Throughout its 30th year, FIAN International will look into both current trends as well as the interconnection between the right to food and all human rights with the monthly series ‘The Struggle for the Right to Food and Nutrition’. Today, 30 years ago, FIAN International was founded with the strong conviction that effective and persistent […]
A Honduran civil society-led report reveals that the country’s national policies conflict with the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights and leave human rights defenders extremely vulnerable to criminalization and attacks.
The 1st Federal Court of Dourados hands down the impending eviction order of the Apyka'i Guarani and Kaiowá indigenous community from their traditional territory, thereby jeopardizing their right to food and nutrition.
Civil society organizations and social movements fear that the current political process will worsen the historical violation of peoples’ rights and reiterate that Brazilian people must decide the future of their country.
This report is submitted by civil society as the alternative report to the second report of the State of Honduras for review by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights during its 58th session in June 2016.
In an official visit to Brazil, German parliament representatives point to legislative measures that threaten the rights of indigenous peoples and highlight the conflict situation involving the Guarani and Kaiowá in Mato Grosso do Sul.
On the occasion of International Day of Peasants’ and Farmers’ Struggles, FIAN International reiterates its support for the future UN Declaration on the human rights of the rural world and reaffirms its criticism to the agribusiness model.
Welcoming the adoption of the first international instrument to address the rights of rural women holistically, FIAN International examines the core elements related to the human right to food and nutrition contained in the General Recommendation No. 34.