During the last two decades, FIAN contributed at different levels to the realization of the right to food.
In numerous concrete cases of human rights violations, impact and successes to the benefit of the individual rights-holder at the local level have been achieved. Positive achievements are regularly reported on in News.
FIAN was involved prominently in the development of the human rights protection system, for instance in the strengthened procedure of State’s and parallel reporting on economic, social, and cultural human rights in the UN human rights system; the elaboration of the UN General Comment No. 12 on the Right to Food in 1999 as the most authoritative legal interpretation of the right to food in international law; and the adoption of the “Voluntary Guidelines on the Right to Food” by the FAO member states in 2004
Read the FIAN Brochure "Successes for Human Dignity"
FIAN’s commitment was awarded internationally:
Public Eye on Davos - Positive Award
In 2006, FIAN International together with two partners gained the Public Eye on Davos - Positive Award which is given every year on the occasion of the World Economic Forum in Davos , for their commitment in favour of the rights of workers of the Mexican tyre factory Euzkadi.
Silver Rose Award
In 2005, two staff members of the FIAN Section Germany received the Silver Rose Award for their commitment for the rights of workers in the flower industry, the participation in the development of the International Code of Conduct for the Production of Cut flowers (ICC) and its successful implementation in the framework of the Flower Label Programm (FLP).
