RESOURCES ON THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization):
"Many a Slip...": Budget work to advance the right to food: ???Many a slip??? draws on the experiences of budget work in a number of countries, setting out a step-by-stepprocess for analyzing a government???s budget toassess its compliance with its right to food obligations. While the focusis on right to food-related issues, the process describedis readily adaptable to work onother rights as well.
"The Right to Food Methodological Toolbox": The purpose of the Methodological Toolbox is toprovide a practical aid for the implementation of the Right to FoodGuidelines. It contains a series of analytical, educational andnormative tools that offer guidance and hands-on advice on thepractical aspects of the right to food. It covers a wide range oftopics such as assessment, legislation, education, budgeting andmonitoring. It emphasises the operational aspects of the right to foodand contributes to strengthening in-country capacity to implement thisright.
"The Right to Food and Access to Justice" 2009 By Christophe Golay (aqu?? en espa??ol, ici en fran??ais), examples at the national, regional and international levels.
Huritalk Insight Series, UNDP Oslo Governance Centre
Issue 2, June 2008: "The Challenge of Rising Food Prices and Food Insecurity: What do Human Rights have to do with it?"Article based on input from Barbara Ekwall, Coordinator and MargretVidar, Human Rights Advisor, Right to Food Unit , Food and AgricultureOrganization of the United Nations (FAO). Additional contributionsreceived with thanks from: Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteuron the Right to Food; Daniel Seymour, Gender and Rights Unit, UNICEF;Asako Hattori, OHCHR; Sally-Anne Way, Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR), and Claire Mahon, Research Group on the Right to Food, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.
Outcome of the World Food Summit
Including action to be taken to follow up the outcome at all appropriate levels, May 1997
Updated Study on the Right to Food Submitted to the Sub-Commission on Human Rights
June 28, 1999 Report submitted by Mr. Asbj??rn Eide: The Realization ofEconomic and Social Rights: The right to adequate food and to be freefrom hunger
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
- Right to Food, the Special Rapporteur's Website: Olivier de Schutter
- 2008 Report: Building Resilience in Response to the Global Food Crisis
- 2003 Report: International Guidelines on the Right to Food
- 2002 Report: Justiciability of the Right to Food
- 2001 Report: Definition and History of the Right to Food
ORGANIZATIONS WORKING ON THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD
Canadian Food Grains Bank
A Christian-based food aid and development organization that collectsdonations of grain, cash and other agricultural commodities fordistribution to the world's hungry.
CHF (formerly Canadian Hunger Foundation)
CHFis a non-profit organization dedicated to enabling poor ruralcommunities in developing countries to attain sustainable livelihoods.
Food First
Food First is a member-supported, nonprofit think tank andeducation-for-action center. Its work highlights root causes andvalue-based solutions to hunger and poverty around the world, with acommitment 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.
Intergovernmental Working Group
The IGWGholds negotiations each year on the "Voluntary Guidelines to Supportthe Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food."
Primal Seeds
Primal Seeds is a network that works to actively engage in protecting biodiversity and creating local food security.
US SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONS WORKING ON THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE 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.
LINKS RELATED TO THE RIGHT TO WATER
Blue Planet Project
The Blue Planet Project is an international effort begun by The Councilof Canadians to protect the world's fresh water from the growingthreats of trade and privatization.
Centre for Science and Environment
The Centre for Science and Environment is one of India's leading environmental NGOs. CSE has launched campaigns on the Right to Clean Water and People's Right to Water Management.
Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions
COHRE providescomprehensive background information on the right to water. It also haslegal resources, information on its programs related to the right towater and housing, and a manual on the right to water.
Citizens Network on Essential Services
CNESworks to democratize national and global governance by supportingcitizens' groups that are engaged in influencing policy decisions aboutbasic services: water, power, education, and health care.
End Water Poverty
End Water Poverty is the international campaign that aims to bring an end to the global water and sanitation crisis. The coalition is formed of like-minded organizations from around the world who are demanding urgent action and leadership from donors and governments alike. Only together, with one voice , can we tackle this devastating crisis that affects billions of poor people across the world.
Freshwater Action Network
A global network of environmental and developmental non-governmentaland community-based organizations working to strengthen civil society'sparticipation in international water policy formulation.
Global Water Partnership
The Global Water Partnership is a working partnership among all thoseinvolved in water management: government agencies, public institutions,private companies, professional organizations, multilateral developmentagencies and others committed to the Dublin-Rio principles.
Public Services International: fact sheets on corporate corruption and water privatization
The international trade union federation Public Services International, PSI, unites public sector workers in more than 600 trade unions in over 140 countries. PSI resists the privatization of water.
SAMWU, the South African Municipal Workers Union
SAMWU has a web page on the privitization of public utilities, focusing on water.
WaterAid UK
WaterAid is an international NGO dedicated exclusively to the provision of safe domestic water, sanitation and hygiene education to the world's poorest people.
The Water Observatory
A clearinghouse of water-related information maintained by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.
The Water Page and the African Water Page
The Water Page is an independent initiative dedicated to the promotion of sustainable water resources management and use.
World Water Council
The World Water Council is the International Water Policy Think Tankdedicated to strengthening the world water movement for an improvedmanagement of the world's water resources and water services.
U.S. SPECIFIC LINKS RELATED TO THE RIGHT TO WATER
Public Citizen Water For All Campaign
Public Citizen is a national, nonprofit consumer advocacy organizationfounded in 1971 to represent consumer interests in Congress, theexecutive branch and the courts.
Sweetwater Alliance
A Michigan-based group fighting privatization in the state
Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database
The database includes a number of searchable databases includingtreaties and agreements, atlases, and conflict information. It is aproject of the Oregon State University Department of Geosciences, incollaboration with the Northwest Alliance for Computational Science andEngineering.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water Website
The Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (OGWDW), together withstates, tribes, and its many partners, protects public health byensuring safe drinking water and protecting ground water.
LINKS RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENT MORE GENERALLY
Center for International Environmental Law
CIELis a public interest, not-for-profit environmental law firm founded in1989 to strengthen international and comparative environmental law andpolicy around the world. It has offices in the U.S. and Switzerland.
Earthjustice
Earthjustice is a non-profit public interest law firm dedicated toprotecting the magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife ofthis earth and to defending the right of all people to a healthyenvironment.
Ecological Cities Project
The Ecological Cities Project is a quasi-independent program ofresearch and outreach affiliated with the University of Massachusetts,Amherst. The program seeks to promote sharing of knowledge andexperience among disciplines, sectors, and urban regions regarding newapproaches to urban greenspace creation and management.
Environment and Human Rights
A Council of Europe report by the Committee on the Environment,Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs (April 2003). The report ledto the adoption of Recommendation 1614 on Environment and Human Rights by the Council of Europe.
Environmental Justice: Rights and means to a healthy environment for all
This report came from a joint seminar on Environmental Justice held by the Friends of the Earth and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine held in June 1999.
Frontline defenders
This Irish-based NGO has an exceptionally good manual that includes all ESC rights, including the right to a healthy environment.
International Healthy Cities Foundation
The term "Healthy Cities" means that health is the result of much morethan medical care; people are healthy when they live in nurturingenvironments and are involved in the life of their community. Themovement began with the World Health Organization. The IHCF facilitates linkages among people, issues and resources in order to support the development of Healthy Cities initiatives.