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Land grabbing
The highly unequal distribution of land ownership in many countries remains an issue of concern, from Latin America to sub-Saharan Africa via South East Asia. The lack of adequate and secure access to land and natural resources for the rural and
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
There is a general consensus that human rights are indivisible. In practice however, the division of human rights into at least two sets is manifest in the existence of the two major international human rights treaties, the International Covenant
Global Campaign for Agrarian Reform
The Global Campaign for Agrarian Reform is an initiative of FIAN and La Via Campesina, a world-wide network of peasant organisations and landless peoples' organisations. Since 1999, FIAN and La Via Campesina have been leading
FAO Right to Food Guidelines
The Right to Food Guidelines are also know as Voluntary Guidelines. At the World Food Summit of 1996 hosted by the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation) in Rome, a consensus emerged that the persistence of hunger and malnutrition is a consequence
ETO-Consortium
The ETO Consortium is a network of currently some 30 NGOs, university institutes and individuals from different parts of the world who prepare a "document of principles" on extraterritorial states obligations for economic, social and cultural rights.
African smallholders in focus - a voice in EU trade policy
Three quarters of the world's hungry people live in rural areas, the majority of them are smallholder farmers. The situation is particularly difficult in Africa. An important reason for this problem is their marginalisation in both national and international
Agricultural trade and the right to food
The current hunger crisis makes it clearer than ever that global agricultural trade and the rules underlying it can have considerable – positive or negative – effects on the human right to food. Although this general recognition
Draft Guidelines on Business and Human Rights
In June 2011 the Human Rights Council in Geneva will consider a proposal of the UN Secretary General’s special representative on business and human rights, John Ruggie, on “Guiding Principles for the Implementation of the United Nation’s Protect,
