[14 May 2010] GENEVA – Two years after taking office as UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to food, Prof. Olivier De Schutter presents a review of the progress made by a number of countries in implementing the human right to food at national level.

His review highlights concrete examples of initiatives recently taken by countries such as South Africa, Brazil, Mozambique, India or Nepal.

[10 April 2010] GENEVA – The Special Rapporteur has put forward five proposals to integrate the right to food framework and principles at the core of the revised Comprehensive Framework of Action (CFA), in order to make it consistent with international obligations as well as with statements made at the highest level, both by the UN Secretary general and by governments during the 2009 World Summit on Food Security.