NEWSLETTER - MARCH 2014 Villagers lead livestock from the drought-hit Tharparkar district in southern Sindh province on March 11, 2014. – AFP Photo FIAN expresses concern about child deaths caused by malnutrition in Pakistan On March 28, 2014 FIAN sent an Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Pakistan expressing its grave concern regarding the situation in Tharparkar district in the Sindh province, where a high number of child deaths caused by malnutrition have been registered over the past months.   Learn more and read full Open Letter ... We wish you all a happy reading!   FIAN welcomes report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food   Report on the Right to Food for Women from a Gender Perspective   “Zero Hunger Bill” brings the end of hunger closer in the Philippines   Letter to the Ecuadorian ambassador in Geneva demands protection of human rights   Workshop on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations   14 Misconceptions about Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations FIAN welcomes report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food Olivier de Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. Photo by: Mexico Today March 12, 2014: During the 25th session of the Human Rights Council, FIAN International welcomed the report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate food and recognized the extraordinary contribution of the Special Rapporteur to the understanding and implementation of the right to food and nutrition as a holistic human right.   Read more... Report on the Right to Food for Women from a Gender Perspective March 8, 2014: FIAN Ecuador, with the support of other NGOs, has published a follow-up report to the policies the Ecuadorian State implements for the effective realization of the right to food for all.   Read more and download this report... “Zero Hunger Bill” brings the end of hunger closer in the Philippines Photo: Astrud Beringer/FIAN Philippines March 7, 2014: The National Food Coalition (NFC) proudly announced on February 24, 2014 that a major step has been taken toward ending hunger in the Philippines with the filing of the 'Zero Hunger Bill' (or 'The Right to Adequate Food Bill') in the Senate after its filing in the House of Representatives in early February 2014.   Read more... Letter to the Ecuadorian ambassador in Geneva demands protection of human rights March 11, 2014: Social movements and human rights organizations sent a letter to the Ecuadorian government to reconsider its policies regarding the Inter-American System, revoke its decision on the dissolution of the Pachamama Foundation, and protect the rights of indigenous people and of nature in line with the Ecuadorian constitution.   Read more... Workshop on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations March 30, 2014: The Permanent Mission of Ecuador in Geneva organized a workshop on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations (TNCs) at the Palais des Nations in early March. This event was to follow the initiative for a legally binding instrument on Human Rights and TNCs called by a number of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs).   Read more... 14 Misconceptions about Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations March 29, 2014: The ETO Consortium has created this brochure in response to the urgency to strengthen Extraterritorial Obligations by States (ETOs) and implement the primacy of human rights in the middle of diverse and global crises.