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Access to land and the right to food 2010, para. 10
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- The pressures referred to above exacerbate conflicts over land and lead to a worrisome criminalization of social movements aimed at carrying out agrarian reforms "from below", including by claiming land that is unused and, in their view, should be distributed more equitably. As a result, serious violations of a range of human rights occur, including murders of peasants connected to such activities, which the Special Rapporteur has documented in a number of communications to States. But the increased pressures on land are also a source of concern because of the weak protection of those who depend most on the land for their survival: smallholders, traditional fisherfolk, pastoralists and peoples (including indigenous and tribal peoples) that rely on the products of the forest. The present report first addresses the situation of indigenous peoples, which is specific insofar as the right of such peoples to have their lands demarcated and protected is recognized under international law. It then considers the position of smallholders, who cultivate the land in conditions that are often insufficiently secure, and that of other land users, such as fisherfolk, pastoralists and herders, who are particularly dependent on commons. The key message is that, while security of tenure is important and should be seen as crucial to the realization of the right to food, individual titling and the creation of a market for land rights may not be the most appropriate means to achieve it.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Civil & Political Rights
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Personnes concernées
- Ethnic minorities
- Année
- 2010
Paragraphe
Vision of the mandate 2014, para. 1
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- The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food was established by the Commission on Human Rights in resolution 2000/10. In September 2007, the Human Rights Council, in resolution 6/2, reviewed and extended the mandate for three years. In resolution 6/2, the Council instructed the Special Rapporteur to: (a) promote the full realization of the right to food and the adoption of measures at the national, regional and international levels for the realization of the right to food; (b) examine ways and means of overcoming obstacles to the realization of the right to food; (c) continue mainstreaming a gender perspective and take into account an age dimension in the fulfilment of the mandate; (d) submit proposals that could help the realization of Millennium Development Goal 1; (e) present recommendations on possible steps towards achieving progressively the full realization of the right to food; (f) work in close cooperation with all States, intergovernmental and non governmental organizations, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and other relevant actors to take fully into account the need to promote the effective realization of the right to food for all; and (g) continue participating in and contributing to relevant international conferences and events with the aim of promoting the realization of the right to food. The mandate of the Special Rapporteur was subsequently endorsed by the Council in resolutions 13/4 and 22/9, renewing the mandate for periods of three years.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personnes concernées
- All
- N.A.
- Année
- 2014
Paragraphe
Access to justice and the right to food: the way forward 2015, para. 10
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- Article 2 of the Optional Protocol requires that authors of communications must be under the jurisdiction of the State party responsible for the violation, and that the State must have ratified both the Covenant and the Optional Protocol. However, the Covenant indicates no restriction to territorial jurisdiction and it will remain to be seen whether the cases to be examined under the Optional Protocol concentrate principally on the territorial link.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personnes concernées
- N.A.
- Année
- 2015
Paragraphe
Right to food and nutrition 2016, para. 43
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- Leaders at the Conference also recognized the importance of integrating their political commitments with the post-2015 development agenda and of anchoring nutrition targets in the Sustainable Development Goals. The Goals have a universal character and cannot be achieved without special attention to nutrition. While Goal 2 explicitly refers to "nutrition" and Goal 3 to non-communicable diseases, nutrition is arguably interwoven within all 17 Goals, as well as 50 indicators.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Personnes concernées
- All
- N.A.
- Année
- 2016
Paragraphe
Assessing a decade of progress on the right to food 2013, para. 36
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- The remarkable progress achieved over the past decade in Latin America is the result of the combined efforts of civil society, social movements, parliamentarians and national human rights institutions. FAO support to the Hunger-Free Latin America and the Caribbean Initiative played a major role, together with the support given to this process by the FAO Right to Food Unit and OHCHR, including through its country and subregional offices in the region.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personnes concernées
- N.A.
