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2013
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22/05/2013: Letter to UK Prime Minister David Cameron on G8 Nutrition for Growth event (June 8) and leaders' summit (June 17-18). |
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21/05/2013: 'Grounding development priorities in human rights: incentives to improve equality, social security and accountability' - Statement by special procedure mandate-holders of the human rights council on the post-2015 development agenda (21 May 2013). |
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11/05/2013: 'The contribution of Fair Trade to securing human rights in agriculture' - Q&A from the Special Rapporteur (11 May 2013). |
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15/04/2013: 'Rights' section co-authored by the Special Rapporteur from 'A New Dialogue : Putting People at the Heart of Global Development', prepared for the Dublin Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Climate Justice (15-16 April). |
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30/10/2012: 'Gender and the right to food' - Executive Summary of report to UN General Assembly. |
2012
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17/12/2012: "Contribution of the Special Rapporteur, Mr. Olivier De Schutter, to the inquiry launched by the International Development Committee of the Parliament of the United Kingdom in advance of the June 2013 G8 Summit" |
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30/10/2012: 'Fisheries and the right to food' - Executive Summary of report to UN General Assembly. |
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17/10/2012: 'Agrofuels and the right to food' - Q&A from the Special Rapporteur (17 October 2012). |
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09/10/2012: Executive Summary of the Special Rapporteur's briefing note: 'Underwriting the Poor: a Global Fund for Social Protection' |
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09/10/2012: Note to Committee on World Food Security (CFS) on the Special Rapporteur's briefing note: 'Underwriting the Poor: a Global Fund for Social Protection' |
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03/07/2012: The SR's comments on the Comments on the International Guidelines on Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries. |
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03/07/2012: The SR's comments on the HLPE report on social protection for food security and CFS decision box on social protection for food security. |
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27/06/2012: The SR's Contribution to the workshop of the Open Ended Working Group on principles for responsible agricultural investments. |
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26/06/2012: The SR commented on the Second Draft of the "Global Strategic Framework", which should guide the efforts of the Commitee on World Food Security (CFS) and its member States in the years to come. |
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18/06/2012: Register of Commitments from the Expert Meeting on Implementing the Right to Food in Eastern and Southern Africa (4-5 April 2012). |
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07/06/2012: Report from the meeting of the Special Rapporteur with the Committee on the Rights of the Child (7 June 2012). |
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08/05/2012: The SR commented on the First Draft of the "Global Strategic Framework", which should guide the efforts of the Commitee on World Food Security (CFS) and its member States in the years to come. In particular, Olivier De Schutter suggests five principles for the monitoring of the CFS. |
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14/03/2012: An Open Letter from Special Procedures mandate-holders of the Human Rights Council to States negotiating the Outcome Document of the Rio+20 Summit “If Rio+20 is to deliver, accountability must be at its heart”, also available in French, and Spanish. |
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14/03/2012: Background note to the Open Letter from Special Procedures mandate-holders of the Human Rights Council to States negotiating the Outcome Document of the Rio+20 Summit “Human rights essential role for sustainable development”, also available in French, and Spanish. |
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14/03/2012: Background note to the Open Letter from Special Procedures mandate-holders of the Human Rights Council to States negotiating the Outcome Document of the Rio+20 Summit “The right to food as a global goal”. |
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06/03/2012: Nutrition Cycle 1: Under-nutrition and over-nutrition in developing countries (diagram accompanying official report of Special Rapporteur to UN Human Rights Council: "The right to an adequate diet: the agriculture-food-health nexus”). |
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06/03/2012: Nutrition Cycle 2: Over-nutrition and poverty in developed countries (diagram accompanying official report of Special Rapporteur to UN Human Rights Council: "The right to an adequate diet: the agriculture-food-health nexus”). |
2011
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18/10/2011: Contribution of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food to the 37th meeting of the FAO Committee on World Food Security (CFS) “Achieving the right to food: from global governance to national implementation”. |
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17/06/2011:“The Common Agricultural Policy towards 2020: The role of the European Union in supporting the realization of the right to food”, Background note by the Special Rapporteur on the right to food. |
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21/01/2011: "Observations on the current food price situation", Background note by the Special Rapporteur on the right to food. |
