 (Brussels)
5 21 March: Address to INRA conference on food aid (Montpellier)
6 18 December: European Colloquium on Food Aid, European Parliament (Brussels)
7 6 December: Address to the World Breastfeeding Conference (New Delhi)
8 27 November: Conferences delivered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and at Tufts University
9 5 February: Address to conference on Climate Change and Food Security at the Palais des Académies (Brussels)
10 26–27 November: Address to the National Symposium on Land Tenure and Land Use Rights (Naypyitaw)
11 1-2 February: Video Address to Afterres2050 Winter University
12 31 January-1 February: First inter-disciplinary congress on sustainable development (Namur, Belgium)
13 30 January: Address to Planète Conférence on Oceans, Climate and Food (Louvain La Neuve)
14 21–22 November: Address to the conference on "Disaster Risk Management in the context of Food Security and Food Sovereignty" (Bern, Switzerland)
15 19–20 November: Address on fisheries (Ivory Coast)
16 31 October: Presentation to General Assembly
17 15-20 October 39th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS),
18 2 October: Address to Interfatih Center on Coporate Responsibility
19 10 October: ASEAN Phnom Penh workshop
20 10 October: Food Sovereignty Prize Ceremony
21 27 September: High Level Meeting on SUN
22 3 September: CFS High Level Experts Meeting on food security
23 24 August: One People, One Planet
24 26 June: Presentation at the European Economic and Social Committee
25 16-23 July: Country mission to Cameroon
26 22 June: Eminent Persons Forum and meetings at the Asian Development Bank (Manila)
27 20 June: Address to One Just World Forum, organized by Oxfam Australia (Melbourne)
28 19 June: Delivery of the Annual lecture of the Castan Centre for Human Rights (Melbourne)
29 8 June: Presentation to Belgian beverages federation
30 30 May: Meeting with US Food Sovereignty Alliance (Washington)
31 5 June: Address to IFPRI
32 7 June: Exchange with the Committee on the Rights of the Child (Geneva)
33 7 June: Expert Workshop on human rights and international solidarity (Geneva)
34 25 April: Action Aid Panel Debate on agrofuels
35 14 May: Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples
36 5-16 May: Country mission to Canada
37 17 May: IUF World Congress
38 24 April: Address to conference "CAP Reform 2020: an opportunity for European Democracy"
39 23 April: 23 April: video address to 27th FAO Regional Conference for Africa (Brazzaville)
40 20 March 2012: FAO and Compassion in World Farming conference (Brussels)
41 12 March 2012: Meeting with LDC/G33 WTO groups (Geneva)
42 7 February 2012: European Economic and Social Committee sustainability conference
43 2-3 April 2012: Expert Roundtable on Fisheries (Nairobi)
44 28 March 2012: FT Citi debate (Paris)
45 4-5 April 2012: Right to Food consultation (Nairobi)
46 27 January 2012: Unesco colloquium (Montpelier)
47 24-25 November 2011: Expert roundtable on agrofuels (Brussels, Belgium)
48 13 March 2012 - Meeting with Council of the EU's Working Group on Human Rights (COHOM)
49 25-27 January 2012: ATD Fourth World International Colloquium 2012 (Paris)
50 12/13 December: Prerecorded video message to the Brazilian Congress of Agroecology (Fortaleza, Brazil)
51 19 January 2012: Seminar on Human Rights Impact Assessments (Berne)
52 6-7 December: Address to Ecofair Trade Dialogue “Strengthening the Role of Human Rights in the EU Trade Policy”, (Brussels, Belgium)
53 12 December: Day-long colloquium on ‘Hunger, Food and (Agroecological) Alternatives’, (The Hague, Netherlands)
54 28 November- 1 December 2011: Southeast Asian Human Rights conference (Bali, Indonesia)
55 17-21 October 2011: 37th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), (Rome, Italy)
56 24 October 2011: the Special Rapporteur reports to UN General Assembly on alternative business models (New York, USA)
57 31 August 2011: Seminar on trade and human rights (Bern, Switzerland)
58 17-22 July 2011: Official mission on the right to food (Madagascar)
59 7-15 July 2011: Official mission on the right to food (South Africa)
60 16-17 September 2011: Expert meeting on gender and the right to food (New Jersey, USA)