- Année
- 2013
Paragraphe
The transformative potential of the right to food 2014, para. 33
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- As noted above, these developments have come at a high ecological cost. Due to the links between agriculture, diets and health, they also impose a considerable burden on health-care systems. They have led, finally, to the depopulation of rural areas. Yet, because these different components of the food systems shaped during the past half-century have strengthened one another, they have become lock-ins, seemingly blocking any real transformative possibilities.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Personnes concernées
- All
- Année
- 2014
Paragraphe
Right to food and nutrition 2016, para. 74
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- In its general comment No. 12, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights views the right to adequate food to imply food "free from adverse substances" (para. 8), which "sets requirements for food safety and for a range of protective measures by both public and private means … at different stages throughout the food chain" (para. 10). Considering the adverse health impacts, "food safety" should be interpreted to include the nutritional value of food products.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Personnes concernées
- All
- Année
- 2016
Paragraphe
Right to food and nutrition 2016, para. 82
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- Since 2011, Armenia, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Kenya, Kuwait, South Africa and Viet Nam have adopted comprehensive measures to incorporate all of the International Code provisions, sometimes even going beyond its minimum standards. The proportion of countries with comprehensive legislation on the Code is highest in South-East Asia, followed by Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean, while the Americas, Western Pacific and European regions have the lowest proportions.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personnes concernées
- N.A.
- Année
- 2016
Paragraphe
Integrating a gender perspective in the right to food 2016, para. 54
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- Even when women successfully earn income to support their families, men often respond by withdrawing their contribution to the household budget in order to purchase luxuries. A recent study in Nicaragua showed that if mothers contributed considerably to household income the likelihood of moderate and severe food insecurity decreased by 34 percent, and, if mothers were the main decision-makers over household income this decrease amounted to 60 percent.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Food & Nutrition
- Personnes concernées
- Men
- Women
- Année
- 2016
Paragraphe
Fisheries and the right to food 2012, para. 49
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- It is unclear whether these efforts are well guided. First, while illegal, unreported and unregulated industrial fishing is a problem, most of the catch of small-scale fishers goes unreported. Analogizing these catches to illegal fishing underestimates their role in contributing to food security and does not encourage the fishers concerned to shift to more responsible practices. Approaches to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing should also acknowledge the function of fishing as an occasional activity for some coastal communities (including inland coastal communities), where it is an essential safety net in times of crisis. Second, the current approaches are not particularly effective in reducing illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing because of capacity gaps and weak governance in developing countries and lack of commitment by home countries of distant-water fishing fleets in investigating and prosecuting fishing firms abroad. Third, the structural causes of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, such as overcapacity in the world's fishing fleet and inadequate support for communities who depend on fishing for their livelihoods, remain unaddressed. Without access to adequate social protection, without fair prices or if they are priced out of approaches based on the allocation of fishing rights through licences, these communities are not in a position to participate in regimes that seek to reduce overfishing or to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personnes concernées
- N.A.
- Année
- 2012
Paragraphe
Assessing a decade of progress on the right to food 2013, para. 39
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- Such framework laws may set targets for Governments to achieve, allocating responsibilities for taking action to different branches of government and coordinating their action. Typically, however, these framework laws are procedural in nature: they establish institutions and define a process, without prejudging the outcome, and leaving it to the actors involved to design a cross-sectoral right to food strategy. These framework laws ensure that such strategies are designed and continuously monitored through an inclusive and participatory process involving government and civil society organizations. They do so by establishing national food security councils, often linked to the highest level of government and including as members both representatives from relevant ministerial departments and civil society. It is not unusual for such councils to provide recommendations to an interministerial task force, ensuring intersectoral coordination across departments. In Brazil, the National Council on Food and Nutrition Security, two thirds of the members of which represent civil society organizations, has a consultative nature, addressing recommendations to the Inter-Ministry Chamber of Food and Nutrition Security, the interdepartmental task force in charge of implementing the national food security strategy (see A/HRC/13/33/Add.6, para. 14). In other countries, such as Guatemala and Ecuador, the body can make binding decisions (for Guatemala, see A/HRC/13/33/Add.4).
