Newsletter - June 2016


	NEWSLETTER - JUNE 2016


30 years supporting the struggle for the right to food and nutrition FIAN International was founded 30 years ago with the strong conviction that effective and persistent action promulgating the right to food required the establishment of an international organization based on grassroots groups in the north and south alike. On the occasion of its anniversary, and 50 years after the adoption of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, FIAN International will launch the monthly 'The Struggle for the Right to Food and Nutrition' series, which look into today’s world right to food. The series will review both current trends as well as the link between the realization of the right to food and all human rights. Read more...

People's manual to guide the struggles Honduran State policies erode economic, cultural and social rights Forced eviction infringing upon Brazil’s Constitution and UN Declaration Burkina Faso and Sweden under review at UN CESCR Committee Sierra Leone: Six land rights activists released through citizen solidarity

People's manual to guide the struggles

As a result of collective and participatory work by the Land and Territory Working Group of the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC), the People’s manual on the Guidelines on Governance of Land, Fisheries and Forests will serve as a reference for affected communities to assert their rights.

Honduran State policies erode economic, cultural and social rights

A Honduran civil society-led report revealed 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. A speakers' delegation

travelled to Brussels to present it to EU policy makers.

Forced eviction infringing upon Brazil’s Constitution and UN Declaration

With no access to their legitimate territory, the members of the Guarani and Kaiowá Apyka'i community will be prevented from exercising their fundamental rights as indigenous peoples, including feeding themselves adequately.

Burkina Faso and Sweden under review at UN CESCR Committee

Investments by Swedish National Pension Funds in projects involved in human rights abuses and violations were under the spotlight along with the non-inclusion of the right to food and nutrition in Burkina Faso’s national law.

Sierra Leone: Six land rights activists released through citizen solidarity

A group of Sierra Leonean Civil Society Organizations, held a press conference in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, to celebrate the release of six MALOA activists (Malen Land Owners and Users Association). These individuals have defended the rights of the Malen communities following land grabbing by the Socfin Agricultural Company Ltd.