Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Sustainable Development Goals and the right to food (A/74/164)
The present report focuses on the Sustainable Development Goals, the cornerstone of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as a potentially transformative tool to advance the realization of the right to food, as well as other economic, social and cultural rights. Despite not explicitly recognizing the right to food, the promise of the Goals to leave no one behind in the pursuit of human rights for all reflects the principles of equality and non-discrimination. Inequality, and the inequitable distribution of food and productive resources, remains a significant barrier to the realization of the right to food, especially for populations that have been historically and structurally left behind. Engaging these populations in the policy process and implementing the Goals from a holistic, human rights-based approach will revitalize efforts to eliminate hunger and malnutrition and enable the universal enjoyment of the right to food.