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personnes concernées
- N.A.
- Année
- 2013
Paragraphe
Impact of climate change on the right to food 2015, para. 9
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- An increase of just 1°C in temperature can have devastating impacts on crop yields and the ability to maintain current levels of agricultural production. Currently, negotiations within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change are limiting projections to an increase of 2°C. However, this is not adequate, given that in some regions, including sub-Saharan Africa, summer temperatures are projected to reach 5°C above the baseline temperature by 2100.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Personnes concernées
- N.A.
- Année
- 2015
Paragraphe
Right to food and nutrition 2016, para. 77
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- Some countries, such as Australia, the Republic of Korea and the United States, require restaurant chains to include information on energy and nutrient content or warning labels on sodium content. Clear standards are also needed on the use of nutrition and health claims to prevent consumers from being misled. In the United States, public demand for increased transparency has led to several attempts to implement mandatory-labelling schemes for genetically engineered foods.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Année
- 2016
Paragraphe
Effects of pesticides on the right to food 2017, para. 16
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- Studies in developed countries show that annual acute pesticide poisoning affects nearly 1 in every 5,000 agricultural workers. Globally, however, it is unknown what percentage of farmworkers experience acute pesticide poisoning owing to a lack of standardized reporting. Poor enforcement of labour regulations and lack of health and safety training can elevate exposure risks, while many Governments lack the infrastructure and resources to regulate and monitor pesticides.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Personnes concernées
- N.A.
- Année
- 2017
Paragraphe
Assessing a decade of progress on the right to food 2013, para. 11
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- The obligation to respect requires that the State refrain from interfering with the existing levels of enjoyment of the right to food and that it guarantee existing entitlements, for instance, by ensuring that those who produce their own food be secure in their access to the resources, including land and water, on which they depend, or by ensuring that those who could have access to income-generating activities allowing them to purchase food are not denied such access.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personnes concernées
- All
- Année
- 2013
Paragraphe
Vision of the mandate 2014, para. 45
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- The threat posed by climate change to fresh water supplies, combined with the overuse of water in agriculture, is having a detrimental impact on food security. The consequent effects on food production are significant, putting the livelihoods of rural communities and the food security of city dwellers at risk. With the global population expected to increase to 9.5 billion by 2050, the world's food calorie production will need to increase by 68 per cent in order to meet growing demand.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Water & Sanitation
- Personnes concernées
- All
- Année
- 2014
Paragraphe
Access to justice and the right to food: the way forward 2015, para. 25
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- While on the whole European countries have been more reluctant to accept the justiciability of economic, social and cultural rights, there have been some significant cases. For example, in the 2012 German Federal Constitutional Court judgment 1 BvL 10/10, the court ruled on whether cash benefits for asylum seekers provided by the Asylum Seekers Benefit Act were compatible with its Constitution. The court relied on earlier decisions to reiterate that the State is under an obligation to ensure a "dignified minimum existence", defined as a "comprehensive fundamental rights guarantee" which includes access to food, clothing, household items, housing, heating, hygiene health and social assistance to persons in need. The benefits awarded to the asylum seekers under the law in question were deemed insufficient to guarantee a dignified minimum existence. The court also reaffirmed that benefits must be calculated on the basis of "real and actual needs" and thus be measured realistically. The court noted that the benefits prescribed under the Asylum Seekers Benefit Act had not increased since 1993, even though the cost of living in Germany had risen by 30 per cent in that period. As a result, a number of provisions of the act were declared unconstitutional. The court ordered the enactment of new legislation that would ensure a dignified minimum standard of living and introduced a transitional scheme that would provide higher cash benefits in the interim.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Personnes concernées
- Persons on the move
- Année
- 2015
Paragraphe
Right to food and nutrition 2016, para. 50
- Paragraph text
- Today's nutrition governance also lacks effective mechanisms to regulate private sector involvement in nutrition programmes. The corporate influence on national and international food and nutrition policy spaces has become increasingly visible as programmes seek multi-stakeholder arrangements. Both the Sustainable Development Goals and the Second International Conference on Nutrition mention the importance of "multi-stakeholder partnerships" with private sector participation.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personnes concernées
- N.A.
