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Resources and Links on the Right to Food

Food

Bread for the World
Bread for the World is a U.S.-based Christian citizens’ movement seeking justice for the world’s hungry people by lobbying U.S. decision makers.

Canadian Food Grains Bank
A Christian-based food aid and development organization that collects donations of grain, cash and other agricultural commodities for distribution to the world’s hungry.

Canadian Hunger Foundation
CHF is a non-profit organization dedicated to enabling poor rural communities in developing countries to attain sustainable livelihoods.

Food First
Food First is a member-supported, nonprofit think tank and education-for-action center. Its work highlights root causes and value-based solutions to hunger and poverty around the world, with a commitment to establishing food as a fundamental human right.

FIAN International
FIAN informs victims about their right to feed themselves and alerts the general public about violations of this right. FIAN also provides training on the right to adequate food in international law.

The Hunger Site
Click to give food.

Hungerweb
HungerWeb is for researchers, educators, policy influencers, operations personnel, other professionals and students using the Internet to help find solutions to hunger at the global, national, community and household level—or for anyone who is interested in learning more about the subject.

Intergovernmental Working Group
The IGWG holds negotiations each year on the "Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food."

Outcome of the World Food Summit
Including action to be taken to follow up the outcome at all appropriate levels, May 1997

Primal Seeds
Primal Seeds is a network that works to actively engage in protecting biodiversity and creating local food security.

Updated Study on the Right to Food Submitted to the Sub-Commission on Human Rights
June 28, 1999 Report submitted by Mr. Asbjørn Eide: The Realization of Economic and Social Rights: The right to adequate food and to be free from hunger

United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Mr. Jean Ziegler