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

Briefing notes

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2012

ReadPDF 09/10/2012: "Underwriting the Poor: a Global Fund for Social Protection", Briefing Note 7, by the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food and the Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights. See also executive summary and note to CFS
ReadPDF 27/09/2012: "A Rights Revolution: Implementing the right to food in Latin America and the Caribbean", Briefing Note 6, by the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, also available in Spanish
ReadPDF 20/06/2012: "From Charity to Entitlement: Implementing the right to food in Southern and Eastern Africa", Briefing Note 5, by the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, also available in French

2011

ReadPDF 16/11/2011: "The World Trade Organization and the Post-Global Food Crisis Agenda: Putting Food Security First in the International Trade System", Briefing Note 4, by the Special Rapporteur on the right to food

2010

ReadPDF 01/12/2010: “Addressing Concentration in Food Supply Chains. The Role of Competition Law in Tackling the Abuse of Buyer Power”, Briefing Note 3, by the Special Rapporteur on the right to food.
ReadPDF 23/09/2010: “Food Commodities Speculation and Food Price Crises. Regulation to reduce the risks of price volatility”, Briefing Note 2, by the Special Rapporteur on the right to food.
ReadPDF 14/05/2010: "Countries tackling hunger with a right to food approach. Significant progress in implementing the right to food at national scale in Africa, Latin America and South Asia", Briefing Note 1, by the Special Rapporteur on the right to food.