61 4 July 2011: Seminar on agroecology and food security (Paris, France)
62 13-20 June 2011: Official mission on the right to food (Mexico)
63 9-10 June 2011: Right to food consultation in Latin America (Bogotà, Colombia)
64 24-25 November 2011: Expert roundtable on agrofuels (Brussels, Belgium)
65 2 June 2011: US Congressional briefing "Fresh Approaches to Food Security" (Washington DC, USA)
66 23 May 2011: European Economic and Social Committee (Brussels, Belgium)
67 20 May 2011: Workshop on Gender, Nutrition and the Right to Food (Hoheneim, Germany)
68 16 May 2011: German Working Group on Land Rights in Central America (Stuttgart, Germany)
69 16 May 2011: Conference-Debate "The European Union and the right to food" (Frankfurt, Germany)
70 17 May 2011: Audience with Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde of Belgium
71 4 May 2011: Conference "La souveraineté alimentaire : enjeux et perspectives" (Gembloux, Belgium)
72 19 May 2011: Outreach Event FAO-Belgium (Brussels, Belgium)
73 3 May 2011: Meeting at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (The Hague, Netherlands)
74 28 April 2011: International workshop "The criminalization of human rights defenders in Latin America" (Brussels, Belgium)
75 27 April 2011: Conference "Farming without oil" (Brussels)
76 27 April 2011: Meeting with French Minister of Agriculture Bruno Le Maire
77 13 April 2011: Hearing before the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council (Paris)
78 6 April 2011: International Conference on Global Land Grabbing (Brighton, UK)
79 31 March 2011: EurActiv Workshop 'Towards climate-smart agriculture? Post-Cancún and farm policy' (Brussels, Belgium)
80 29 March 2011: 3rd European Forum on Rural Development (Palencia, Castilla y Leon, Spain)
81 10 March 2011: European Parliament's Land Use and Food Policy Inter-group (Brussels)
82 8 March 2011: Presentation of the report "Agroecology and the right to food" to the 16th session of the Human Rights Council (Geneva)
83 3 March 2011: International Seminar "Rights-based versus market-based development: a false dichotomy?" (Stockholm)
84 26 February 2011: International Symposium on "25th Years of the Right to Development: Achievements and Challenges" (Berlin)
85 23 February 2011: Hearing before the Belgian House of representatives (Brussels)
86 17 February 2011: Presentation before the Belgian Development Cooperation Agency (Brussels)
87 8 February 2011: Keynote Address "Food Crisis: are we the problem or the solution ?" (Louvain-la-Neuve)
88 3 February 2011: Conference "The transition towards sustainable agriculture and food consumption" (Brussels)
89 19 January 2011: Roundtable on investment in agriculture, UK Parliament (London)
90 13 January 2011: Discussion with the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Berlin)
91 15-24 December: Official mission on the right to food (People's Republic of China)
92 7-8 December: Forum of the Sahel and West Africa Club (Accra, Ghana)
93 12 November: Keynote address to the Conference "Landless through land grabbing" (Berlin)
94 21 October: Presentation of the Report "Access to land and the Right to food" to the UN General Assembly (New York)
95 11-16 October: 36th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (Rome)
96 29 September: Conference "L’alimentation pour tous : plus qu’un droit, un devoir" organized by Agrisud (Paris)
97 28 September: European Parliament Intergroup on “Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development” (Brussels)
98 27 September: Annual Meeting of the German Council for Sustainable Development (Berlin)
99 24 September: UK Food Group Conference "Securing Future Food" (London)
100 14 September: Conference "Agrobiodiversity and the right to food" (Brussels)
101 1 July: Annual meeting of chairs of UN human rights treaty bodies (Brussels)
102 27 June: Annual Meeting of the Human Rights Council's Special Procedures (Geneva)
103 23 ‒ 24 June: Expert Seminar "Human Rights Impact Assessments for Trade and Investment Agreements" (Geneva)
104 21 ‒ 22 June: International Seminar "The contribution of agroecological approaches to meet 2050 global food needs" (Brussels)
