On 18 October 2018, during day three of the 45th Session of the CFS, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver, joined several CFS stakeholders and leaders in the Plenary Hall at FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy to convene a Global Thematic Event (GTE). The GTE’s purpose was to reflect upon The Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security (the Guidelines) (RtF Guidelines or Guidelines), which had been adopted by a consensus of the FAO Council in 2004. The RtF Guidelines are a tool to provide practical guidance to States and other stakeholders on developing and adopting strategies, institutions and legal frameworks that positively promote the progressive realization of the right to food.
Almost 15 years later, the CFS provided the GTE as a space for stakeholders to discuss challenges and successes in their use and application of the RtF Guidelines. While the CFS prepared a summary report of the contributions describing national, regional, and global experiences using the Guidelines, no record of the Special Rapporteur’s keynote address at the GTE or the ensuing inclusive, multi-stakeholder dialogue was prepared.
Until now.
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