- Année
- 2016
Paragraphe
Integrating a gender perspective in the right to food 2016, para. 52
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- Disadvantages for women in both agricultural and non-agricultural sectors undermine their right to food. Women's income possibilities are more constrained than men's; the women's participation in the labour force is lower than men on a global scale - 70 percent of working age men are in the labour force compared to only 40 percent of working age women and the labour force participation rates have stagnated around the world in the past two decades.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Economic Rights
- Food & Nutrition
- Gender
- Health
- Personnes concernées
- Men
- Women
- Année
- 2016
Paragraphe
Women’s right and the right to food 2013, para. 27a
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- Women may choose not to participate in such programmes because of the heavy demands it would impose on them and the difficulties they may have in reconciling the work with their responsibilities in the "care" economy. A system of quotas may be ineffective to address this. The difficulties women may face to participate in public works programmes should therefore be taken into account: their responsibilities in the "care" economy should be recognized and accommodation measures should be adopted. Furthermore, work schedules should take into account the specific time constraints faced by women, and institutionalized child care should be implemented to attract more women. Where child care at the work site is under the responsibility of women who are labour-constrained, because of age or disability, this can further increase the opportunities the programme offers to women. Thus, the MGNREGA includes a provision that "in the event that there are at least five children under the age of six at the worksite, one of the female workers shall be deputed to look after them and paid the same wage as other NREGA workers." However, the implementation of this clause remains highly uneven as most women joining the programme are discouraged from bringing their children to work, and a social audit of the implementation of MGNREGA revealed that 70 per cent of the women interviewed had no access to child-care facilities on the worksite, while 65 per cent were not aware of this provision in the Act.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Gender
- Personnes concernées
- Children
- Women
- Année
- 2013
Paragraphe
Impact of climate change on the right to food 2015, para. 58
- Paragraph text
- Significant political, legal and judicial initiatives have been taken with a view to the next round of climate negotiations to take place in Paris. For instance, a recent study involving 66 countries found that most jurisdictions have taken important legislative steps to mitigate climate change. However, despite the fact that a considerable number of climate change-related laws and regulations have been adopted in several regions, they have rarely been enforced.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personnes concernées
- N.A.
- Année
- 2015
Paragraphe
Right to food and nutrition 2016, para. 29
- Paragraph text
- Trade liberalization and foreign direct investment (FDI) by transnational corporations in the processed food industry have played a large role in increasing the availability of ultraprocessed foods on the global market. The removal of policies to protect domestic markets has strongly affected the increase in production of certain unhealthy foods, as well as their availability and cost. Countries that embrace market deregulation experience a faster increase in unhealthy food consumption.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Economic Rights
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personnes concernées
- All
- N.A.
- Année
- 2016
Paragraphe
Integrating a gender perspective in the right to food 2016, para. 26
- Paragraph text
- When land is purchased during a marriage, women may lack equitable ownership. Societies with customary law often exclude joint ownership based on the belief that women are not capable of owning land. In market economies, when societal norms have recognized community property between spouses, joint ownership of property acquired during marriage is commonly accepted but patriarchal norms can still result in elusive recognition of gender-equal property rights.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Gender
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Personnes concernées
- Women
- Année
- 2016
Paragraphe
Effects of pesticides on the right to food 2017, para. 100
- Paragraph text
- Success must be calculated in terms other than economic profitability, and take into consideration the costs of pesticides on human health, the economy and the environment. Agroecology prevents direct exposure to toxic pesticides and helps improve air, soil, surface water and groundwater quality. Less energy intensive, agroecology can also help mitigate the effects of climate change by reducing emissions of greenhouse gasses and by providing carbon sinks.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Personnes concernées
- N.A.