105 9 ‒ 11 June: “Policies against Hunger” conference (Berlin)
106 7 June: Food Security Hearing, Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, House of Representatives (Washington)
107 1 ‒ 2 June: International Agricultural workshop on food reserves "Stabilizing markets, investing in farmers, and achieve food security" (Brussels)
108 26 May: OECD and Special Rapporteur Working session on “Land Investment in West Africa: regional perspectives and global challenges” (Paris)
109 25 May: Committee on World Food Security - Joint Meeting of the Bureau and Advisory Group (Rome)
110 10 May: UNCTAD Symposium 'Responding to Global Crises: New Development Paths' (Geneva)
111 4 May: European Parliament Hearing - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (Brussels)
112 26 April: UNCTAD Commission on Investment, Enterprise and Development High-level session (Geneva)
113 16 April: Keynote address, Conference on 'Developing Food Policy: Domestic and International Perspectives" (Yale Law School, New Haven, CT, USA)
114 14 April: Presentation to the IUF Executive Committee (Geneva)
115 22 March ‒ 4 April: Regional consultations on land rights and the right to food
116 18 ‒ 19 March: Committee on World Food Security: Joint Meeting of the Bureau and Advisory Group (Rome)
117 9 March: Trocaire Lenten Lecture (Maynooth, Ireland)
118 5 March: Presentation to the Human Rights Council and interactive dialogue on country missions reports in Benin, Brazil, Guatemala and Nicaragua (Geneva)
119 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)
120 5 March: Presentation to the Human Rights Council and interactive dialogue on the report “Agribusiness and the right to food” (Geneva)
121 25 ‒ 26 January 2010: Private sector consultation meeting on the FAO Voluntary Guidelines responsible governance of land tenure (London)
122 23 ‒ 24 January 2010: Land Day - Global Donors Platform on Rural Development (Rome)
123 18 ‒ 19 January 2010: Summit of the World's Regions on Food Security (Dakar)
124 27 January 2010: Parliament, Hearing on the 'farm race' ; APPG Agriculture and Food for Development (London)
125 13 January 2010: Presentation on the right to food to a joint meeting of the French Interministerial group on food security (GISA) and Coordination Sud (Paris)
126 12 January 2010: Speech at the "EcoFair Rules!" Conference (Berlin)
127 16 December 2009: Plenary Session of the European Economic and Social Committee (Brussels)
128 9 December 2009: Meeting on Commercial Pressure on Land in West Africa, OECD Sahel and West Africa Club (Bamako)
129 3 December 2009: Speech on "Global Crises, Global Answers" (The Hague)
130 3 December 2009: Speech at the event "Less Meat = Less Heat", European Parliament (Brussels)
131 2 December 2009: Seminar on the right to food at SOAS (University of London)
132 27 November 2009: Session held at the Belgian Parliament (Brussels)
133 25 November 2009: National Assembly's committee on sustainable development (Paris)
134 24 November 2009: Speech at Hunger and Child Survival (UK)
135 23-24 November 2009: High Level Meeting on 'Recapturing Malnutrition Reduction', Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN) and European Community (EC), (Brussels)
136 18 November 2009: 26th McDougall Memorial Lecture, FAO Conference (Rome)
137 13 November 2009: Meeting on food security at the Inter-Parliamentary Union (Rome)
138 12 November 2009: Roundtable convened by FIAN Belgium (Brussels)
139 10 November 2009: Conference on the situation of Sub-Saharan Africa (Amsterdam)
140 21 October 2009: Presentation of the report “Seed policies and the right to food” to the UN General Assembly (New York)
141 20 October 2009: Conference “The Right to Food and the Political Economy of Hunger” (Columbia Law School, New York)
142 13-14 October 2009: Seminar on claim mechanisms for the enforcement of the Right to Food, University of Brasilia (Brazil)
143 11-17 October 2009: Official mission on the right to food (Brazil)
144 9 October 2009: Round Table on the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Vienna)
145 8 October 2009: World Food Day (Vienna)
146 30 September 2009: WTO Public Forum: regulating agricultural markets (Geneva)