2010
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24/06/2010: Report of the Expert Seminar on Human Rights Impact Assessments for Trade and Investment Agreements |
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13/05/2010: “Climate change and the human right to adequate food”, Contribution of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food to the meeting convened by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung with the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Geneva. |
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10/04/2010: “Five proposals for a genuine integration of the right to food in the Revised Comprehensive Framework of Action (CFA)” Contribution to the Dublin Consultation (17-18 May 2010), Olivier De Schutter, Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on the right to food. |
2009
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18/11/2009: Twenty-sixth McDougall Memorial Lecture. Opening of the 36th Session of the FAO Conference “The Right to Food and the Political Economy of Hunger”. |
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11/6/2009: Statement ‘Large-scale land acquisitions and leases: eleven principles to address the human rights challenge’ |
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11/6/2009: Press release “UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to food recommends guidelines to discipline ‘land grabbing’ ” |
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22/5/2009: Contribution of Mr. Olivier De Schutter, Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Contact Group to support the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) (revised version) |
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4/5/2009: Contribution for the 17th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-17) “The right to food and a sustainable global food system”, 4-15 May 2009, New York |
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6/4/2009: Statement at the Interactive Thematic Dialogue of the U.N. General Assembly on the Global Food Crisis and the Right to Food |
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13/3/2009: Summary of discussions, 'Multistakeholder Consultation: The Challenges Facing the “Green Revolution” in Africa' |
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13/3/2009: Statement "The Human Right to food and the Challenges facing an African ‘Green Revolution" |
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9/3/2009: Summary of the Report on the Mission to the WTO |
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25/2/2009: Message "Guidance in a Time of Crisis: IAASTD and the Human Right to Food", New York |
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5/2/2009: Report on expert seminar of November 6, 2008 on "The Impacts of the Food Aid on the Human Right to Adequate Food". Ottawa, Canada. |
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6/1/2009: "The Global partnership on agriculture and food: a response grounded in the human right to food", Statement ahead of the Madrid High-Level Meeting on Food Security for All. |
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5/1/2009: Background document to the report presented to the Human Rights Council session of March 2009, following the mission of the Special Rapporteur to the World Trade Organization (A/HRC/10/005/Add.2). |
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5/1/2009: Background document “The role of development cooperation and food aid in realizing the right to adequate food: moving from charity to obligation”, background document to the report presented to the Human Rights Council session of March 2009 (ref. A/HRC/10/005). |
2008
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10/12/2008: Conclusions presented at the Policies against Hunger VII Conference convened in Berlin on on the theme of the right to food as a human right |
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18/11/2008: Contribution of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, to the meeting of the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development held in Geneva on November 18th, 2008, on ‘The global food challenge – our coordinated response’ |
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10/9/2008: Summary of the report on the global food crisis, presented on 10 September 2008 at the 9th session of the Human Rights Council, in accordance with resolution S-7/1, adopted by the Human Rights Council on 22 May 2008 at its Special Session on the global food crisis (UN doc. A/HRC/9/23, 8 September 2008) (for the full report, see ‘Official reports’) |
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23/6/2008: Analysis by the Special Rapporteur on the right to food of the Comprehensive Framework for Action, adopted by the United Nations High-Level Task Force on Food Security, 23 June 2008 |
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6/6/2008: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the results of the High-Level Conference on World Food Security: The Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy, convened in Rome of 3-5 June 2008, presented to the Human Rights Council on 6 June 2008 |
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22/5/2008: Statement of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food to the Human Rights Council, made at its 7th Special Session, held on 22 May 2008, on the negative impact on the realization of the right to food of the worsening of the world food crisis caused, inter alia, by the soaring food prices. |
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2/5/2008: Background note : Analysis of the Special Rapporteur on the global food crisis, New York. |
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