[23 April 2013] BRUSSELS - On 16 April the Special Rapporteur wrote to the European Commission, the Irish Presidency of the European Union, the permanent representations of EU member states in Geneva, and MEPs, on the subject of EU biofuels policy.

(4 March 2013) GENEVA – “Sharing power with women is a shortcut to reducing hunger and malnutrition, and is the single most effective step to realizing the right to food,” said the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, while urging world governments to adopt transformative food security strategies that address cultural constraints and redistribute roles between women and men.