147 30 September 2009: WTO Public Forum: intellectual property rights and food systems (Geneva)
148 17 September 2009 - Presentation to the Human Rights Council, Follow-up report on the global food crisis
149 14-15 September 2009 - Consultation: the global crisis and the right to food for the most vulnerable groups (Panamá City)
150 2-17 September 2009 - Official missions on the right to food (Guatemala, Nicaragua)
151 16-17-18 July 2009 - European Inter-University Centre, Venice
152 13 July 2009 - Informal meeting with members of the European Commission (Brussels)
153 23 June 2009 – Global Humanitarian Forum, Geneva
154 19-20 June 2009 - Multistakeholder consultation on the role of the agribusiness sector in the realization of the right to food, Berlin
155 12-13 June 2009 - International Symposium on Country-level Piloting of Right to Food Indicators, convened by the University of Mannheim (Berlin)
156 19-20 May 2009 - High-Level Seminar on the Future of the Global Food System, Brussels
157 16 May 2009 - The Global Land Grab (Geneva)
158 13 May 2009 - Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development of the Bundestag (German Parliament), Berlin
159 11 May 2009 Debate with Pascal Lamy on trade and the right to food (Geneva)
160 11 May 2009 - Meeting with the Ambassadors of the African Group of the Human Rights Council (Geneva)
161 8 May 2009 - Human rights and access to vital natural resources, conference in Bologna
162 4 May 2009 - International seminar “The need to regulate agricultural markets”, Brussels
163 2-3 May 2009 - XV Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences on Catholic Social Doctrine and Human Rights, Rome, Vatican City
164 27 April 2009 – Participation in the contact group of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), FAO headquarters, Rome
165 25 April 2009 - Keynote Address to the General Assembly of Amnesty International, Belgian section, Brussels
166 21 April 2009 - Hearing, Socialist Group of the Committee of the Regions, Brussels
167 18-19 April 2009 – International Forum on Access to Land, Montreuil (France)
168 6 April 2009 - High-Level Panel on the Right to Food and the Global Food Crisis, UN General Assembly, New York
169 2-3 April 2009 - “Feeding the Planet”, Global Progressive Forum, European Parliament, Brussels
170 30 March 2009 - Presentation on the relationships between the Millenium Development Goals and human rights, Leiden University, The Netherlands
171 11-20 March 2009 - Official mission on the right to food in Benin
172 9 March 2009 - Public side event to the Human Rights Council's 10th session
173 9 March 2009 – Panel discussion on the realization of the right to food, Human Rights Council
174 9 March 2009 - Presentation to the Human Rights Council and interactive dialogue on the mission to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and on development cooperation and food aid (Geneva)
175 4 March 2009 - Conference "The global food crisis one year on. How to achieve food security for all", Glopolis and Heinrich Boll Stiftung, Prague
176 4 March 2009 – Conference “From Malthus to Sen: hunger, a political challenge”, delivered at the Free University of Brussels,
177 25 February 2009: Briefing on Land access and Rural Development, Technical centre for Agricultural and rural Cooperation ACP-UE (CTA), Brussels
178 25 February 2009: All Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for Development, House of Commons, United Kingdom
179 25 February 2009: Co-sponsorship of a side-event to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (New York)
180 12 ‒ 13 February 2009: OECD Donor Policy Dialogue on Food Prices, Paris
181 10 February 2009: Launching of the campaign ‘Food Sovereignty and the right to food’
182 31 January 2009: Open Forum (Davos)
183 28 January 2009: Hearing held by the Belgian House of Representatives
184 26 ‒ 27 January 2009: Madrid High-Level Meeting on Food Security for All
185 23 ‒ 24 January 2009
186 22 January 2009: Conference on "The Role of Lawyers in promoting the Right to Food"
187 20 January 2009: Conference on Climate change and Security in Africa, Paris
188 All Activities 2008