Human Rights in Food Systems

-    Primary beneficiaries are individuals and their households, communities - in 14 countries - which are rights-holders such as peasants, agricultural workers, small farmers, indigenous people, pastoralists, in rural and semi-rural areas, and to some extent vulnerable consumers in peri-urban areas. A special attention is given to address the specific needs of women and young people.

-    Duty bearers such as government officials as well as policy-makers, influencers, decision-makers, representative of international organizations, opinion shapers in academic and research institutions are also important targets at national and international levels.

-   Civil society organizations, vulnerable rural populations (women, youth, peasants, pastoralists) are empowered to claim their rights related to food systems and to participate in policy processes.

-   Government officials, policy-makers and other duty-bearers have increased information, knowledge, tools and capacity to translate international human rights instruments (i.e UNDROP, VGSFSyN) into national food regulations and policies with accountability monitoring mechanisms.

-   At global level, the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food is strengthened and UN institutions, regional organisations, the Committee on World Food Security, the SUN Movement, the UN Food Systems Summits follow-ups mechanisms increasingly use human rights to frame food-related regulatory and policy frameworks and system transformations.

Risultati principali attesi:  

-    Country assessments (food systems and human rights challenges) with implementation plans including participatory and accountability monitoring mechanisms

-    Participatory meetings, training material, tools for rights-holders (right claiming and advocacy)

-    Policy dialogues, capacity building, tools for decision-makers (effective implementation of human rights instruments into national food-related legislations and policies)

-    Public advocacy and outreach (conferences, working groups) at national and global level with information, position papers, campaign material raising awareness on peasants’ rights, the right to food and nutrition and related human rights.

Risultati fasi precedenti:   The project was developed in extensive discussions with partners, sharing insights, best practices and positive evaluations of the previous right to food / human rights in food systems engagements of SDC (with FIAN International since 2011; with the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food since 2018). In-depth country and context analysis were reviewed and commented by Swiss cooperation offices. The three partial actions were also discussed with FDFA’s human security division, SDC’s Fragility, Conflict & Human Rights Unit, among others.