Olivier De Schutter | Rapporteur Spécial des Nations Unies pour le Droit à l'Alimentation

Equality or bust for post-2015 global development goals – UN rights experts

[21 May 2013] GENEVA – A group of United Nations human rights experts today called* for the post-2015 development agenda to be urgently refocused on equality, social protection and accountability. The statement came as UN Member States will discuss this week in New York how to shape a new set of global development goals.
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Special Rapporteur urges phase-out of EU biofuel incentives

[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.
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Q&A on Fair Trade for World Fair Trade Day 2013

[10 May 2013] BRUSSELS - On the occasion of World Fair Trade Day 2013 (11.05.2013) the Special Rapporteur released the following Q&A document, entitled 'The contribution of Fair Trade to securing human rights in agriculture', to take stock of the role of the Fair Trade movement in achieving more just and sustainable food systems.
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« La privatisation de la filière café au Burundi encouragée par la Banque Mondiale ne doit pas répéter les erreurs du passé »

(18 avril 2013) GENEVE – Deux experts des Nations Unies sur le droit à l’alimentation et sur la dette extérieure tirent l’alarme à propos de la privatisation de la filière café burundaise encouragée par la Banque Mondiale. Ils appellent à la suspension du programme de privatisation jusqu’à la conclusion d’une étude d’impact complète de la réforme sur les droits humains.
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Prochainement

8 April: Colloquium on Agroecology

8 April: Colloquium on Agroecology at the French Senate: “L’agroécologie: une pratique d’avenir” (Paris)
 
11 April: Address to the Centre for Development and Environment

11 April: Address to the Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) and World Trade Institute on 'The Right to Food: Need for Action and Knowledge Gaps' (Bern)
 
15-16 April: High Level Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Climate Justice

15-16 April: High Level Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Climate Justice (Dublin)
 

Activités passées

21 March: Address to INRA

21 March: Address to the INRA conference on food aid and the right to food (Montpellier)
 
6 March - Address to all-party parliamentary group

6 March: Address to All Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for Development of the UK Parliament (London)
 
18 March: Seminar on social protection (Geneva)

18 March: Participation in the Seminar on social protection as a catalyst for food security and the right to adequate food (International Labor Organization, Geneva)