- Année
- 2017
Paragraphe
Integrating a gender perspective in the right to food 2016, para. 42
- Paragraph text
- The trade liberalization policies heavily favor large corporate agribusinesses and a large-scale model of agricultural production, at the expense of the most vulnerable and marginalized small-scale agricultural producers. Women tend to engage in agricultural production on a scale that is not compatible with a large, corporate model of farming, holding smaller plots than men, which are, on average, 20 - 30 percent less productive than plots managed by men.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Food & Nutrition
- Personnes concernées
- Men
- Women
- Année
- 2016
Paragraphe
Access to land and the right to food 2010, para. 32
- Paragraph text
- Land reform may be seen as an opportunity to remedy this imbalance, either by prioritizing the needs of households headed by single women or widows, or by ensuring systematic joint titling in the reform process.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Economic Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personnes concernées
- Women
- Année
- 2010
Paragraphe
Effects of pesticides on the right to food 2017, para. 107l
- Paragraph text
- [States should:] Regulate corporations to respect human rights and avoid environmental damage during the entire life cycle of pesticides;
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Environment
- Food & Nutrition
- Health
- Personnes concernées
- N.A.
- Année
- 2017
Paragraphe
Access to land and the right to food 2010, para. 2
- Paragraph text
- Access to land is thus closely related to the right to adequate food, as recognized under article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The right to food requires that each individual, alone or in community with others, have physical and economic access at all times to adequate food or means for its procurement. States may be under an obligation to provide food where "an individual or group is unable, for reasons beyond their control, to enjoy the right to adequate food by the means at their disposal". Primarily, however, the right to food requires that States refrain from taking measures that may deprive individuals of access to productive resources on which they depend when they produce food for themselves (the obligation to respect), that they protect such access from encroachment by other private parties (the obligation to protect) and that they seek to strengthen people's access to and utilization of resources and means to ensure their livelihoods, including food security (the obligation to fulfil).
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personnes concernées
- All
- Année
- 2010
Paragraphe
Access to land and the right to food 2010, para. 8
- Paragraph text
- Measures adopted with a view to climate change mitigation or environmental conservation, which have placed priority on technological and market-based solutions over the deconcentration of land in order to encourage more sustainable land uses, have created further conflicts with the rights of land users. Under the clean development mechanism provided for in article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, annex I (industrialized) countries that have committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions receive additional emission credits if they help to implement emissions-reducing projects in developing countries. However, the planting of forests in order to benefit from the mechanism may result in evictions, against which the local populations concerned may be insufficiently protected. The REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) scheme, launched in 2005 and strengthened at the 13th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, convened in Bali in December 2007, may represent a threat to forest dwellers, whose customary rights over the forests on which they depend for their livelihoods are not widely recognized, if the State or other actors are tempted to appropriate the benefits derived from carbon sequestration. Governments are also working to protect natural environments by creating wildlife reserves, national parks and other protected areas. Ecosystems perform vital services for agriculture, including support of the soil structure and soil retention, nutrient cycling, dung burial and pest control, pollination, water provision and purification, biodiversity and atmospheric regulation. However, the implementation of conservation measures, including land-use planning, should take into account the right to food of people who depend on the land for their livelihoods.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Environment
- Personnes concernées
- N.A.
- Année
- 2010
Paragraphe
Access to land and the right to food 2010, para. 28
- Paragraph text
- Agrarian reform leading to owner-operated family farms is desirable for a number of reasons. As land is transferred to family farms, idle lands of large estates are brought into production, thus increasing productivity levels. A 2003 World Bank analysis of land policies in 73 countries between 1960 and 2000 shows that countries in which the distribution of land was initially more equitable achieved growth rates two to three times higher than those in which land distribution was initially less equitable. Figure I highlights the correlation between the Gini coefficient for land and average per capita growth in gross domestic product (GDP), illustrating the link between unequal initial land distribution and slower economic growth.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Année
- 2010
Paragraphe