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Two More Farmers Killed in Agrarian Reform Hotspot in the Philippines
Publication date: 17-07-2008
Masbate/Heidelberg, 17/07/08 - On 6th July 2008 at around 6:00am two coconut farmers, Rene Llabres, 32 and Junrie Pagaspas, 28 were tortured and brutally murdered by seven men dressed in military uniform. The perpetrators,
Launch of the African Right to Food Network
Publication date: 15-07-2008
Cotonou/Heidelberg, 15/07/08 - On 11th July 2008, Cotonou, Benin witnessed an historical event in relation to human rights and the right to food in Africa. Organised by the Beninese NGO, Soeurs Unies à l´Oeuvre, along with
G8 helpless towards food crisis
Publication date: 14-07-2008
Heidelberg, 09/07/2008 - The G8-decisions on global food security have been met with mixed reaction by the human rights organization FIAN. "We welcome the fact that the rich industrial states are going to invest more money
FIAN and other NGOs support constitutional complaint against Dam Project Baba in Ecuador
Publication date: 23-06-2008
Soon English version QUITO, HEIDELBERG, 23/06/08 - FIAN Internacional presentó conjuntamente con la Asociación Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente (AIDA), e International Rivers, un amicus curiae (escrito de amigo de la corte) ante
NGO Coalition Welcomes Historic Decision
Publication date: 19-06-2008
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Track to have an Equal Footing with Other International Human Rights Law Geneva/Heidelberg, 18/06/08 - The United Nations Human Rights Council today approved by consensus an Optional Protocol
Empty Policies for Empty Plates
Publication date: 10-06-2008
International representatives of small farmers, fisherfolks, indigenous peoples, pastoralists and Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) have expressed their disappointment with the poor outcome of the High Level Conference on World Food Security in
No more empty promises - hunger can not wait
Publication date: 02-06-2008
Rome, 01/06/2008 - At the eve of the High Level Conference on World Food Security in Rome, farmers, fisherfolk, indigenous peoples and nongovernmental organizations (NGO) declared a People's State of Emergency. "Governments
European Parliament stresses the Human Right to Food
Publication date: 23-05-2008
Strasbourg/Heidelberg, 23.05.08: The European Parliament approved in yesterday’s plenary session in Strasbourg a resolution on Rising Food Prices in the EU and in developing countries. FIAN, the International Human Rights Organisation for the Right
The World Food Crisis - A Human Rights Disaster
Publication date: 22-05-2008
Geneva/Heidelberg, 22.05.08: Today, the UN Human Rights Council stresses the key role of the Human Right to Food to address the immediate and root causes of the current world food crisis. FIAN, the International Human Rights Organisation for the
Right to food obligations of India and Bolivia under scrutiny
Publication date: 21-05-2008
UN Committee reviews States in times of World Food Crisis Heidelberg, 20.05.2008 - With the release of recommendations addressed to Bolivia and India, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) strongly advocates
