2014
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10/03/2014: The transformative potential of the right to food, Final report drawing conclusions from his mandate, presented to the 25th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, also available in French, and Spanish. |
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10/03/2013: 'Mission to Malaysia', Report presented to the 25th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. |
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10/03/2013: 'Mission to Malawi', Report presented to the 25th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. |
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09/03/2014: Summary note of working visit to Mexico by the Special Rapporteur on the right to food 14-15 November 2013 |
2013
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18/12/2013: End of mission statement ‘Mission to Malaysia’, from 9 to 18 December 2013 |
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25/10/2013: 'Assessing a decade of right to food progress', Report presented to the 68th Session of the UN General Assembly, also available in French, and Spanish. |
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22/07/2013: End of mission statement ‘Mission to Malawi’, from 12 to 22 July 2013 |
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04/03/2013: 'Gender and the Right to Food', Report presented to the 22nd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, also available in French, and Spanish. Other language versions can be found here. |
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04/03/2013: 'Mission to the FAO', Report presented to the 22nd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, also available in French, and Spanish. See also Guardian op ed entitled 'The FAO must do more to promote food as a human right' |
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04/03/2013: 'Mission to Canada', Report presented to the 22nd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, also available in French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Arabic. |
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04/03/2013: 'Mission to Cameroon', Report presented to the 22nd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, also available in French, and Spanish. Other language versions can be found here. |
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04/03/2013: 'Mission to Madagascar', Report presented to the 22nd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, also available in French and Spanish. Other language versions can be found here. |
2012
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30/10/2012: 'Fisheries and the right to food', Report presented at the 67th Session of the United Nations General Assembly [A/67/268] (also available in French and Spanish. |
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End of mission statement ‘Mission to Cameroon’, from 16 to 23 July 2012 (currently only available in French) |
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End of mission statement ‘Mission to Canada’, from 5 to 16 May 2012 |
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03/06/2012: "The right to an adequate diet: the agriculture-food-health nexus”, Report presented at the 19th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, also available in French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic and Russian. |
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06/03/2012: "Guiding Principles on Human Rights Impact Assessments of Trade and Investment Agreements”, Report presented at the 19th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, also available in French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic and Russian. |
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06/03/2012: "Mission to China", Report presented at the 19th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, also available in Chinese, French, and Spanish |
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06/03/2012: "Mission to Mexico", Report presented at the 19th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, also available in Spanish, and French. See also Spanish version prepared by OHCHR Mexican delegation |
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06/03/2012: "Mission to South Africa", Report presented at the 19th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, also available in French, and Spanish. |
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06/03/2012: "Mission to Madagascar", Report presented at the 19th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, also available in French, and Spanish. |
2011
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24/10/2011: “"Towards more equitable value chains: alternative business models in support of the right to food”, Report presented at the 66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly [A/66/262] (also available in French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic and Russian). |
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08/03/2011: “Agroecology and the Right to Food”, Report presented at the 16th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council [A/HRC/16/49], also available in French, Spanish, Chinese, Russianand Portuguese, (translation made available by the Brazilian 'Câmara Interministerial de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional'). |
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08/03/2011: "Mission to Syria", Report presented to the Human Rights Council [A/HRC/16/49/Add.2]. |
2010
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Preliminary conclusions "Mission to China", from 15 to 23 December 2010 (also available in chinese) |
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21/10/2010: “Access to Land and the Right to Food”, Report presented to the 65th General Assembly of the United Nations [A/65/281]. |
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5/03/2010: "Large-scale land acquisitions and leases: a set of minimum principles and measures to address the human rights challenge". Report presented to the Human Rights Council [A/HRC/13/33/Add.2] |
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5/03/2010: Intervention to the Interactive Dialogue, Human Rights Council, 13th session, Palais des Nations, Geneva (in french) |
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5/03/2010: "Mission to Benin". Report presented to the Human Rights Council [A/HRC/13/33/Add.3] |
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5/03/2010: "Mission to Brazil". Report presented to the Human Rights Council [A/HRC/13/33/Add.6] - also available in Portuguese |
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5/03/2010: "Mission to Guatemala". Report presented to the Human Rights Council [A/HRC/13/33/Add.4] |
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5/03/2010: "Mission to Nicaragua". Report presented to the Human Rights Council [A/HRC/13/33/Add.5] |
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5/03/2010: "Agribusiness and the right to food". Report presented to the Human Rights Council, [A/HRC/13/33] |
2009
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21/10/2009: "Seed policies and the right to food: enhancing agrobiodiversity and encouraging innovation". Report presented to the UN General Assembly (64th session) (UN doc. A/64/170). |
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17/09/2009: "Crisis into opportunity: reinforcing multilateralism". Report presented to the Human Rights Council, Follow-up session on the Global Food Crisis at the 12th session. |
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09/03/2009: "The role of development cooperation and food aid in realizing the right to adequate food: moving from charity to obligation". Report presented to the Human Rights Council. |
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09/03/2009: "Mission to the World Trade Organization" Report presented to the Human Rights Council. |
2008
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21/10/2008: Interim report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, presented to the United Nations General Assembly (63d session) (UN doc. A/63/278) |
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08/09/2008: 'Building resilience: a human rights framework for world food and nutrition security', report to the Human Rights Council in accordance with resolution S-7/1, adopted by the Human Rights Council on 22 May 2008 at its Special Session on the global food crisis (UN doc. A/HRC/9/23, 8 September 2008) (for a summary, see under ‘Other documents’) |
As well as official reports, the Special Rapporteur regularly issues briefing notes and other background studies in the fulfilment of his mandate.