The UN Human Rights Council has authorized a new three-year mandate for Olivier De Schutter to continue as the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food.
The Special Rapporteur’s position was established to “…respond fully to the necessity for an integrated and coordinated approach in the promotion and protection of the right to food,” as enshrined in Article 25 of the United Nation’s Declaration of Human Rights and other documents.
Read more about De Schutter’s previous mandate, from 2008-2011, which covered the period of the most recent global food crisis. Also, read his outlook for the new mandate.
Posted by Michael Lucivero.
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