The Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food is a Special Rapporteur who works for the

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and reports on the

right to food The right to food, and its variations, is a human right protecting the right of people to feed themselves in dignity, implying that sufficient food is available, that people have the means to access it, and that it adequately meets the individual ...

. The mandate was established in 2000 by the former

Commission on Human Rights A human rights commission, also known as a human relations commission, is a body set up to investigate, promote or protect human rights. The term may refer to international, national or subnational bodies set up for this purpose, such as nationa ...

which appointed the first Rapporteur, Dr.

Jean Ziegler Jean Ziegler (; born Hans Ziegler, 19 April 1934) is a Swiss former professor of sociology at the University of Geneva and the Sorbonne, Paris, and former vice-president of the Advisory Committee to the United Nations Human Rights Council. He ...

. In 2008 the second Rapporteur, Dr. Olivier De Schutter, was appointed by the

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, the successor to the Commission. In 2014 the third Rapporteur,

Hilal Elver Hilal Elver is a member of the Academic Council of the UN Least Developed Countries (2011-2021) and was the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food from 2 June 2014 until 1 May 2020. She is also a research professor at University of ...

was appointed. In 2020, the current Rapporteur, Michael Fakhri, was appointed.

Mandate

The Rapporteur is expected to report both to the Human Rights Council and to the

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(Third Committee) on the fulfillment of the mandate. The mandate includes: and to promote the full realization of the right to food and the adoption of measures at the national, regional and international levels," "to examine ways and means of overcoming existing and emerging obstacles," continue mainstreaming and taking into account gender and age perspectives, to submit proposals to realise

Millennium Development Goal The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were eight international development goals for the year 2015 that had been established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000, following the adoption of the United Nations Millenniu ...

No. 1 to halve by the year 2015 the proportion of people who suffer from hunger, to work in close cooperation with all States, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, and the

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, and participating in and contributing to relevant conferences.

Country visits

The first Rapporteur engaged in 12 country missions between 2002 and 2007. The second Rapporteur, thus far, engaged in 10 country missions between 2010 and 2012.: "Country Missions."

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Mandate

Country visits

References

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