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“No longer a forgotten right” – UN expert hails a decade of right to food...

[25 October 2013] NEW YORK / GENEVA – In his final report to the UN General Assembly, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, today welcomed “the rights resurgence”...

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UN expert praises Africa’s commitment to “the right to adequate food”

[30 October 2013] GENEVA – The African Union is sending an important signal by using this year’s Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security (Africa Day) to buttress the concept of the “right to...

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The EU's Fifth Project: Transitional Governance in the Service of Sustainable...

[19 November 2013] BRUSSELS – "We need alternatives to GDP growth as the goal of public policy, and we need alternatives to work and wealth accumulation as the driving forces in our lives. A genuine...

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“Bali package must allow ambitious food security policies” – UN expert on WTO...

GENEVA (2 December 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, today called for developing countries to be granted the freedom to use food reserves to help...

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UN right to food expert: “As Malaysia rises to ‘high-income status’, it must...

[18 December 2013] KUALA LUMPUR – “As it moves towards becoming a high-income country, Malaysia must ensure that growth is not achieved at the expense of the environment and the rights of vulnerable...

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Registration opens for landmark conference on the transition to sustainable...

[29 January 2014] BRUSSELS – Olivier De Schutter is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the Francqui International Conference on "Europe's Fifth Project" (EU5P), taking place on 8-9...

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Democracy and diversity can mend broken food systems - final diagnosis from...

[10 March 2014] GENEVA – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, today called for the world’s food systems to be radically and democratically redesigned to...

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Governments should use public purse to ‘buy justice’ in food systems – UN...

[15 May 2014] GENEVA – Governments must exploit the full potential of public food purchasing in order to make food systems fairer and more sustainable, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food,...

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Unhealthy diets greater threat to health than tobacco; UN expert calls for...

[19 May 2014] GENEVA – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, called today for a new global agreement to regulate unhealthy diets.

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End of mandate: looking back - and onward

[3 June 2014] GENEVA – On May 30th, Olivier De Schutter finalized the second term of his mandate as the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food.

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