Thematic Reports
The Special Rapporteur produces two thematic reports each year. These reports are technical and addressed mainly to governments, international organizations, and specialized civil society members, and academics. In an effort to make these reports to more accessible, this website provides direct links to the original reports and offers summaries of the main points. Thematic reports focus on a particular issue or human right surrounding the right to food mandate, provide in-depth substantive research on that issue, and offer recommendations to relevant stakeholders.
Read the Special Rapporteur’s Thematic Reports here
Country Mission Reports
The Special Rapporteur also produces two country mission reports each year following official fact-finding missions to a UN member state. The aim of such visits is to obtain first-hand information on the right to food, to report on findings and to propose, in a spirit of cooperation and assistance, recommendations to improve situations identified as matters of concern. The Special Rapporteur may issue follow-up reports at a later date.
Read the Special Rapporteur’s Country Mission Reports here
Reference Materials
For more information on the right to food, and issues relevant to the mandate, access fundamental publications and groundbreaking reports from expert organizations here.
Newsletters
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Committee on World Food Security
The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) is an international and intergovernmental platform for all stakeholders to work together to ensure food security and nutrition for all. CFS reports to the UN General Assembly through the Economic and Social Council and to FAO Conference. Learn more about CFS here.
External Websites
Links to relevant UN and third-party websites are referenced throughout this site, and listed below:
UN-related links
- Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
- Right to Food Mandate
- Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
- Human Rights Committee (HRC)
- Committee on World Food Security (CFS)
- Rome-Based Food Agencies (FAO, WFP, IFAD)
- United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN)
- The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
Third-party links
- Accountability for Mass Starvation (Global Rights Compliance and The World Peace Foundation)
- Action Aid
- Action contre la Faim International Network
- Amnesty International
- Centre Europe-Tiers Monde (CETIM)
- Fédération Internationale des Droits de l’Homme (FIDH)
- FIAN International (FIAN)
- Human Rights Watch
- International Commission of Jurists
- International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
- International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net)
- International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (iPES-Food)
- The World Bank, Agricultural and Rural Development
- The Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR)
- Welthungerhilfe (German Agro Action)
- World Trade Organization (WTO) – Agreement on Agriculture